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Left to right: Victor Muñoz, Sylvia Constain, Luis Almagro

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Organization of American States Redoubles Efforts To Combat Corruption With Big Data, Artificial Intelligence & Analytics

Prior to the OAS General Assembly held last month in Medellín, Colombia, member countries of the Organization of American States proposed to strengthen the use of technology to combat corruption in The Americas. “According to the Corruption Perception Index prepared by...

Posted On August 13, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Colombia & South Korea To Sign Pact Of Cooperation On 5G Mobile Networks & Artificial Intelligence

During his visit to Seoul, South Korea, the Deputy Minister of Digital Economy From MinTIC, Colombia’s Ministry of Information & Communications Technogy, Jehudi Castro Sierra, met with his South Korean counterpart Won Ki Min. Won also serves as the head of Artificial...

Posted On June 17, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Colombia’s ICT Minister Sylvia Constain Announces 700 & 1900 MHz Spectrum Auction, Enhancing Connectivity For Remote Communities

During a “Construyendo País” workshop last Saturday in Inírida, the remote capital of Colombia’s Guainía Department, ICT minister Sylvia Constain said that the process of structuring the spectrum auction in the 700 and 1900 megahertz (MHz) bands will have a greater impact on such...

Posted On June 15, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Holbertson School Adds Medellín Campus, Offering Innovative Funding Model For Software Programming Students

The Holberton School, a college alternative for training software engineers, last week announced that it has opened a campus in Medellín, it’s second Colombia campus after opening one in the capital of Bogotá. Holberton provides what it calls “Silicon-Valley grade” peer-learning...

Posted On June 15, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Guest Contribution: Real Collaboration Between Colombia’s BPrO & Jamaica’s JAMPRO

For the second year in a row I had the opportunity to the Customer Experience Summit in Bogota, Colombia, organized by the Colombian BPO and Call Center Association now called BPro. This year, the 16th Customer Experience Summit also incorporated the 9th Annual Awards for...

Posted On June 13, 2019

, By Nicholas Sutherland

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Colombian Unicorn: Rappi Raises Mammoth $1 Billion Investment From SoftBank Group

Bogotá based Rappi, an on-demand delivery startup operating in Latin America, has announced an investment of up to $1 billion USD from Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group Corp and SoftBank Vision Fund. The investment marks the largest technology financing to date in a Latin...

Posted On May 20, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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New Speakers Announced For Digital Transformation Andes 2019

With just over a month to go, the Digital Transformation Andes Summit, held at the Habitel Hotel & Convention Center in Bogotá near the El Dorado International Airport has announced exciting new speakers relevant to executives charged with making key strategy and IT decisions...

Posted On May 12, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Sam Gross Discusses Ruta-N’s DAPI Initiative: Training Colombian RPA Talent & Connecting It With The World

Digital Americas Pipeline Initiative, or DAPI is a binational company founded last year with offices in Colombia and the US. The Colombian operation is housed in Medellín’s Ruta-N. The company seeks to train and provide RPA (Robotics Process Automation) and other IT talent to...

Posted On May 6, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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