Robakidze’s platform to create straightforward and clear API documentation became extremely popular and so she teamed up with fellow Georgian Maria Doliashvili to start Theneo.

The IMF said that spillovers from the war and sanctions were expected to lower Georgia’s growth to around 3 percent in 2022, raise inflation, and widen the current account deficit.

Fitch expects all these economies to grow in 2022, but has cut its forecasts by 0.2-4 percentage points, with the largest cuts for commodity importers.

The ADB projected the gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Central Asia and South Caucasus at 3.6 percent in 2022 and 4.0 percent next year.