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ProColombia and the Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications will host the first technology focused Business Matchmaking forum to pair roughly 70 Colombian companies with an expected 150 to 200 Canadian and US buyers and investors October 28 and 29, 2015...

Beginning Wednesday, September 16th and 17th, 20 US companies will be visiting Colombia, accompanied by the US Chamber of Commerce and the US State Department. The delegation will be meeting with top Colombian government representatives to discuss different topics relevant to...

Three years after the Free Trade Agreement was ratified and put into effect between the US and Colombia, both sides are already seeing tangible benefits. Vital in managing the trade relations between the two countries, the US Commercial Service works out of the United States...

Six Antioqueño communities in the area of influence of EPM’s Ituango Hydroelectric project stand to benefit from commitments made by EPM’s CEO Juan Esteban Calle Restrepo, and Medellin’s mayor Anibal Gaviria Correa. The two principals laid out those commitments at a meeting held...

This week, the city of Medellin held the pre-event kickoff for the upcoming Cities For Life Global Meeting 2015, to take place this August 31 to September 1st in Plaza Mayor, the city’s flagship convention center. Cities for Life will bring more than 40 experts from around the...

City backed business incubator Ruta-N announced yesterday a deal with the University of Wisconsin (USA) to establish a $2+ million laboratory in part of the space recently abandoned by Hewlett Packard. The initial term will be for three years. The venture expects to count on...

Yesterday, Colombia’s Development Finance Agency, FDN (Financiera Nacional de Desarrollo) announced the successful financing of the first three 4G (Fourth Generation) highway concessions, expanding the country’s ground transportation infrastructure. This will facilitate...

Empresas Municipales de Cali (EMCALI) has launched an advanced energy project this summer in the city of Cali, Colombia that will actively manage electrical consumption and supply in selected buildings throughout the capital of the Valle de Cauca. After a successful initial...

In 1941, the artist Pedro Nel Gómez, followed by the architect Juan Wolff in 1942, floated initiatives to make the Medellin river the center for life and development in Colombia’s second largest city. Nothing much happened until urban planners Carlos Julio Calle and Luis Fernando...

The electoral campaigns are heating up in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. Finance Colombia endeavors to speak with every serious candidate willing to offer us their time. This year, we were able to sit down first with Bogotá’s Libertarian candidate, Daniel Raisbeck. The Libertarian...