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Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced the winning cities and countries selected to participate in a new phase of the foundation’s Global Road Safety Initiative, which aims to reduce fatalities and injuries from road traffic crashes. With a new commitment of $12...

Millicom International Cellular, operating in Colombia and other Latin American markets as Tigo, reported last week strong revenue growth, up 14.9% to $6.39 billion (all figures in USD) and an EBITDA of $2.09 billion, revealing a solid operating margin of 32.8%. The resultant...

Colombia has made significant strides in the shift to electronic payments, but further progress in addressing the informal cash economy, increasing merchant acceptance and consumer adoption is needed to further advance the shift to digital payments in the country, according to a...

Above photo: ViveAgro Founders Juan Pablo Arbelaez & Felipe Arbelaez During the celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week recently, the two brothers Felipe and Juan Pablo Arbelaez, founders of Vive Agro, were selected by Endeavor Colombia as the 2014 Endeavor Entrepreneurs....

Colombian mobile operators Claro, Telefónica Movistar and Tigo and trade association Asomóvil, together with the GSMA industry group today announced a series of joint initiatives to enhance mobile users’ experiences throughout the country. These initiatives are supported by the...

While Valentine’s Day has become a holiday celebrated in many countries around the world, attitudes about love and the way it gets expressed vary significantly among nationalities. While in Colombia, like much of Latin America, the Dia del Amor, celebrated the third...

The big travel news across the globe today has been the Expedia Orbitz acquisition, which many analysts say is taking place to compete against Priceline. While the global travel market continues to grow and evolve, there are still many targeted niches, whether that be type of...

Fitch Ratings announced this week that the US based ratings firm expects that favorable financing conditions and projected GDP growth of 3.5% for 2015 bode well for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the Colombian corporate sector. ‘Colombia has become a vibrant...

Superfinanciera, the Colombian regulator of insurance activities, has given Brazilian Reinsurance provider Terra Brasis Re authorization to enter the Colombian insurance market as a foreign reinsurer, as registered in Colombia’s REACOEX, or Registry of Foreign Reinsurers and...

Global meeting and events organizer Markets Group is gearing up for a one day pan regional meeting hosting leading fixed income investors from throughout Latin America, including pension funds, sovereign reserves, and central bankers. The event is designed to demystify the...