An Armenian technological leapfrog

Suzanna Shamakhyan, the Vice President of Strategic Planning at the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST), speaks to CivilNet about the organization’s aim to make Armenia an innovation hub by 2041. Ms. Shamakhyan explains what are some of the obstacles to the tech sector’s growth, different cooperation initiatives that take place with international partners and what she means by a “technological leapfrog.”

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Distrikt Project to Convert a Soviet Military Base into a Smart City in Gyumri

Todd Fabacher, Co-founder of Digital Pomegranate, introduces a new investment project that has kicked off in Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city. The project, called Distrikt, will regenerate an old Soviet military base and use it as a space for a start-up hub, a solar farm, an Armenian-Chinese center, and other initiatives.

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