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Demand Frontier is a digital marketing agency founded in Texas, with a rapidly growing outpost in Medellín. The business-to-business firm services Fortune-500 companies from both locations, but sees Colombia as key to its plans for growth. Finance Colombia executive editor Loren...

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...

São Paulo based Stefanini, a $1B global provider of IT outsourcing, applications management and consulting, and strategic staffing services, has announced that it has acquired Paipa, Boyacá based Government ERP provider Sysman SAS, which will change its name to Stefanini Sysman...

Epson launched its SureColor F9200 dye sublimation printers at Colombiatex, Colombia’s textile industry trade show this year. The SureColor line of dye sublimation printers allow designers and producers to print intricate, full color designs either directly on fabric, or on...

Rainbow Tree is a software company dedicated to providing early childhood education software that engages young learners, and can be utilized in a scholastic or home environment. Conceived in the US, Rainbow Tree’s founders decided to stake their claim in Medellin’s Ruta-N; a...

Privately held PharmaCielo Ltd. today announced that its Rionegro, Colombia based subsidiary, PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S. has submitted its formal application to Minsalud, Colombia’s Ministry of Health, and the Consejo Nacional de Estupefacientes (National Drugs Council)...

Monday at 10 am, in Medellín’s Plaza Mayór, during a special shareholder’s meeting called by BRE Colombia Investments LP, a new board of directors was seated for Medellín-based Colombian energy producer Isagen. BRE Colombia Investments LP is the majority shareholder of Isagen...

Ambassador of the United States Kevin Whitaker received at his residence last Friday morning several members from Colombia’s private sector to celebrate the success of the  100,000 Strong in the Americas (La Fuerza de 100,000 en las Americas) higher education initiative in...

Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:BEP.UN)(NYSE:BEP) has committed to acquire 57.6% of the outstanding common shares of Medellín based Isagen S.A. (BVC:ISAGEN) from the Colombian government. In an auction held at 8am today that had only Brookfield as a bidder, the...

After Colbun dropped out of bidding last Friday (causing Colbun’s stock to rally strongly, up of 3.2%), only one bidder remains in contention for tomorrow’s January 13 auction for Colombian government controlled power producer, Isagen. Isagen is the third largest energy producer,...