GRIColombiareaches its5th edition in 2019. The most senior meeting of this sector in the country takes place on October 16th and 17th, in Bogota, and it will bring together over 200 leaders from theColombianmarket. The main goal is to exchange ideas and experiences, analyze the moment of the industry and what lies ahead, investment perspectives and identify business opportunities. For…
As Colombia is accelerating towards 30% renewable energy by 2030,ANDRECis the only clean energy congress and exhibition in Colombia that teams a detailed market-researched agenda with a dedicated networking arena uniting the entire value chain, offering you the perfect platform to learn andnetwork with over 200leading industry experts. ANDRECwill continue to guide the…
In English Colombia busca expandir y diversificar sus lazos comerciales con China a través de una serie de nuevas alianzas, confirmadas por el presidente Iván Duque durante su reciente visita de Estado a esa nación. Durante la visita de tres días a Beijing y Shanghái, realizada a fines de julio, ambos países firmaron 12 acuerdos bilaterales, en áreas que incluyen el comercio, la agricultura,…
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Colombia is home to a distinctive blend of ethnicities, cultures and geography, has the second-largest population in South America and is the continent’s fourth-largest country. After spending much of the second half of the 20th century embroiled in the world’s second-longest modern civil war, the 2016 peace accord brought a formal end to the conflict between FARC and the government. The end o
Colombia began 2019 with a raft of tax and fiscal reforms designed to stimulate local and foreign investment, though there are concerns that some of the measures may hinder growth in the short to medium term. Headlining the changes in the Financing Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2019, is the progressive reduction of corporate income tax from 33% in 2019 to 30% in 2022, along with…
In May 2018 member states of the OECD formally welcomed Colombia as the 37th member of the organisation. The country is the third nation in Latin America and the Caribbean to join the group, after Mexico and Chile. The OECD has traditionally been considered an organisation for developed economies, sometimes being referred to as “the league of rich nations”. However, Colombia’s addition…
Drawing on international best practice, public and private banks in Colombia have begun to develop financial products designed to promote environmental sustainability and achieve development goals. Beginning in 2016 the country has issued a series of green bonds to support environmental projects. Building on this experience, Colombia has more recently begun to issue new financial products aimed…
Gross venture capital (VC) investment in Latin American start-ups reached a record $780m in the first half of 2018, representing year-on-year (y-o-y) growth of 63% from $476m. The total number of VC deals was similarly up by 61.1%, from 90 to 145, according to data from the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA). The association projected VC investment for all of…
Colombia is redoubling efforts to include renewable energy in its power supply mix. This has meant moving away from its dependence on hydroelectricity, which has been made unreliable due to shifting climate patterns. Law No. 1715 was passed in May 2014, creating a foundation for the adoption of these technologies by regulating integration of non-conventional renewable energy sources to the…
