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At SBC Summit Lisbon 2025, Aff.Tech showcased why it stands as the Affiliate Platform for Champions. Over the three-day event, booth C350 (shared with GR8 Tech) became one of the busiest spots of the exhibition, filled with operators and platform providers eager to discover how Aff.Tech drives affiliate management with automation, scalability, and precision. The […] Aff.Tech at SBC Summit Lisbon 2025 was originally published on Emerging Europe.| Emerging Europe
GR8 Tech landed heavyweight wins on all fronts at SBC Summit 2025, taking home the prestigious Platform Provider of the Year award and drawing record-breaking crowds with its Heavyweight Club activation with Ready to Fight, which brought undisputed world champion Oleksandr Usyk to the summit floor. Heavyweight Presence: Super Stage Panel and iGaming Influencers at …| Emerging Europe
Entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe has always come with its own set of challenges—regulatory hurdles, unpredictable tax rules, and the constant need to adapt. Over the past year I’ve watched many talented founders stumble on legal and tax nuances, not because their products weren’t good, but because bureaucracy slowed them down. That’s why I find Legarithm’s […] Legarithm announces new strategies to empower entrepreneurs in Eastern Europe was originally published on Emerging Europe.| Emerging Europe
We live in an age of constant disruption. Markets shift overnight, technologies leapfrog entire industries, and geopolitics redraw supply chains. For leaders, the question is no longer whether change will come, but whether their organisation is prepared to meet it. That is where reinvention enters the picture. Reinvention is not a buzzword or a passing […] What is reinvention? A practical guide was originally published on Emerging Europe.| Emerging Europe
The wait is over: the Heavyweight Champ is Activated. On September 17, GR8 Tech brings Oleksandr Usyk, undisputed heavyweight champion and co-founder of Ready to Fight, to the stage at SBC Summit 2025 for a full day of heavyweight action. From the Super Stage to the Stand The day begins on the Super Stage at […] Heavyweight champ. Activated: Oleksandr Usyk joins GR8 Tech at SBC Summit 2025 was originally published on Emerging Europe.| Emerging Europe
Boardrooms love the language of change. Over the last twenty years, “transformation” has become a staple of strategy decks and consultant presentations. Digital transformation. Cultural transformation. Agile transformation. The word signals ambition, urgency, and progress. Yet many transformation programmes fall short. They deliver new systems, restructure teams, or rebrand services, but fail to create organisations […] Reinvention vs Transformation: Why words matter was originally pu...| Emerging Europe
GR8 Tech’s drive-time podcast, Bet It Drives, returns for a high-speed third episode with Rohini Sardana, Founder & CEO of WiseWager Consultancy Ltd. A 20-year veteran in sports, esports, media, and tech innovation, Sardana has been behind some of iGaming’s boldest product launches—from introducing Competitive Gaming at SIS to spearheading the EsportsEvolved platform at Pinnacle […] GR8 Tech’s Bet It Drives puts the pedal down with Rohini Sardana—From esports pioneer to iGaming vi...| Emerging Europe
Every organisation knows it needs to change. The harder question is how. Where do you begin? How do you ensure that change is not just cosmetic but lasting? At Reinvantage, we developed the 4Rs of Reinvention as a practical framework to guide leaders through this process. Simple enough to remember, yet robust enough to apply […] The 4Rs of reinvention explained was originally published on Emerging Europe.| Emerging Europe
After launching Bet It Drives with Alex Pratt’s high-octane debut, GR8 Tech’s drive-time podcast shifts gears for Episode 2 with Helen Walton, Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of G.Games—a creative force who went from global cosmetics to multiplayer slots without touching the brakes. Walton’s career spans global beauty brands at Unilever, creative agencies, restaurants, music …| Emerging Europe
iGaming just got a new ride. Bet It Drives, GR8 Tech’s new podcast, takes the industry’s most interesting voices out of the studio and into the fast lane. Hosted by Yevhen Krazhan, CSO, each episode is filmed entirely in a moving car, with cameras rolling and London as the backdrop. No predictable Q&As: Bet It […] GR8 Tech hits the road with new ‘Bet It Drives’ podcast—First guest: Alex Pratt was originally published on Emerging Europe.| Emerging Europe
GR8 Tech has rolled out CRM Bonus Shop—a fully integrated player-facing feature designed to drive engagement, increase retention, and optimise bonus budgets through gamified rewards. The Bonus Shop enables operators to offer various virtual and real rewards, including free spins, free bets, gamification items, even physical items, spins in Wheel of Fortune, and more, in …| Emerging Europe
Over the past five years, the Republic of Moldova has strengthened its position on the international map in two strategically important sectors — medical and educational tourism. An increasing number of international patients are choosing to travel for high-quality treatments at competitive prices, while private clinics in Moldova are fulfilling this demand with services that …| Emerging Europe
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Tech companies in Romania are increasingly concerned that the generous tax breaks they have enjoyed for a number of years are about to be withdrawn by the country’s government. Since 2003 IT workers in Romania have – subject to a number of conditions, including holding a degree or equivalent in a relevant subject – benefited …| Emerging Europe
When ESPN Bet crashed during 26 per cent of March Madness game time, it proved what heavyweight operators already know: that level of downtime is unthinkable—and expensive. When you’re processing millions of bets during a single event, every second of uptime and every millisecond of speed directly impact your bottom line. That’s why GR8 Tech …| Emerging Europe
As global industries increasingly turn to creativity as a growth driver, Moldova is quietly emerging as one of Eastern Europe’s most dynamic and resilient hubs for creative services. With a growing ecosystem of over 2,700 companies and more than 13,000 professionals—and a 16 per cent increase in the number of creative enterprises between 2020 and …| Emerging Europe
Despite Russia’s brutal invasion, Ukraine’s economy forges ahead. There may be stalemate on the battlefield, but on the economic front, Ukraine is advancing. More than three years into Russia’s invasion, the country’s economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience, growing by 2.9 per cent in 2024—a figure that would be impressive even in peacetime. According to the …| Emerging Europe
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In the latest of our new series drawing on the original analysis and data collected by Emerging Europe as part of our Future of IT report, we look at Czechia.| Emerging Europe
For a former president to take part in a start-up's first major funding round is exceptional, but then Estonia’s start-up is precisely that: exceptional.| Emerging Europe
The challenges Europe face may be unpredictable, but they’re also an invitation to reinvent how we approach unity, stability, and strength.| Emerging Europe
As part of our new series drawing on the original analysis and data collected by Emerging Europe as part of our Future of IT report, we look at the region's largest IT sector, Poland.| Emerging Europe
Both Ukraine's public and private sectors continue to develop digital tools worthy of the world's interest and investment.| Emerging Europe
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