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Baiterek National Management Holding expands its collaboration with Silicon Valley.

Ukraine in 2019 climbed four positions in the Global Connectivity Index (GCI) published by China’s Huawei, the manufacturer of equipment for mobile communication. The company presented the data on November 26 at the Digital Transformation Forum in Kyiv. Over five years, the country’s GCI improved by 12 points, which is an impressive achievement among 79 countries participating in the study. In addition, according to the company, from 2015 to 2019, the penetration of mobile broadband in Ukraine increased from 8% to 65%.

Broadband access is an essential driver for the development of the Ukrainian economy and society, the head of the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) told the “Digital Transformation 2019” Forum in Kyiv on 26 November.

A national start-up association has been founded in Georgia, launched on the incentive of four start-up companies: Styx, Areal, Spy, and Influence Georgia.

There is no doubt that the proposed amendments to Azerbaijan’s Tax Code contribute to the development of the economy at an accelerated pace, as well as the expansion of entrepreneurship, Azerbaijani MP Bakhtiyar Aliyev said during discussions of amendments to the Tax Code in the parliament.

Former Minister of Education Mikheil Batiashvili will implement the first large-scale project of artificial intelligence university in the region in partnership with international companies – HP and Microsoft.

In his opening remarks, StrategEast president Anatoly Motkin explained that the development of IT industry and the knowledge driven economy in Eurasian countries leads not only to the GDP growth, exports income and the creation of new jobs but rather serves as an ultimate tool to introduce the values of transparency, the rule of law and private property protection.