Panama and Panamá Pacífico area is emerging as an area for companies in the semiconductor business focused on the testing, packaging, assembly, and distribution of technological products.

Panama steps to the front of the world in Stem cell health care with Auragens Stem cell and rejuvenation clinic

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Ambassador of Panama Elijio Alberto Salas De León held a meeting where they both express their wishes to strengthen their diplomatic relationships, by stepping up cooperation in all aspects, from political cooperation, to trade, investments, agricultural and finances.

Panamanian congressman Hector Silva is pushing for the adoption of cryptocurrency, by introducing a bill designed to regulate and provide a legal basis for the use of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dodge Coin, and many others.

Panama keeps investing in tourism, especially in the cruise ship industry, this year the Amador Causeway port on the Pacific side, as well as the 2000 duty-free plaza mall on the Atlantic side are set to be inaugurated by the end of this year, just as the cruise industry is starting to bounce back prom the pandemic.

Panama strives to become an important agricultural hub, thanks to the agropark law, this law is meant to encourage investment and promote agricultural production for export through agroparks, which are physical spaces where a lot of different produces are farmed in a cluster like environment to minimize cost and maximize value, this law will also help local farmers with the technology needed to improve their businesses, as well as promoting businesses between Panama’s local farmers and international buyers.

Panama aims to become an internet and digital services hub for all of the Central American region, the Andean region, and the Caribbean, thanks to a new state-of-the-art hub that will feature the latest technology in digital services, this hub will be built by a joint venture between Sparkle, an internet service provider from Italy, and Trans Ocean network, a Panamanian telecommunications company.

Millicom International Cellular S.A. has announced that it will invest 250 million dollars in Panama, for a major expansion plan, that includes strengthening, upgrading, and expanding its mobile and fixed internet services, by building new infrastructure in underdeveloped areas such as Bocas del Toro, Darién, Coclé, and Ngäbe Buglé, this investment plan will impact around 800,000 residents of which 200,000 do not have internet coverage, bring more people into the digital world.

The Republic of Panama keeps strengthening its energy portfolio, this time Panama is conducting a feasibility study with the company Energy Transfer, to build two liquified petroleum gas terminals, one in the Atlantic and one in the pacific, both connected through a pipeline. The agreement hopes to expand the international operations of Energy Transfer into new markets while providing Panama the opportunity to be a distribution center of different petroleum products to international markets.

The government has recently approved measures meant to reactivate the truism industry as well as to boost the economy, including a "master plan for sustainable truism" from 2020-2025. One of the biggest bets of this plan is the cruise port at Amador, a multimillion-dollar project that hopes to increase tourism.

President Laurentino Cortizo has announced a comprehensive and multilateral plan, to generate cheaper and cleaner energy, enhance the power transmission as well as providing electricity to thousands in rural areas. This strategy translates into reducing the commercial cost of electricity to attract foreign investment and to reduce the price of electricity paid by consumers.

Panama gave the green light to the order to proceed with the construction of Line 3 of the Panama Metro. The contract for the execution of this project will cost $ 2,844.1 million and was endorsed on February 9 by the Comptroller General of Panama. The work will use the monorail system, which is expected to have an approximate demand of 160,000 passengers. It also includes a tunnel with an approximate total length of no more than 5.3 kilometers divided into two sections and construction will take about 33 months.

According to data released from the Panama Canal Authority, a total of 58 LNG vessels transited through the Neopanamax Locks, totaling 6.74 million Panama Canal tons during January. The previous monthly records were set in January 2020 with 54 transits and in November 2020 with 6.23 million PC/UMS.

​Panama has sought to acquire more than 8 million coronavirus vaccine doses to inoculate about 80% of the Central American nation's residents, Health Minister Luis Sucre said on Sunday Feb 7th 2021.

Panama Economic growth projected to increase to 5.1% in 2017 and continued economic growth projected for Panama

Panama expands its route network to Europe through ​Air France (Paris), KLM (Amsterdam), Iberia (Madrid), Lufthansa (Düsseldorf), TAP (Lisbon)

​Over the past five years, Panama has delivered an annual growth of 10%. This small country of 3.6 million people face is now in the top 5 fastest growing nations. It is part of the emerging economies that, by 2020, will produce 70% of global growth.