Silicon Valley Tbilisi Officially Opens

TBILISI- Georgia’s high-tech new research and development center Silicon Valley Tbilisi officially opened Friday with an opening ceremony attended by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

The new complex will house Tbilisi’s University of Business and Technologies, an IT Academy, as well as laboratory and research centers in one space.

"This is a groundbreaking project, and we are pleased that this is the government’s first investment into the high-tech field. We have specific initiatives to develop the hi-tech and innovative spheres,” Kvirikashvili said at the opening ceremonies.

“We are more than pleased to see the development of the complex become a reality. It is critical that newly developed infrastructure such as this, will foster innovative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit in the country," Kvirikashvili added.

By Natia Liparteliani

Edited by Nicholas Waller