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Bojan is The Recursive’s Western Balkans Editor, covering tech, innovation, and business for more than a decade. He’s currently exploring blockchain, Industry 4.0, AI, and is always open to covering diverse and exciting topics in the Western Balkans countries. His work has been featured in global media outlets such as Foreign Policy, WSJ, ZDNet, and Balkan Insight.

Bojan Stojkovski

From AI, to e-commerce and various marketplaces for digital tools and services, we present our selection of the top six Western Balkans startups.

Ecosystem

Top 6 promising startups emerging from the Western Balkans

By Bojan Stojkovski 6 May 2022 3 mins read

The Western Balkans is proving to be a fertile ground for young and ambitious innovators, […]

Zana’s development of conversational AI technology has the potential to deliver the next significant wave of innovation in healthcare.

AI

How the startup Zana uses conversational AI technology to help both patients and doctors

By Bojan Stojkovski 3 May 2022 4 mins read

One of the most popular uses of technology in healthcare has been to improve it, […]

while the Russian invasion threatens to destroy Ukraine’s cities and infrastructure, including the country’s tech ecosystem as well, a number of Ukrainian startups are staying vigilant and vow to keep on working

Ecosystem

Elena Malitskaya, CEO of ISE Group: Ukrainian entrepreneurs are made of steel

By Bojan Stojkovski 29 April 2022 6 mins read

Before the war, Ukraine had one of the most promising startup ecosystems in the world […]

the top domestic IT companies in North Macedonia that are currently driving the country’s ICT market forward

Ecosystem

These are the IT companies in North Macedonia driving its $1B market

By Bojan Stojkovski 27 April 2022 3 mins read

The IT market in North Macedonia reached a value of over $1 billion in 2020, […]

For cybersecurity expert Ljubica Pendaroska, president of Women4Cyber North Macedonia, the road to success in her career looks more like a puzzle that she had to solve to get to where she is today.

Women in Tech

Women in Cyber: Ljubica Pendaroska, president of Women4Cyber North Macedonia, “Personal transformation is a never ending story”

By Bojan Stojkovski 26 April 2022 10 mins read

For cybersecurity expert Ljubica Pendaroska, president of Women4Cyber North Macedonia, the road to success in […]

Corporate Innovation

Creating a developer community is a $1 billion bet for tech companies

By Bojan Stojkovski 20 April 2022 6 mins read

While tech products and various services are the essence of what tech companies nowadays provide, […]

Near Balkans launch, nearbalkans.org

Blockchain

NEAR Protocol launches Balkans Hub, the first major blockchain ecosystem in the region

By Bojan Stojkovski 19 April 2022 3 mins read

NEAR Protocol, one of the world’s largest blockchain technology ecosystems, launched the NEAR Balkans Hub, […]

Founded in 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio by Anevski and co-founders Alex Pantich and Nick Jordanovski, today Upshift is disrupting the $150 billion worth recruiting industry with its solution that matches temporary workers with open positions.

Diaspora

How Macedonian-founded startup Upshift disrupts the $150bn recruiting industry

By Bojan Stojkovski 18 April 2022 4 mins read

Difficulties for finding the appropriate staff was what drove Upshift’s co-founder and CEO Steve Anevski […]

Media AI company Sensika Technologies provides actionable insights to companies, communication agencies and public sector entities, extracted from media content that is outside of their control: on websites, social networks, TV, radio stations and other alternative external data sources.

AI

Sensika, using AI to make media content actionable for business, targets expansion in the DACH market

By Bojan Stojkovski 15 April 2022 4 mins read

Navigating through an ocean of media information on a specific topic can often prove to […]

Greek translation platform Transifex eyes growth after acquisition by PARC Partners

Deals

Greek translation platform Transifex eyes growth after acquisition by PARC Partners

By Bojan Stojkovski 14 April 2022 3 mins read

Greek translation and localization automation platform Transifex has been acquired by US search fund PARC […]

North Macedonia’s first IT college and edutech company Brainster Next is making an investment of €2.5M over the next 5 years in an effort to provide accessible and quality higher education in information science

Edtech

Brainster Next invests €2.5M in providing quality higher IT education in North Macedonia

By Bojan Stojkovski 13 April 2022 3 mins read

North Macedonia’s first IT college and edutech company Brainster Next is making an investment of […]

Bulgaria’s GATE Institute, as a part of NATO’s Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), is now officially a test center for the Alliance in the field of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.

AI

Bulgaria’s GATE Institute becomes NATO test center for big data and AI

By Bojan Stojkovski 12 April 2022 3 mins read

Bulgaria’s GATE Institute, as a part of NATO’s Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic […]

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