Serbia’s population is shrinking. Over the past 25 years, the small Balkan nation has lost a steady stream of talented young people to emigration—including a record 58,000 people in 2015 alone, 9,000 of whom left with advanced degrees.
It is hard to find a Serbian whose family hasn’t been affected by the emigration wave.
My own family is no different—two of my siblings left Serbia in their early thirties and have no intention of coming back.
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Vuk Nikolić had a passion for programming since the age of 6 and grew up watching his mom manage her trucking company. He knew of all the challenges she faced and was eager to help her. He worked tirelessly to develop software for managing a trucking company’s daily operations. It turned out that he not only helped his mom, but is now conquering the large U.S. trucking industry with ‘Truck Track’, after having received investments from several global tech investors who recognized his business’s potential.
Mirjana Vukša Zavišić, USAID
Mirjana Vukša Zavišić, USAID