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More marketing, targeted education, and training still needs to be done if Colombia wants to continue its growth in IT outsourcing.

"There’s an ecosystem of technology companies here, and that goes to show that there must be talent" says Marcelo Martinez of UruIT.

The Global analyst firm Everest Group has released a comprehensive, 165 page report (available here) covering global service delivery locations, and the report cites Colombia as a nascent location in the global services market. While the country still has only a small share of...

Michael R. Bloomberg today launched Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2016 Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire Latin American and Caribbean cities to develop bold new ideas that solve major problems and improve city life – and that ultimately can be shared with other cities. The...

Colombia’s civil aviation authority, Aeronautica Civil, also known as Aerocivil,  approved 57 new airline routes requested by airlines in 2015, including 34 national and 23 international routes. From the dates of approval, airlines have up to 180 days to provide service on those...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has unveiled the initial results of a new methodology to measure the costs of traffic congestion and improve understanding of how poor traffic mobility affects the economy and productivity of cities in Latin America and the Caribbean....

In June, the subsidiary companies of Avianca Holdings S.A. (NYSE: AVH) (BVC: PFAVH) (*) 2,336,139 passengers, up 10.2% compared to June 2014. Capacity, measured in ASKs (available seat kilometers), increased 7.7%, while passenger traffic, measured in RPKs (revenue passenger...

The strong U.S. dollar, Colombian peso (COP) depreciation and slow growth in Latin American economies are not expected to be serious threats to the credit strengths of Colombia’s largest private banks, says Fitch Ratings. In a strong dollar environment, Colombia’s...

Based on a private report released in November 2014 by the global research firm Everest Group, Cali, Colombia does not necessarily receive the attention it deserves as an ideal global services delivery destination. More famous for its world class salsa scene, its “La Sexta” party...

Global consultancy & analyst firm Everest Group recently released their 2014 Market Vista and 2014 Year In Review, in which they discuss global shared services and outsourcing trends. Latin America is growing as a destination for these services, and Colombia seems to be...