Voloshyn stands in his empty office in Kiev. Since Ukraine ordered a lockdown in March to slow the pandemic, Preply’s 125 staff have been working at full capacity from home. — Photos: AFP
KIEV: The headquarters of Dmytro Voloshyn's startup in the historic centre of Kiev is eerily quiet. But online, his business is busier than ever.
Despite a crippling global economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, Voloshyn believes a worldwide lockdown to slow infections was just what his startup needed to thrive.
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