Ukraine has launched military bond sales through the Diia app. Starting October 3, Ukrainian citizens can purchase military bonds through the Diya application. As noted by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the cost of one military bond starts at UAH 900 ($2... #DiiaAppUkraine #Ukrainemilitarybonds
A Ukrainian IT startup is ready to conquer the presentation industry. A new Ukrainian IT startup, Wizard Sharing, allows you to create a broadcast presentation without the need for a projector or other accessories. Vlad Isaev, the founder of Wizard Sharing App, came up ... #ITstartups #UkrainianITcompany #VladIsaev #WizardSharingApp
Foreign IT specialists will be able to conduct business remotely in Ukraine. The corresponding norms are contained in draft law No. 5270, which the Tax Committee of the Council recommended for adoption to the Parliament in the second reading. The document provides for granting... #ITbusinessInUkraine #ITspecialists
Ukraine’s IT army has attacked the Russian Mir payment system. Ukrainian IT activists are conducting a DDoS attack on the Russian Mir payment system and its operator, the National System of Payment Cards, the IT Army of Ukraine reported. The volunteer collective ... #CyberAttack #MirPaymentSystem #UkrainianITArmy
The first cryptocurrency payment card was issued in Ukraine. Unex Bank and Mastercard, along with fintech startup Weld Money have launched the first cryptocurrency payment card, the weld card, in Ukraine. It allows users to pay in cryptocurrency for goods and s... #CryptocurrencyPaymentCard #WeldCard
EU businesses continue investing in Ukrainian startups. Lars Seier Christensen, CEO of Seier Capital International, is looking for blockchain startups in Ukraine despite the war, reported TechUkraine. Lars Seier Christensen, who is also the chairman and f... #InvestmentsinUkraine #SeierCapital #UkrainianStartUps
Amazon and four other companies will develop a digital euro prototype. The European Central Bank has chosen five companies to develop a digital euro prototype, writes Bloomberg. They are the American technology giant Amazon, the Spanish CaixaBank, the French Worldline SA... #DigitalEuro #ECB
Ukraine has become one of the three world leaders in cryptocurrency usage. Ukraine took the third position in the global index for adoption of cryptocurrencies, according to research from analytical blockchain company Chainalysis. According to Minister of Digital Transformat... #cryptocurrency #CryptoCurrencyUkraine #MykhailoFedorov
Ukraine will present its resilient tech ecosystem at the Web Summit 2022 in Lisbon. The Ukrainian Startup Fund, together with GIST, is organizing the largest delegation of startups in history, including 24 Ukrainian startups. Despite the unprovoked and brutal Russian aggression, whic... #UkrainianITcompany #UkrainianStartupFund #WebSummit2022
The “Made with Bravery” marketplace is launched to promote exports. IT product company EVO has launched a new Made with Bravery marketplace to promote the products of Ukrainian manufacturers abroad. The marketplace was created with the support of the Ministry of Forei... #MadewithBravery #Ukrainiangoods #ukrainianmarketplace
A new cable at the bottom of the Black Sea will turn Ukraine into the digital hub of Europe. The Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Vodafone Group have agreed to lay an underwater cable across the Black Sea to improve internet communication. As noted by the ministry, cooperation with ... #digitalhub #VodafoneGroup
Ukrainian IT companies relocation trend. Since the beginning of the war, more than 50% of Ukrainian IT companies have not relocated and instead switched to remote work, according to an IT Ukraine study. Among the IT companies that did move, ... #IT #UkrainianITcompany
The digital currency Ethereum has doubled in price and is outperforming Bitcoin. After falling to its lowest point in mid-June, the world’s second most popular cryptocurrency – Ethereum – rose sharply in price and has significantly outpaced Bitcoin. On June 19, B... #digitalcurrency #Ethereum
More than half of start-ups continue their operations exclusively from Ukraine. Despite the ongoing war, Ukrainian start-ups, in similar fashion to the country’s IT sector, have demonstrated resilience and entrepreneurs continue to operate their businesses and remain committed to... #start_ups #TechUkraine #UkrainianITcompany
Sigma Software and Tech Nation are launching the Hack for Peace project. Swedish-Ukrainian IT company Sigma Software Group and Tech Nation UK will host the Cross-European hackathon, Hack for Peace to build tech solutions designed to solve war issues. The organizers welcom... #HackforPeace #SigmaSoftware #TechNation
Ukrainian diplomats helped a Ukrainian IT company open an office in Japan. During the last year, with the support of Ukrainian diplomats, the IT Ukraine Association and the Kobe city government organized a series of meetings and webinars, where the Japanese side became acqua... #CHISoftwareofficeinjapan #ITExportBoostproject #UkrainianITcompany
Export of IT services increases by 23%. The volume of IT service export for the first half of 2022 reached $3.74B. This is 23% more than in the same period of the previous year, the IT Ukraine Association reported. The tech sector brought U... #ExportITservices #ITUkraineAssociation #techsectortaxes
