Europe and Central Asia’s governments are spending more than ever on steering their economies. They are mostly pointing in the wrong direction...
Analysis
Ranked 32nd out of 32 countries, Tajikistan’s IT sector barely exists. Recent digital governance initiatives at least suggest ambition...
Armenia’s economy is thriving as it loosens ties with Russia and looks towards Brussels. That may be no coincidence. It was, even by the...
The Last Word: Readiness beats past performance. It is still considered good management to hit your numbers. Revenue targets met, costs controlled...
Hungary’s exhausted growth model may depend on a change of government to get moving again. For a country that built its modern economic identity on...
Europe throws billions at its defence sector. Ukraine’s kitchen-table innovators are already cashing in. Great news for Ukrainian housewives. The...
The Last Word: When predictability becomes the product. In a hall full of global executives in Beijing last week, the pitch was not what it used to...
With ICT exports at 5.02 per cent of GDP and value added at 8.51 per cent, Serbia has built the Balkans’ most export-oriented tech sector...
Artificial intelligence was supposed to make work fairer. New data suggest it may do the opposite. When Anne, a data entry clerk, watched an IBM PC...
The EU’s new deals with Australia are really about minerals, missiles, and the retreat of American reliability. In September 2021, France...
Founders who delay monetisation think they are being patient. Andrew Wrobel’s new book argues they are being shaped. Ask a founder to pitch...
The Last Word: Companies must change to stay relevant. For years, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Romania have occupied a flattering place in Europe’s...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turbocharged Poland’s tech sector. Sustaining momentum once the war ends is another matter. Poland, its...