Voloshyn stands in his empty office in Kiev. Since Ukraine ordered a lockdown in March to slow the pandemic, Preply’s 125 staff have been working at full capacity from home. — Photos: AFP
KIEV: The headquarters of Dmytro Voloshyn's startup in the historic centre of Kiev is eerily quiet. But online, his business is busier than ever.
Despite a crippling global economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, Voloshyn believes a worldwide lockdown to slow infections was just what his startup needed to thrive.
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Voloshyn stands in his empty office in Kiev. Since Ukraine ordered a lockdown in March to slow the pandemic, Preply’s 125 staff have been working at full capacity from home. — Photos: AFP
Hannah Ilina, who teaches Chinese and English on several platforms including Preply, teaches online at her home in the small town of Vyshneve, near Kiev. — AFP
The silhouette of Ukrainian entrepreneur Dmytro Voloshyn, the co-founder and chief technical officer of the Preply language learning platform, is reflected in a glass as he examines a blackboard at his empty office in Kiev. — AFP
Voloshyn puts a protective face mask as he leaves the empty office in Kiev. — AFP
Hannah Ilina, who teaches Chinese and English on several platforms including Preply, teaches online at her home in the small town of Vyshneve, near Kiev. — AFP
Hannah Ilina says now is the ‘perfect time’ to be a tutor online. — AFP
Voloshyn gestures as he talks with an AFP journalist in his empty office in Kiev. He acknowledged his company was riding a short term wave of success and predicts a drop in growth when countries begin easing lockdown restrictions. — AFP
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