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Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine has dealt a devastating blow to the country’s economy. While the country has begun to bounce back from an initial 29% drop in GDP, it’s estimated747858_EN.pdf) that at today’s level of growth, the country’s GDP won’t return to pre\-war levels at least until 2030\. Some areas of the economy, however, have proved more resilient than others, and – remarkably – some companies are even finding opportunities amid the disaster of war. That’s according to Oleksandr Kosovan, the founder and CEO of MacPaw, a software development company headquartered in Kyiv that devel...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Anna Apostol says there’s only one thing she doesn’t love about being a co-founder of the Kyiv-based online programming school Mate academy: that people sometimes think her husband and co-founder, Roman Apostol, is the “one who did everything and hired me because I’m his wife.” “I don’t care, actually. For me, the main thing is what people inside the company think of me,” Apostal told the Kyiv Independent. Given the paucity of women in high-level tech positions both in Ukraine and globally, the confusion about Apostol isn’t very surprising. The bright side is that for more than a decade, the n...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
I started the "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III" video game campaign on the evening of Nov. 10, 2023, in my apartment in Kyiv with the aim of finishing it in a single night. I was two hours in when Star Wars star Mark Hamill’s familiar voice let out an urgent warning from my phone: “Attention, air raid alert. Proceed to the nearest shelter. Don’t be careless. Your overconfidence is your weakness.” Being used to this by now, I proceeded to play the rest of the campaign with my headphones off so I could hear if Kyiv’s air defenses were active or if any explosions were within earshot. Either of t...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
An agreement has been signed with U.S. tech company Palantir to employ artificial intelligence in Ukraine's humanitarian demining efforts, the Economy Ministry reported on March 3. Over 270 Ukrainians, including 14 children, have been killed by mines and other explosives since the start of the full-scale invasion. "Demining is the zero stage of Ukraine's recovery. Currently, 156,000 square kilometers of land are potentially contaminated, with over 6 million Ukrainians at risk," Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said at the signing of the agreement in London. Since the start of the full-scale i...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
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