Oct 19, 2012
The Ministry of Energy and Mines of Nicaragua recently unveiled a US$17 million program for the efficiency in national public lighting, as part of an effort to save approximately 35 megawatts of energy per hour.
Oct 12, 2012
Nicaraguan businessmen meet in late October with Walter Bastian, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere of the Department of Commerce International Trade Administration, during a competitiveness forum in Cali, Colombia.
Oct 12, 2012
Projections demonstrate that Nicaragua will close 2012 with approximately US$1,000 million in terms of FDI.
Oct 05, 2012
A publication by the Latin Business Chronicle stated that Nicaragua was the country with the highest index of FDI as percentage of the GDP in Latin America in 2011, with a total of 13.3%, followed distantly by Panama with 9.1% and Chile with 7.0%.
Oct 03, 2012
The Center for Export Procedures in Nicaragua, recently announced that between January and September, the country’s exports reached US$2,075.3 million in value and 1.35 million tons in volume.
Sep 28, 2012
Nicaragua’s EXPOAPEN conference, whose theme is “Marketing and Internationalization”, will be hosting a total of 250 companies from sectors such as textiles, apparel, handcrafts, manufacturing, agriculture, agroindustry and footwear.
Sep 27, 2012
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved US$56.2 million in financing Nicaragua for a program to improve health care, benefitting approximately 2.3 million people living in vulnerable areas.
Sep 21, 2012
The Nicaraguan Embassy in Finland held the seminar “Nicaragua, the Right Move for the XXI Century” at the World Trade Center in Helsinki, during which a total of sixty businessmen learned about Nicaragua’s various investment opportunities.
Sep 21, 2012
Nicaragua’s Free Zones Commission and PRONicaragua are organizing the “Opportunity Builder”, with the purpose of identifying the potential of bilingual human resource in the region, in order to develop their capacities and English level.
Sep 13, 2012
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group, recently announced it is supporting renewable energy in Nicaragua through a guarantee backing Eolo de Nicaragua S.A.