Facebook announced in a press release the opening of the Startup Hub Bogotá, a center for Colombian developers and startups to learn to connect with their audiences and grow their businesses.
This Facebook hub will offer the developer and startup community for free:
- Training focused on entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, product, innovation, and the latest Facebook technologies.
- Training and resources to develop applications with privacy and ethics from the design.
- Support to the developer community in Colombia, considered one of the strongest in the world for its level of commitment and knowledge sharing, through Developer Circles, a program that connects developers with other local developers to collaborate, learn and Create code
- The launch of Startup Circles, a program designed to help new companies with high potential to build, grow, and monetize.
For the consideration of Diego Bassante, Head of Public Policy of Facebook for the Andean Region, “Colombia has built one of the most vibrant innovation ecosystems in the region.” This context has been one of the motivations for Facebook to bring the Startup Hub Bogotá to the country to support startups and developers.
“Technology opens opportunities and drives economic growth. Facebook was born as a startup, and we know how important it is to receive support to get an idea off the ground. ”
Diego Bassante, Facebook executive
Facebook presented the announcement of the Bogota Startup Hub at the launch event of CEmprende, an initiative of iNNpulsa, which also has the support of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of ICT. These Colombian entities have been key allies to bring this Facebook initiative to Colombia. With the help of MassChallenge, a global organization that provides advice for accelerating startups, this initiative will expand throughout the country.