Ukraine has 110 R & D centers, 4,000 IT companies and 184,700 software designers
Ukraine has 110 R & D centers, 4,000 IT companies and 184,700 software designers, according to an X-ray of the fast growing IT industry, prepared by App Annie, a multinational data research company. Already 20% of world companies working on software development for mobile platforms have offices in Ukraine, according to the overview presented by Kyiv’s UNIT.City innovation park and Western NIS Enterprise Fund. “Every fifth Fortune 500 company uses Ukrainian IT services,” said Max Yakover, UNIT.City CEO. Of the R & D offices, 45% are American companies, followed by EU and Israeli companies. Western NIS CEO Jaroslawa Z. Johnson said: “The technology sector is of strategic importance for the Ukrainian economy and can change how Ukraine is perceived in the world during the digital transformation.”