On December 23, the US-based company DraftKings that operates in the field of sports betting announced about becoming public company and acquiring SBTech, a provider of betting solutions and services. Rumors about the deal have been circulating in specialized news outlets since June 2019; they plan to finalize the deal within six months.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has started startup project in Georgia at the base of the Business and Technology University (BTU) of Georgia.
EU4Digital has launched Georgian version of its website , www.eufordigital.eu/geo. It is a multilingual platform that gathers information, news and resources about European Union’s support for developing the digital economy and society in the Eastern Partnership region.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation and Startup Grind Kyiv and the USAID Ukraine Competitive Economy Program (CEP) have selected 15 Ukrainian startups to travel to Silicon Valley for the Startup Grind Global Conference 2020. The contest organizers provided the list of the startups.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies has started Digital Girls training program to help women advance their knowledge, skills and involvement in information and communication technologies (ICT) sphere.
StrategEast and EPAM together with Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development have announced the launch of the StrategEast and EPAM IT Hub in Tbilisi. The Hub is set to be opened in late January, 2020.
On 17-18 December, an eSkills network workshop will take place in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi within the framework of the EU4Digital initiative. The main goal of the seminar is to enable the Eastern partner countries to exchange insights and latest developments in the field of digital skills and to discuss the current baseline in the partner countries regarding the measurement of digital skills indicators.
MasterCard, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine sign MoU for digital services development and support of SMEs December 19, 2019 Categories: Eastern Europe, Monitoring, Monitoring-GMI, and Ukraine. The Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation and Mastercard have announced the beginning of cooperation in the development of digital services and support of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Memorandum of Understanding was
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Today, Prime Minister, Ion Chicu, has participated in the launch of Digital Park, the largest IT park in Moldova. In his speech, the head of Government has described this project as revolutionary and especially appreciated a large number of jobs created and their high quality.
A new digital platform to support thousands of Ukrainian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been launched in order to boost businesses’ development opportunities through access to vital information.