A Ukrainian application reaches first place in the US App Store. In August, the Ukrainian application Obimy topped the ratings of the most popular applications from the American App Store in the Lifestyle section, writes ain.ua. After the team redesigned the app, &... #ObimyAppStore #Obimybestapplication #ObimyEmpat
IT giant EPAM’s profits fell due to the war in Ukraine. The net profit of the international IT service company EPAM, which is one of the largest IT employers in Ukraine, amounted to $18.6M in the second quarter. This is 16% of the $114.7M profit from same ... #EPAMprofit #UkrainianITcompany
Almost 7,000 IT specialists work for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since the war, between 50 and 57,000 IT specialists have left Ukraine. However, approximately 7,000 have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Forces, according to research data... #ITResearchResilience #ITspecialistsUkraine
Electronic wallets and payment accounts in Ukraine now conform to the IBAN standard. The National Bank has determined the structure for the formation of user payment account numbers and electronic wallets that will adhere to ISO 13616 (IBAN standard) requirements. Each number of the u... #ElectronicWalletsIBAN #PaymentAccountsIBAN
Startup Unstoppable Domains, with an office in Kyiv, has attracted $65M in investment. A virtual land rush for NFT internet domains, which use public blockchains that give users complete ownership of their data, helped one of the few companies that set up such sites claim a $1B valuatio... #NFT #UnstoppableDomains #UnstoppableDomainsInvestment.
The Ukrainian IT army has attacked more than 750 Russian Federation resources. During July 11-24, the Ukrainian IT army disabled more than 750 Russian online resources, reported the Ministry of Digital Transformation’s press service. Critically important online resources of the ... #RussianCyberAttack #Russianwebsitescyberattack #UkrainianITArmy
Ukraine is technically ready for mutual recognition of digital signatures with the EU. The Ukrainian electronic signature recently successfully passed testing at the eSignature Validation Plugtests 2022, announced by the Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. “Mutual... #digitalsignatures #eSignatureValidationPlugtests #MykhailoFedorov
Google launches Google Wallet in Ukraine. In Ukraine, the Google Pay application has become Google Wallet and will support new digital elements, according to the company’s official blog. Google added that Google Wallet will standardiz... #Google #GooglePay #GoogleWallet
The IT industry will have a slowdown in growth and a decrease in export revenues. Due to a few unresolved problems, the growth of the IT industry will soon slow down in Ukraine. Accordingly, the amount of export revenues will decrease, said senior VP of GlobalLogic, Andriy Yavorsky... #ITindustryUkraine #ITslowdown #ITukraine
Ukrainian tech company Preply raises $50M. The Ukrainian EdTech company Preply has raised a $50M Series C round, increasing its total investment amount since inception to $100M. The investment round was led by Owl Ventures The platform plans t... #PrePly #PreplyrasingMoney #PreplyUkraine
Ukrainian company Intellias opens offices in Spain and Portugal. Intellias, an IT company, will open four new development centers in Spain and Portugal. These two countries demonstrate rapid development in the IT industry, good living conditions, and professional ... #Intellias #IntelliasNewOffices
Through May, the export of IT services have increased by 27%. IT services became the only business area that grew in 2022 compared to 2021. “In the first five months of this year, the share of IT in all service exports was 46% against 37% a year earlier. From Ja... #ITexport #ITinUkraine #UkrainianITcompany
Ukraine has offered global IT companies a digital lend-lease for Ukraine. According to the Minister of Digital Affairs, Mykhailo Fedorov, the Digital4Freedom initiative will help make Ukraine the most accessible and digital country in the world. In Lugano, Switzerland, the... #DigitalLendLease #ITukraine #MykhailoFedorov
The number of IT vacancies has significantly decreased. In June, job offers for IT specialists made up 12.5% of all job offers, reported grc.ua. This percentage is almost as high as it was at the end of 2021 and even slightly more than in January 2022. H... #ITjobs #ITukraine #ITvacancies
The IT army of Ukraine has hacked the largest Russian online shopping site. The Roseltorg platform, owned by the Moscow government and VTB Bank, could not withstand a massive DDoS attack by Ukrainian hackers. The latter managed to obtain the data of about 500,000 citizens of... #HackerAttackonRussia #UkraineHackers #ukraineIT
NATO will provide €1B to finance technology startups. As stated by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, NATO will set up a special fund to invest €1B in the latest dual-use technologies. “We are creating a NATO innovation fund. With Allied sup... #JensStoltenberg #NATO #TechnologyStartups
