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9.1.7 TMT sector news
Almost 40 Belarusian IT companies with a total of 2,000 employees have moved to Ukraine in the last six months, Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister for Digital Transformation, said to Interfax-Ukraine. The emigration south has been prompted by police violence following Alexander Lukashenko’s assumption of Presidential powers after the election of August 2020 and 50% hike in IT income taxes, to 13%, effective Jan. 1 2021.
The average Ukrainian spends one hour a day watching YouTube videos,
reported Google, owner of the video hosting service. Last year, the number of Ukrainian YouTube channels with 100,000 subscribers grew by 35% y/y. Channels with 1mn subscribers or more grew by 45%. Last year these audience jumps in daily views were recorded: meditation +35%; cooking +45%; and home workout +340%. December 2021 showed these year over year viewership jumps: educational/science +50%; fish farming +50%; and hiking and rafting +80%.
Bucking the world recession, Ukraine’s IT exports increased by 20% y/y, to $5bn, according to new figures from the National Bank of Ukraine. IT now accounts for 8.3% of total exports, putting it in fourth place after food, metals, and migrant labour. In 2013, IT accounted for 1.3% of Ukraine’s exports. “Ukraine has earned a reputation in recent years as one of the world’s leading IT outsourcing destinations, but many feel it is time for the country to move up the tech food chain,” Peter Dickinson wrote in an Atlantic Council blog: “Ukraine’s Booming IT Sector Defies the Coronavirus Crisis.”
Declaring war on paper documents, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved 94 digital transformation projects to be added to the Diya app over the next three years. A sampling are: E-notary, E-property, E-urban
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