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Over 250.000 people followed the Esports City Fest Andorra competitions, consolidating the country as one of the sector´s references

2023-05-23T14:50:17+01:0021/05/2023|

The Esports City League, the most important circuit of amateur electronic sports competitions linked to DreamHack Spain, was held this weekend at the Poliesportiu of Andorra, the first event to have professional participation organized in the country and succeeded in positioning the Principality as a reference in the hosting of these competitions, by scheduling in a single weekend an International tournament and a further nine competitions. In this first edition, fans of electronic sports were able to enjoy the finals of the Esports City League Andorra or Cibertitans, as well as videogame competitions in Clash Royale, Rocket League or Formula [...]

Over 200 people, among which suppliers and potential clients, meet at the first Digital Services Fair

2023-05-22T09:43:23+01:0016/05/2023|

Over 200 people, among which service suppliers and interested public, attended on Tuesday the first Digital Services Fair organized by Andorra Digital, in collaboration with Andorra Business and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services, held at the Congress Centre in Andorra la Vella. The event´s goal, stated by the director of Andorra`s Digital Transformation Program, David Vicente, was to “generate a meeting space to raise awareness and facilitate interaction among companies who offer digital services and their potential clients”. During the inaugural speech, Vicente also highlighted the alignment of the Fair with the Company Digitalization Program launched a few months [...]

Approval of the regulation to develop the Law on Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2023-05-22T09:50:54+01:0012/05/2023|

The Council of Ministers, by proposal of the acting Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, approved the Development Regulation for controlled test environment or sandbox; the Regulation for digital nomads, visas for entrepreneurs and the promotion of digital economy and the Regulation to create a register for mercantile startup businesses.. The three texts make up the Law for digital economy, entrepreneurship and innovation.As explained by Jordi Gallardo, the deployment of guidelines for the Law allows for the regulation and promotion to create new business models linked to digital economy, promote entrepreneurship, make the competitive advantages of the Andorran economy [...]

A sensor for sportsmen, a vehicle for the disabled and a sensor company win the Andorra Scale-Up

2023-05-22T09:55:28+01:0026/04/2023|

Andorra Business and Andorra Research+Innovation have the great pleasure of announcing the winners of the first Edition of the Andorra Sports Scale-Up program, developed in collaboration with the Global Sport Innovation Center (GSIC) and with the support of SPSG Consulting (SPSG). After having received over 40 applications forma round the world, the board of experts selected three promising companies of sports technology. The winning startups are Qlac, Bobsla and Etelätär Innovation. Qlac is a Polish company who have created a sensor with which the training of sportsmen and women, regardless of their level, is easily measured with previously unseen precision, [...]

The third Edition of the Andorra Business Market presents projects by 28 emerging companies and gathers 35 investors with a total financing capacity of over 200 million Euros

2023-03-20T15:32:28+01:0016/03/2023|

Over 190 people participated in the first day of the Andorra Business Market, a participative, dynamic and open forum where both national and international companies, investors and entrepreneurs can interact. In this third edition, once again organized by Andorra Business and the Business Market Network, over 35 national and international investors are taking part, projects are being presented by 28 emerging companies and the attending investors collectively add up to a total financing capacity of over 200 million euros. The program began with a presentation made by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi [...]

Andorra Business will welcome the first electronic sports event to be hosted in the country on the 20th and 21st of May

2023-03-28T11:09:26+01:0015/03/2023|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise in functions, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, and the CEO ofEncom, company which manages the DreamHack brand in Spain, Arturo Castelló announced at a press conference on Wednesday that Andorra will become an official host of theEsports City League, the largest amateur electronic sports competition in Spain, which is now beginning its third season. This agreement includes the Principality´s hosting of the Esports City Fest, an International event open to the public and that will take place in the Andorra sports center on May 20th and 21st. Registration for the Esports [...]

The United States Consulate in Barcelona and Andorra Business are once again offering 15 grants for Andorran entrepreneurs

2023-03-27T11:51:49+01:0013/03/2023|

The U.S. General Consulate in Barcelona and Andorra Business presented the second edition of the free training program for women entrepreneurs offered by the US government “Academy for Women Entrepreneurs” (AWE), which will take place in Andorra between May and October. The program will be developed in collaboration with the Andorran Women´s Association. The call is open to women entrepreneurs of any nationality residing in Andorra, who have created an emerging company in the last 4 years or who have an advanced idea and are about to put it into practice. All the participants will be a part of the [...]

Andorra Business and 8 emerging Andorran companies show the country´s potential at the 4YFN of the Mobile World Congress

2023-03-15T20:03:49+01:0027/02/2023|

For the third consecutive year Andorra Business is participating in 4YFN, the event for emerging companies which is integrated within the Mobile World Congress, and that takes place in Barcelona since 2014. And is doing so, once again, accompanied by 8 Andorran startups, in this edition: Agile Compass, Zeno Quantum, Airnex, Motor Match RC, Ship-Quik, Automòbil Club d'Andorra, Litlab Games and Alpine Security, who are showing their projects at the entity´s stand and taking the opportunity to make new business contacts. For the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo, "we are returning to 4YFN not only to promote the investment [...]