Ukraine has ordered dozens of Bayraktar drones. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received up to 50 Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles, and the Ministry of Defense plans to p... #Bayraktar #Bayraktardrones #BayraktarForUkraine
The Ministry of Education is launching an educational project to teach IT specialties. The Ministry of Digital Transformation, together with Binance and the Lviv IT Cluster, is launching the IT Generation educational project, which aims to enable talented Ukrainians to learn a new prof... #IT #ITeducation #ITindustry #ITspecialties #LvivITcluster
Russian hackers perform massive cyberattacks on Lithuania. The Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on Lithuanian websites in response to Vilnius banning the passage of goods sanctioned by the European Union across its territor... #Lithuania #LithuaniaSyberattacks #RussianAgression
Oschadbank will start accepting applications for new business grants in July. Beginning July 1, the State Savings Bank will begin accepting applications from Ukrainians for microgrants of up to UAH 250,000 for a new business or the development of an existing business. Accordin... #Grants #GrantsForBusiness #oschadbank
The Ukrainian government will give up to UAH 3.5M to IT startups. Within the framework of the eRobota project, the state will provide grant assistance of up to UAH 3.5M ($110,000) for IT startups. It will also pay for a scholarship in the amount of up to UAH 30,000... #eRobota #GrantsForStartups #ITgrants #ITukraine
Turkish UAV with a Ukrainian engine sets a new record. The Turkish Akıncı UAV, created by Baykar Makina, which has a Ukrainian-made engine, has set a new altitude record. According to technical director Selcuk Bayraktar, “Akıncı has again broken its... #BaykarMakina #Bayraktar #Bayraktardrones #motorsich #TurkishUAV
Ukrainian IT exports in 2022 have already earned $3.2B. According to the National Bank of Ukraine, in the first five months of 2022, the IT industry brought $3.2B to the Ukrainian economy. According to the IT Ukraine Association, as of June 1, the IT sect... #IT #ITexport #ITukraine #nbu
Ukrainians registered 31,266 enterprises, most of them in IT. During the three months of the war, Ukrainians formed more than 30,000 enterprises. The majority of these are computer programming businesses, reported the Ministry of Digital Transformation. In total... #BusinessduringWar #doingbusinessinukraine
The EU will allocate €20M to support Ukrainian startups and innovation projects. According to the European Commission, thanks to a targeted amendment to the European Innovation Council (EIC) work program in 2022, a new initiative will support at least 200 Ukrainian high-tech start... #EIC #innovationprojects #Startups #StartupsUkraine #UkraineStartups
Ukrainian startup Rekava produces disposable, biodegradable utensils from coffee grounds. The idea for all their new products is based on the principles of a circular economy and sustainable development. The main component used is coffee grounds, along with other secondary raw food mater... #Rekava #RekavaStartup #UkraineStartups
ICLUB Global launches an online platform for investing in startups. Private investor club ICLUB Global has launched the ICLUB Online platform, allowing anyone to invest in startups with TA Ventures and other club members. Along with the online platform launch, the cl... #Iclub #IclubUkraine #StartupInvesting #UkraineStartups
Sigma Software opens new offices in Poland and Czech Republic. Swedish-Ukrainian IT company Sigma Software Group is launching new software development offices in Poland and the Czech Republic. With these offices, the company has added two more locations in Poland... #ITukraine #SigmaSoftware
US military hackers are conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine. The Director of the National Security Agency told Sky News that he is concerned “every single day” about the risk of a Russian cyber-attack targeting the US and said that the agency’s “hu... #Cyberattacks #CyberSecurity #PaulNakasone #UShackers
Ukraine is cooperating with the Energy Community to implement the fourth energy package. Together with the Ministry of Energy, the State Agency for Energy Efficiency has developed a questionnaire for the Energy Community, which will determine the necessary legislative changes to implement... #CleanEnergy #EnergyCommunity #EUenergy #RES #UkraineEnergy
Google issues grants for 17 Ukrainian startups. Google’s Foundation for Ukrainian Startups has announced the first recipients of grants – each of the 17 Ukrainian startups received a grant of up to $100,000. In March, Google announced ... #Google #GrantsForStartups #UkrainianStartUps
Foxtrot stores have launched cryptocurrency payments through Binance Pay. Foxtrot’s chain of electronics and home appliance stores has launched the ability to pay for goods in their online store and retail outlets with cryptocurrency using Binance Pay, reported Speka... #BinancePay #Foxtrotstores #KyryloKhomyakov
Ukrainian Ajax Systems has started selling its security systems in the US. A Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of professional security systems, Ajax Systems, began sales in the United States with its first distributor in North America, SS&SI, announced its founder A... #AjaxSecurity #AjaxSystems #AlexanderKonotop
