StrategEast delegation made a working visit to Uzbekistan. A visit envisaged further communication between StrategEast and authorities of Uzbekistan, which was launched in September 2017 during a visit of the governmental delegation of Uzbekistan to Washington.
A government resolution was adopted on additional measures to develop private entrepreneurship in the city of Namangan, Namangan region.
EU4Digital, a new programme funded by the European Union to support the digital economy and society, held its launch event in Baku on 31 May 2019, with the support of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan.
On May 28, a delegation of leading IT experts from the United States, Israel and Belarus visited Tashkent at the invitation of Mirzo Ulugbek Innovation Center. Among the delegates were the founders of Viber Talmon Marco and Igor Magazinnik and the regional director of the American International Tax and Investment Center Mukhit Akhanov. StrategEast Founder and President Anatoly Motkin organized a delegation visit.
Information technologies (IT) are growing rapidly in Armenia. The country’s government announced IT as one of their priorities and recently decided to establish a Ministry of High Technologies. The Armenian government has also adopted laws according to which newly created IT startups will be granted tax privileges until 2020.
On May 28, a delegation of leading IT experts from the United States, Israel and Belarus visited Tashkent at the invitation of Mirzo Ulugbek Innovation Center. Among the delegates were the Founders of Viber Talmon Marco and Igor Magazinnik and the Regional Director of the American International Tax and Investment Center Mukhit Akhanov. StrategEast Founder and President Anatoly Motkin organized a delegation visit.
During the visit, it was agreed to cooperate on StrategEast’s program Global Minds Initiative with the representatives of the government of Uzbekistan.
The official visit of the Founders of Viber Talmon Marco and Igor Magazinnik to the republic is the first step towards the practical cooperation of MUIC and Strategeast in the person of its President.
TransferWise is now tied for fifth place among Europe’s most valuable private companies. The money-transfer service announced in a statement it raised another $292 million, valuing the company at $3.5 billion.
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) and the MasterCard leading global payments and technology company have signed a memorandum of understanding.
The digitalization of the energy sector was the focus of the Eastern Partnership workshop in Minsk, Belarus, jointly organized by the Energy Community Regulatory Board (ECRB), the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) and the European Commission.
Bas Godska, an international e-marketing veteran and one of the most prolific business angels in Eastern Europe, announces the launch of Acrobator Ventures. This startup fund plans to invest up to €20 million in the coming three years “from the pre-seed stage to later stages.” Its sweet spots will be SaaS, Big Data/ML/AI and HR tech, not excluding other segments.