A quota of 100 residency authorizations approved for digital nomads and participants in the program for entrepreneurs

2023-01-16T09:56:25+01:0012/01/2023|

The Government approved on Wednesday, a proposal made by the Minister for Justice and Interior, Josep Maria Rossell, the Regulation for general quotas of residency for digital nomads and residency authorizations for participants in the program for entrepreneurs promoted by the ministry of economy, known as entrepreneur visas. Therefore, a global contingent of 100 places was approved distributed in the following way: 50 places for digital nomads (foreign persons who do not require a specific geographical location in order to carry out their work and who use telecommunications and technology) and 50 places for entrepreneur visas. These two new models [...]

End of the seventh edition of the Tandem project

2023-01-03T14:37:22+01:0015/12/2022|

The seventh edition of the Tandem project, promoted by Andorra Business and the Education ad Higher learning Ministry of the Andorran Government, ended on Tuesday December 20th, with the grand final held at the Center for Professional Formation´s auditorium in Aixovall. This year´s edition welcomed the highest participation so far. 93 students and 18 teachers from the center in Aixovall took part, along with five companies and, for the first time, it included students and teachers from the socio-communitarian and health branches. The program´s aim is to implicate the Professional Formation of Andorra educational community in innovative projects developed by [...]

Andorra will host its first large scale eSports event in the spring

2023-03-15T20:03:35+01:0009/12/2022|

Andorra Business and Encom, the company that manages the DreamHack brand in Spain, signed, on Friday, at the DreamHack València an agreement to work together on the design of a stage that integrates the main agents from the industry and that is aligned with the country´s strategic objectives all the while executing each of the operating lines contained within the Andorran eSports law. The agreement, signed by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, and the CEO of Encom, Arturo Castelló, converts Andorra into an official host for theEsports City League, the most [...]

The National Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship advances with the full support of the entire ecosystem and the Andorra Startup platform is presented

2022-11-28T10:26:05+01:0021/11/2022|

The II Innovation Summit organized by Andorra Research and Innovation (AR+I) was held on Monday at the Andorra Park Hotel and was attended by around a hundred people. The event served to approve the inclusion of the commissions made up of experts from the country in Talent, Business and Financing, Infrastructure and Ecosystem in the National Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Andorra Startup platform was also presented, jointly promoted by AR+I and Andorra Business, and the awards for the 2022 Planetech Challenge were given out. The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, welcomed the attendees and explained [...]

Andorra connects with sports technology and innovation ecosystems from countries on four continents

2022-11-28T10:36:58+01:0010/11/2022|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise for the Government of Andorra, Jordi Gallardo, participated on Thursday in the GSIC Summit which was held for the first time in Singapore with the aim of connecting sports technology ecosystems from all continents with the Asian market. Andorran participation falls within the framework of the collaboration agreement signed by GSIC powered by Microsoft, Andorra Business and Andorra Research + Innovation. During the summit´s inaugural day the effects of innovation on large sporting events were debated and analyzed and work sessions took place for startups with actors and investors from the Asian sports [...]

Andorra and Singapore begin talks on bilateral agreements in matters of foreign investment, entrepreneurship and innovation

2022-11-28T10:32:19+01:0009/11/2022|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, held in Singapore on Tuesday various work and bilateral meetings, mainly in matters of investment, with the Vice premier Minister and Minister for Coordinating Economic Policies, Heng Swee Keat, and with the Minister for Commerce and Industry, S. Iswaran. Gallardo explored along with both ministers – one of the Asian Continent´s leading commercial countries– the possibility of closing a reciprocity agreement in matters of foreign investment that would facilitate investments in both countries as a platform for internationalization for both economies. This is the first step [...]

The AWE program, financed by the U.S. State Department and Andorra Business, rewards three projects by women entrepreneurs from Andorra

2022-11-16T16:30:32+01:0025/10/2022|

The first Edition of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Andorra, a program for women entrepreneurs of Andorra, ended on Tuesday afternoon October 25th with the award ceremony for the best projects given out by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, the United States Consul General, Katie Stana, and the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo. The jury awarded 1000 Euro prizes to the projects by Sara Valls of Color Botànica, Inka Bellés from Escape Andorra and Cathy Labouyrie of T2G, centered around sport, the environment and nature. This initiative is [...]

Andorra will be the second country in Europe with the highest economic growth in 2022, according to the IMF

2022-11-02T11:16:22+01:0014/10/2022|

The Minister of Finance and Government Spokesperson, Eric Jover, analyzed the latest report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which provides annual global economic projections revising the main global indicators and, more specifically, for each country.In its report, published on Tuesday, the IMF raised Andorra´s growth projections, based on numbers that Jover valued as “extremely positive”. “We are very satisfied, as data indicates we are on the right path”, he stated. In this sense, the head of Finances pointed out that the IMF raised the nominal GDP for 2022 from 8,2% to 10,9%, while the true GDP was also raised from [...]

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