In the 2019 version of the report, which measures the factors in productivity across 141 countries, Chile’s score increased by 0.3 percentage points, giving it 33^rd position in the ranking.

Topics: Latin America- WEF- Ranking- World Economic Forum- World Ranking

Under a program it is implementing internationally, the company takes advantage of vacant TV frequencies to provide broadband internet access for remote or commercially unattractive areas. In Chile, it has already identified 632 connection points.

Topics: Digital Hub- Digital Infrastructure- Microsoft- Internet

The firm plans to establish a factory in Chile to develop more healthy foods and, in the future, personal care products, such as creams, and household products such as detergents and dishwashing liquids.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- success stories- Food Industry- AI- Artificial Intelligence- The Live Green Co- Healthy Food

The coworking space company has chosen Chile to start its regional expansion. It is already in Valparaíso and will now open in the capital.

Topics: global services- Smart City- Co work- HIT Cowork

The token has a value defined in kilowatt-hours of electricity produced by sustainable projects.

Topics: renewable energy- Energy- Blockchain

“Through the operation of these three wind farms, we will contribute clean energy to the system and, specifically, central Chile,” said the Norwegian company’s vice-president for South America, Laine Powell.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- Clean Energy- wind power- Energy- Energy Investment

The owner of the company and the seventh richest man in the world, Larry Ellison himself announced the news at an event in San Francisco. Chile is the second Latin American country, after Brazil, to which the company is making a strong commitment.

Topics: 4IR- Tech investment- Digital Infrastructure- Data Center- Oracle- Connectivity

Areas that range from the development of electric vehicles and strategies to add value to lithium through to the growth of renewable energies are among those that will benefit in a market that is growing on a daily basis.

Topics: Energy- electric buses- Electromobility- electric vehicles

Import manager, Héctor Zhang, visited the South American country where he held meetings with dairy, fruit and wine producers. His aim is to create a specific channel with Chile.

Topics: China- e-commerce- Alibaba- Trade

The aim is for 70% of the electricity consumed in the country to be from sources such as photovoltaic or wind energy by 2050; this is in addition to the announced decarbonization plan.

Topics: Clean Energy- photovoltaic solar energy- wind power- renewable energy- Energy

They enhance the conductivity properties of sensors to make devices lighter and more flexible. Due to these advances, the Internet of Things is expected grow at an unprecedented rate.

Topics: Tech investment- Internet of Things- IoT- Nanoparticles- Electronics

The country, which is already known as an adventure and leisure destination, is now moving towards the coveted world of corporate tourism, where spending is almost twice as much as a visitor on vacation. In 2018, this segment brought in more than US$551 million.

Topics: Tourism- Tourism Infrastructure- Business tourism

EY report awards first place to China followed by the United States and France. Within the region, Chile takes second place after Argentina.

Topics: NCRE- photovoltaic solar energy- wind power- renewable energy

With a fund of US$5,000 million to allocate to innovative projects in Latin America, it will prioritize FinTech companies in the country, linked to digital wallets, payment methods and international remittances, among other services.

Topics: Fintech- Japan- Softbank- Banking

This will add to the assets it already has in the country and seeks to respond to growing demand for its services in Latin America.

Topics: Infrastructure- Google- 4IR- Tech investment- Digital Transformation- Digital Hub- Digital Infrastructure

The country expects that, within six years, 25% of plastic containers and packaging will be made from recycled material and 100% will be designed in line with the circular economy concept. The announcement was made five months before COP25 takes place in Chile.

Topics: COP25- circular economy- recycling- packaging

The Transport Ministry is coordinating the arrival of the minibus with a capacity for 12 passengers. It will be used on a route in the capital, Santiago, before being taken to the regions.

Topics: Artificial Intelligence- Electromobility- Smart City- electric vehicles- Last-mile- autonomous vehicle- Transdev

Chile is the southern hemisphere’s principal fruit exporter. Each year, it produces 5 million tonnes of fresh fruit of which it exports 2.6 million tonnes, representing sales of US$4,000 million. Exports of vegetables are also growing and reached US$30 million in the first four months of this year, up by 23% on the same period in 2018.

Topics: Food Industry- R&D- Innovation- Agriculture- Foods

The aim is to cover eight Chilean cities in 2019 with 7,000 scooters and, over the next 24 months, to open in six markets, starting with Argentina, Peru and Uruguay.

Topics: technology- Tech investment- Scooter- GoFrog- Last-mile

In the placement of Chile’s first sovereign green bond, international markets showed their confidence in the Chilean economy through a historically low interest rate (3.53%) and strong demand from institutional investors that specialize in green bonds.

Topics: Green Bond- Chilean Economy- sovereign green bond- International Markets