Earlier this week Inter IKEA Systems B.V. announced that it has granted the Sarton Group the exclusive IKEA franchisee rights for Panama 🇵🇦 & Costa Rica 🇨🇷. Inter IKEA Systems B.V., HQ-ed in the Netherlands, is the global IKEA franchisor and owner of… Read More »IKEA to Open Stores in Panama & Costa Rica
In July Spanish Tech Startup 🚀 HaloTech successfully raised €10 million in a funding round that places its pre-money valuation at €100 million. The investment will support the expansion of its AI -powered workplace safety platform (“Safety as a Service”)… Read More »Spanish HaloTech Plans Expansion from Panama with €10M Investment
Panama Growth Picks Up on Canal-Driven Trade Activity Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is expected to hold steady at 2.3% in 2025 and 2.4% in 2026. This marks a downward revision of 0.2% from the WB… Read More »Steady but Modest Growth Ahead for Latin America
According to the new data, the 2025 Top 3 growth countries in Latin America are forecasted to be Argentina 🇦🇷 (5.5% in 2025 and 4.5% in 2026), Guatemala (4.1% in 2025; 3.8% in 2026) and Panama (4% in both 2025… Read More »New IMF Outlook: Panama Forecasted with 3rd Highest Growth in LATAM; Argentina No. 1
Latin America is an increasingly attractive market for the international expansion of European Tech companies 🚀. Here are a few of the many European Tech companies that are expanding to Latin America in 2025 according to an article in Forbes… Read More »European Tech Companies Expand to Latin America
Cloud-related cyber threats and hacking & leaking operations are the top cybersecurity concerns for executives in Latin America, according to PwC’s Global Digital Trust Insights 2025 Survey – Latin America Findings published earlier this month. More than half (55%) even… Read More »Cloud-related Cybersecurity Threats Top of Mind among LATAM Business Execs
Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is expected to rise from 2.2% last year to 2.5% in 2025 and 2.6% in 2026. Growth is primarily driven by Argentina’s rebound, easing interest rates, and declining inflation. A possible… Read More »World Bank: LATAM Growth to Rise, Panama to recover to 3%
Last month OLADE, Latin America’s Energy Organisation, presented the “Energy Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2024”. A report that compiles energy data, regulation and policy initiatives and projections to 2050 from its 27 member countries and highlights the… Read More »OLADE presents “Energy Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2024”
Panama 🇵🇦 marked a historic milestone by becoming an Associate State of MERCOSUR, being the first country outside of South America to achieve this status within the trade bloc made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia. The official… Read More »Panama Becomes Associate Member of MERCOSUR
This week Swiss-headquartered EF Education First published the 2024 edition of its English Proficiency Index (EF EPI). For the sixth consecutive year, the Netherlands 🇳🇱 is the country leading the global ranking, followed by Norway and Singapore. In Latin America, Argentina… Read More »EF Index 2024: Panama Scores Low on English Proficiency