This week on Tech Brains Talk, Flavilla is joined by Andrew Wrobel. They discuss how the Ukraine conflict has affected IT businesses still in the country, the business opportunities in Eastern Europe, Africa and India and how you can access them.

Andrew Wrobel is the Founding Partner of Emerging Europe, a London-based growth hub, and the leader of the Tech Emerging Europe Advocates community, a part of the Global Tech Advocates network. Trained as a journalist, he specialises in site selection, foreign direct investment, sourcing, technology and innovation, nation branding, and cross-cultural communications.

Andrew runs Emerging Europe’s research and consultancy teams and co-authors the organisation’s flagship annual reports: the Future of IT, the Investment Promotion Report, the Business-Friendly City Perception Index. He is a juror at various international business-related competitions, a location promotion trainer and a media commentator. He has authored and contributed to a number of international business, investment and trade-related publications.

[00:11] Episode summary
[00:47] Introducing Andrew Wrobel and why Andrew founded Emerging Europe
[05:45] Tech in Ukraine
[10:01] Emerging Europe's annual report on the future of IT in Eastern Europe
[18:14] Strategic partnership opportunities in Eastern Europe
[22:00] Expanding in Eastern Europe
[29:29] The differences in business opportunities in India, Africa and Eastern Europe
[40:10] Andrew's vision of the future for Emerging Europe
[43:46] How would Andrew like to be remembered?
 
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