Europe: Leader in ICT Penetration
Five notable facts of Europe ICT Penetration
Connectivity, Internet penetration, telecommunications and ICT, according to the ITU at a world level
The CCD brings its readers a summary of five relevant facts published by the ITU in its website in order to present a general outlook of ICT at a world level.
Five relevant facts of world connectivity
The Colombia Digital Corporation brings you five relevant facts related to connectivity, fixed telephone communications, mobile telephone communications and Volp, at world level.
Ice Cream and Entrepreneurship Joined by Technology
Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:26
Rosa Gándara Vargas is a woman form Cartagena that is in her forties and can say that learning has been the engine of her life. For the past 30 years she has lived in Bogota and it was in this city where she has been able to expand her knowledge in many areas, especially in those related to food products. Her passion for cooking and culinary in general is, as Rose affirms: “Inherited, because even if the family is made up by bacteriologists, doctors, chemists and linguists, we all love to cook. We are all attracted by this field.”
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Rosa Gándara Vargas is a woman form Cartagena that is in her forties and can say that learning has been the engine of her life. For the past 30 years she has lived in Bogota and it was in this city where she has been able to expand her knowledge in many areas, especially in those related to food products. Her passion for cooking and culinary in general is, as Rose affirms: “Inherited, because even if the family is made up by bacteriologists, doctors, chemists and linguists, we all love to cook. We are all attracted by this field.”
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Strong Steps with ICT
Monday, 15 March 2010 21:31
The shoe industry is one of the most emblematic of several Colombian sectors and it is not strange that many families have this business, almost as a tradition. This is the case of “Sandals and Colors” (Sandalias y colores in its original Spanish name) a mipyme (micro small and medium enterprises) that entered this area eight years ago, especially offering high quality shoes to their clients. It was at his own home, that Nelson Caicedo, his wife and two brothers began to shape the dream of having their own company which would allow them to grow as people and enterprisers.
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Rosita Embroidery: Knitting the Future with ICT
Monday, 15 March 2010 21:31
During the pilot phase of the Digital Mipyme (Micro, Small and Medium companies) in 2008, one of the most active participants was Milady Martinez Perez, mother and entrepreneur who began a project more than 20 years ago that today supports 12 women. Its function is to create embroideries, very beautiful and well known in Cartago, Valle, where the company does not just produce children and adult clothing but other pieces for the home like table cloths, place mats, home electric appliance covers and sheets, among others.
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Community Work that Begins at an Early Age
Monday, 15 March 2010 21:24
Sandy Gutiérrez is only 21 years old, despite her young age she can say that she has two technical careers and experience in customer service in the telecommunications sector. She currently works at the AMI telecenter- Compartel de Palmar de Varela (municipality of the Atlantic province) where she arrives by bus from the place where she has lived all her life: Polo Nuevo, at about 35 minutes from her work place.
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‘Alphabe Tic’: Learning’s Meeting Point
Monday, 15 March 2010 21:24
Andrea Enríquez Rivera is a young, 28-year old. Mother of Sebastian and Isabella, currently working at the Ami-Compartel Tele-center, located in the municipality of Bolivar, in the province of Cauca. Despite her young age, Andrea has found an opportunity to learn and strengthen her knowledge through online courses. Because of this, she has finished more than 40 and found an opportunity to see the Internet as an innovative tool with ‘Alphabe Tic’.
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King David Hostel
Monday, 15 March 2010 21:24
Hector Hernando Peña is 44 years old, happily married and with two children. For more than 30 years he has been an enterprising individual. “I have been an entrepreneur since I was 10, due to the difficult economic situation in my family I was forced to sell products on the streets, doing whatever had to be done and because of that I have had all types of businesses like nightclubs and stores.”
He comes from a Casanare family. The frenetic rhythm of business and sales made him decide to look for a “more relaxed” option about a year ago. As he himself puts it: “the hostel came up as an alternative for a relaxed business, to put it that way.”
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Technology and Homeopathy: a Synergic and Possible Combination
Thursday, 04 February 2010 21:06
Homeopathy is alternative medicine that offers a vision where medicine without chemical ingredients, mostly based on natural components, is prescribed. Due to the recent acceptance that these types of companies have had, Dr. Enrique Rojas, ex mayor of Manizales and specialist in bioenergetics and alternative medicine, in 2004, after 13 years of studies, decided to create a natural product company in his native city with access for everyone. Currently it counts with 21 original products and other imported ones.
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It is Never Late to Learn: Case of a Successful Virtual Mipyme (Micro, Small or Medium) Company
Thursday, 04 February 2010 20:59
The hands of Leopoldina Jimenez show her 40 years of experience in arduous knit work. She belongs to a group of women from the municipality of Sopó, located in the province of Cundinamarca, a few hours from the Colombian capital. When Leopoldina joined this collective, led by Mrs. Hegel Gogel, she did it with the sole purpose of getting ahead in life and seeking daily earnings for herself and family.
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