Employees work in the ‘IT Cluster Lviv’ at the Start-up Depot building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on May 12, 2022. The ‘start-up depot building’ in Lviv has a false air of Silicon Valley with its young employees who, computers on their knees, work in deck chairs in the middle of the garden. — AFP
LVIV, Ukraine: Ukraine’s IT sector is booming despite the Russian invasion. Workers with stickers on their laptops recline on beach chairs outside a warehouse for startups in the west Ukraine city of Lviv giving off major Silicon Valley vibes.
But the atmosphere inside is different.
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Employees work in the ‘IT Cluster Lviv’ at the Start-up Depot building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on May 12, 2022. The ‘start-up depot building’ in Lviv has a false air of Silicon Valley with its young employees who, computers on their knees, work in deck chairs in the middle of the garden. — AFP
Veselovskyi said ‘most tech companies had developed contingency plans’ in case of war. — AFP
Veselovskyi told AFP that companies transferred servers to secure locations and established back-up systems outside the country before Russia invaded on Feb 24. — AFP
Korzhov gestures during an AFP interview in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on May 12, 2022. —- AFP
‘Even in the most drastic conditions, business can continue,’ regional manager Ivan Korzhov said. — AFP
Employees work outside the IT cluster Lviv at the Start-up Depot building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on May 12, 2022. The ‘start-up depot building’ in Lviv has a false air of Silicon Valley with its young employees who, computers on their knees, work in deck chairs in the middle of the garden. — AFP
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