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Emerging Europe Talks Success and Failure — Speaking the same language with Alexandru Iliescu

The world online language learning market is expected to grow at an annual rate of 18.7 per cent from 2020 to 2027, reaching 21.2 billion US dollars by 2027, according to Meticulous Research.

Established in 2014, Mondly, a globally-acclaimed language learning platform with a daring mission to break language barriers between people developed in Romania, now helps over 100 million users from 190 countries to learn 41 languages using virtual and augmented reality technologies.

Alexandru Iliescu, one of the founders alongside his brother Tudor and the CEO of Mondly, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about the edutech app and the future of learning languages. They also talk about the company’s successes and challenges in developing a solution used around the globe.


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