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The rapid growth of home delivery applications in Ecuador has been largely possible thanks to Venezuelan migration, which represents around 50% or more of the delivery people who have made this work their livelihood. As in other capitals of the world, the boom of this type of...

Ecuador’s country risk decreased 72 points in September, an improvement compared to the previous month. The latest data published by the Central Bank (ECB) indicates that the country risk is 633 points as of September 12, while the last August 31 was 705 points. “We...

Chocolate Day is celebrated every September 13, a preparation based on cocoa beans that have been present in America for nearly 4,000 years. Although it is now known as an ingredient to prepare desserts, the Mesoamerican peoples used it in ceremonial contexts. This is because, in...

Grocery shopping without having to go physically, avoid driving, parking, and lines to pay, is now possible via the internet. In Ecuador, there are already supermarkets and companies that offer applications to make purchases from home. This is one of the issues in vogue around...

Seventy-one cattle ranchers from the Coast, Sierra and Amazon, and four dairy companies sent a letter to President Lenin Moreno asking for a final decision on the marketing and use of milk whey. His request comes after the moratorium prohibiting the commercialization of this...

Last year, 486,397 new Ecuadorians accessed a financial product in the country, according to the latest financial inclusion report from the Central Bank of Ecuador (ECB), published yesterday. At the end of 2018, a total of 6.8 million Ecuadorians accessed a financial service....

More than 30 entrepreneurship businesses will accompany about twenty recognized brands such as Claro, Despegar Ecuador, Cinemark, Copa Airlines, Colineal, among others, will participate in the tenth edition of the Cybermonday, which will be held on September 16. “We have been...

Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila and Omarsa, two Ecuadorian companies that export shrimp, were temporarily suspended from exporting to China. There is a rumor that other local companies in the same situation, but there are no official details. The Undercurrent News website...

Ecuador’s Cocoa market maintains a good level of pricest, because the international value, although volatile, is profitable for producers of the CCN 51 variety. CCN 51 cocoa is more productive and less prone to fungal diseases, which causes new hectares to be cultivated...

Is it possible to sustain Ecuador’s tourism policies? That was the question answered yesterday by three specialists during the Latin American Congress of Municipalities and Prefectures (“Congreso Latinoamericano de Municipalidades y Prefecturas” in Spanish), which was held...