Albania 26 articles

Ecosystem

From Rock Bands to Software and Gaming: This Serial Entrepreneur Pushes Albania’s Ecosystem Forward

By Bojan Stojkovski 1 August 2022 4 mins read

For serial entrepreneur Engjell Rraklli, startups are much more than innovation. Тhey have a vast […]

Gaming

This female entrepreneur wants to put Albania on the gaming map

By Bojan Stojkovski 10 June 2022 3 mins read

As an avid game enthusiast, for Tirana-based tech entrepreneur Lorena Gjana it was difficult to […]

Health

10 Promising Health Tech and Medtech Startups in Southeast Europe

By Bojan Stojkovski 8 June 2022 6 mins read

In the last few years, the Southeast European region has become a home to many […]

Climate Tech

7 solutions from Southeast Europe for greener and smarter buildings

By Viktoriya Ikonomova 18 May 2022 3 mins read

By 2020, the building sector was responsible for 38% of the energy-related carbon emissions in […]

Edtech

Mapping: 20+ IT academies and tech universities in SEE that connect talent to business

By Petya Kotseva 10 May 2022 17 mins read

The world is going digital and the demand for well-trained specialists in the technology sector […]

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, […]

Ecosystem

10 startups from the Western Balkans to watch for in 2022

By Bojan Stojkovski 21 March 2022 5 mins read

One of the main goals of the Western Balkans Investment Readiness Program is to put […]

Startups

Albanian grocery delivery startup Hajde raises $1M in seed investment, looks to expand to North Macedonia

By Bojan Stojkovski 8 February 2022 2 mins read

Albanian food delivery startup Hajde raised $1M in seed investment, in a round led by […]

Leadership

Fabiola Duro, CEO of INNVEST, about empowering founders and startups in Albania

By Elena Vrabie 4 February 2022 7 mins read

“Innovation has no limits. It’s an extraordinary time for it as technological change and industry […]

Startups

How the Western Balkans Investment Readiness Program can help regional startups attract investors

By Bojan Stojkovski 22 December 2021 4 mins read

Lack of private capital has been one of the biggest challenges for most startups across […]

Ecosystem

How ICT academies can help foster and develop the programming community in Albania

By Bojan Stojkovski 17 September 2021 3 mins read

For the last few years, Tirana-based software company division5 has been working on how to […]

Ecosystem

Albania’s young startup ecosystem shows potential, but needs to overcome pressing challenges

By Bojan Stojkovski 9 August 2021 5 mins read

As one of the countries with the biggest brain drain in the Western Balkans since 2010, Albania’s […]