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JOHN FREDDY VEGA
Colombia
Mejorando.la
JUAN SEBASTIAN YEPES
Colombia
FNL
Mejorando.la is the biggest Spanish education technology initiative in the market. Today,
the company has more than 10 million visitors per month and hundred thousand students
studying design, programming, marketing and business online. Mejorando.la creates
professional courses and events online along with an online education called Platzi. A
online platform composed of next generation courses that compete at an international
level in big markets with Coursera, Udacity o EdX.
FNL (Fun and Learn) partners with companies to provide language learning solutions to their
employees. By aligning student performance with employer expectations, and offering
courses that are engaging and relevant to the students' professional performance, FNL
has a more than five times higher retention rate than the industry standard (15% vs 85%).
Through FNL, more than 4,000 students have taken steps toward becoming bilingual,
and companies in 15 Colombian municipalities and five Latin American countries have
increased proficiency among their staffs.
JAVIER VASQUEZ
Colombia
Fruandes
Fruandes is a Colombian producer, processer and wholesaler of agro-industrial organic
products at the national and international levels. Its main products include exotic tropical
fruits and Panela (brown sugar loaf). The company adheres strictly to international Fair
Trade and Organic product regulations.