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Leading the Way on Georgia-US Relations Leading the way on Georgia-US relations APRIL-MAY 2021 Investor.ge | 3 Investor.ge CONTENT 6 Investor news 9 Georgia’s organic wine opportunity 10 Transatlantic leadership: US Ambassador Degnan & AmCham President Sarah Williams talk Georgia-US relations, changing role of women 15 New routes open up for Georgian SMEs as IFIs move to diversify financing options 18 How Georgian literature has made its way into 20 35 languages 20 The Enguri HPP shutdown: how it played out for Georgia and its breakaway Abkhazia region 22 TBC Capital’s macro insights: ‘still restart rather than recovery’ 24 Why Tbilisi’s last Soviet-era ropeway can’t get off the ground again 26 Investor spotlight: Georgian drone startup Raven 26 looks to spread its wings come spring 29 TBC Bank’s strategy to be a leading employer, tech forerunner in the region 30 How public-private sector partnerships have transformed development in Georgia 32 Agricultural startup Kalo disseminating know- how through tech 34 BLC: Law on Entrepreneurs provides new take on capital formation, maintenance and protection 36 US-Georgian partnership proves ‘a woman’s 32 place’ is in tech 38 What Georgia stands to gain from ending food waste 40 Agronavti: USAID-funded mobile application brings innovation, efficiency to Georgian agriculture 38 NEWS ......42 4 | Investor.ge APRIL-MAY 2021 APRIL-MAY 2021 Investor.ge | 5 GEORGIAN GDP DOWN 6.2% IN FDUULHU:L]]$LUUHVXPHGÀLJKWVIURP Investment 2020 .XWDLVL,QWHUQDWLRQDO$LUSRUWDWWKHHQG Real growth of Georgian GDP fell RIWKHPRQWKDQGLVRIIHULQJÀLJKWVWR by 6.2% in 2020, show preliminary data destinations. 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