Business Development Tour

Ukraine’s IT Sector:
The Emerging Tiger of Europe

November 6 - 13, 2021

Completed

About

The Business Development Tour, held on November 6 – 13, 2021, featured a seven-day visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, for Heads of IT and C-suites responsible for the business development of large Gulf Cooperation Council corporations. During the Tour, the participants:

Found strategic partners for developing their newest IT products and features
Discovered the peculiarities of the Ukrainian IT market
Learned from the market experience of Ukraine’s leading global players in outsourcing, AI, IoT, blockchain, cybersecurity, and more
Gained insights into legal and market conditions of establishing the IT entity in Ukraine and hiring Ukrainian developers, as well as special incentives from the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation

Tour was designed for

C-suites from medium and large non-Ukrainian IT companies

Heads of IT from large local and international corporations

Tech investors and entrepreneurs

Government representatives responsible for digitalization programs

Tour covered such topics as

IT outsourcing

Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence

Mobile App Development

Blockchain

Government Digitalization Programs

For this Tour, we organised

Meeting with the Directors of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Department of the digital economy, eServices Development Directorate, and Expert Group on Attracting Investments in IT;
Meeting with the Ukrainian Startup Fund, which shed light on the legal and market conditions of the startup establishment in Ukraine and opportunities of receiving non-equity financial support from the government;
8 business meetings with 8 biggest Ukrainian IT companies;
6-hour Kyiv city tour and a multitude of visits to the best Ukrainian local restaurants.

Participants’ feedback

We have enjoyed and benefited from our business development trip to Ukraine, learned about the recent market developments, government IT strategies, and discussed collaboration with the biggest IT companies. Many thanks to CFC Big Ideas for their organization and hospitality!

Praveen Raj Parameswaran, Managing Director at Advanced Integration Automation Group

We were very pleased with the IT tour organized by CFC Big Ideas in November 2021. Our business meetings were successful as everything was thoughtfully planned and arranged, and the company's team was very professional. I will highly recommend CFC Big Ideas because this tour exceeded all the expectations.

Ruqaiah Al-Jizawi, CIO and Board Member at Al Foadia Group

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to CFC Big Ideas for your hospitality during our visit to Ukraine. Thanks to the professional organization of the meetings with the Ukrainian IT companies, we are able to build strong relationships with them and accomplish the business development goals of Al Foadia Group.

Amjad Al Ramahi, Business Development Manager at Al Foadia Group