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Three days left before the end of registrations for the Honduras Digital Challenge, it is appropriate to make a final call to people with a technology startup to register and opt for the possibility of receiving funding for their ideas. 
 Honduras Próspera Inc. has partnered with the Honduras Digital Challenge (HDC) program to advance its mission of connecting talented islanders with opportunities for professional and personal growth. 
 This year, the HDC program is holding its fifth edition, which has as its theme: "The Digital Transformation for the Economic Recovery of the Country." This innovative project includes workshops, mentoring, conferences and networking for the participating teams, and seed capital for the finalists. 
 Próspera joins other renowned companies in the area of ​​economic development such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as other partners to make this program possible. The areas in which people can register until February 28, 2021 are: 1) Business Software, 2) Medical Technology, 3) Agrotechnology, 4) Electronic Commerce & Fintech, 5) Education, 6) Civic Technology (Digital oriented solutions problems of the public sector) and 7) Green Technology (Products and services that generate a benefit to the environment directly or indirectly, reducing or eliminating the effects caused by global warming). 
 José Luis Moncada, coordinator of the Honduras Digital Challenge, expressed being happy to have the support of a company such as Honduras Prospera, committed to promoting all people who seek to reach their maximum potential. Prospera catalyzes economic opportunity through prosperity hubs, established on a single legal and regulatory framework, designed to stimulate economic development, employment, and prosperity in Honduras. 
 Honduras Digital Challenge is an initiative that provides the tools and support necessary for those who want to develop as professionals, especially in the area of ​​technology. Interested persons can register at www.hdc.hn until February 28, 2021.

Honduras Digital Challenge and Honduras Prospera bring growth for innovators in Roatán

Roatán

Próspera

In an interview with the Financial Times, Erick Brimen, CEO of Honduras Próspera, shares how his approach to leadership turned into a destinal resolve to help Honduras thrive. Brimen stresses the benefits of investing in safe-enclaves as a “fast-track” to development in the country.

An investor’s ‘prosperity’ vision for Honduras

A multipurpose complex being built on 58 acres in Roatán, distant from the Crawfish Rock area, seeks to be the platform to catalyze economic development opportunities.Roatán Prospera is the first economic development center built on the Prosperous Platform, which institutes key controls of the governmental power, a bill of rights that protects people of all income levels and a simple structure for doing business, according to the premise of its executives. 
 “Roatán is an attractive place for entrepreneurs and corporations to locate their businesses and create jobs. Its port facilities, proximity to shipping lanes, direct access to flights to and from key cities in the United States, and well-developed tourism economy, not to mention its impressive natural beauty, "said Erick Brimen, CEO of Próspera in an interview. to LA PRENSA newspaper.

Roatán's Zede promises more than 10,000 jobs

Jobs

Despite the Roatan COVID-19 economy shut down a large, perhaps the biggest project the island has ever seen was announced.<a href="https://prospera.hn/"> Próspera</a>, a company with $17.5 million capital and 58-acre site on the north shore aims to change Roatan’s future. Próspera, has built a team of first-class associates with architectural design by <a href="https://www.zaha-hadid.com/">Zaha Hadid Architects</a>, evaluation by Ernst & Young, and business interest from CEMESA Hospital.
Próspera’s website states that by 2025 the project will have a “foreign direct investment of at least $500M and new jobs created (direct) of at least 10,000.” On an island of 100,000 people theses numbers are staggering. If Próspera’s goals will ever be achieved they key will lie in tying the project to Honduras’ “Zonas de empleo y desarollo económico” <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_for_Employment_and_Economic_Development_(Honduras)">[ZEDE]</a> – Zone for Employment and Economic Development. Próspera is the first company to take advantage of this ZEDE laws passed in 2015. While many islanders dismiss the legislation as irrelevant to their lives, some see its potential as an opportunity for a business boom and others see it as threat to property ownership in Honduras.
The man behind Próspera is <a href="https://www.erickbrimen.com/">Erick Brimen</a>, the company’s Venezuelan born and US educated CEO. His 2005 thesis in Babson College was “how one could direct market forces to solve social problems,” and he sees Roatan Próspera doing just that. While Brimen has been coming to the island since 2016, he has been thinking about Roatan since high school.
In 2002 Brimen heard a high school friend talk about Roatan and describing the island’s potential as being held back because of the lack of legal infrastructure that Cayman Islands had. That friend was Tristan Monterroso, a Roatanian pastor who now sits on Próspera’s council. “When Honduras past the ZEDEs law and the Supreme Court ruled it constitutional it clicked on me that that could be a delivery mechanism for a place like Roatan to have more prosperity,” said Brimen. Two islanders are now part of the project: Tristan Monterroso and Duane McNab, owner of Max Communications and Próspera’s Council Member.

Prosperity on the Horizon?

Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a modular housing project for an island near Honduras with curved roofs and rounded balconies that can be customised by residents. Roatán Próspera is a residential community intended for Roatán, a Caribbean island off the coast of Honduras.
Set to break ground later this year, the complex will be a modular construction composed of timber-framed residences with curved palapa roofs, expansive terraces with rounded balconies and green space, designed as a reference to the area's traditional building techniques.
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) intend to use timber from certified forests on mainland Honduras, as part of its aim to develop a localised supply chain in a bid to make the project more environmentally-friendly. The firm is working with computational engineers AKT II to develop a "kit of parts" outlining elements needed to build Roatán Próspera without material waste.
In the proposal, Roatán Próspera's modules will be fabricated off-site and transported using local networks to cut back on carbon emissions, and also to prevent harm to wildlife on the site. Residents of the complex will have access to a digital parametric software developed by ZHA's Computational and Design Group to customise the size, arrangement and furnishings of their housing module.

Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Roatán Próspera housing complex for Honduras

Architecture

The "Roatán Prospera" project promises to install a Special Economic Development Zone (ZEDE) in the Bay Islands, with millionaire investments in the health, education, agriculture and research sectors in the medium term. The project is in the initial phase, according to the Sampedran investors, who promise to co-invest around 500 million dollars together with US, German and Guatemalan capital. 
Among the works to be built is a hospital aimed at medical tourism in partnership with the Technische Universitát Múnchen (TUM) of Germany, with the vision of a center for education and innovation. The academic programs will be interdisciplinary, as well as an applied research and development agenda to create a new standard for higher education and innovation in Honduras with regional scope, according to investors' plans. 
 "ZEDE" promises to invest $ 500 million in Roatán
Among the plans is the construction of an integrated campus for lifelong learning that will include vocational training in sectors such as hospitality and agriculture that will provide immediate benefits to the economy of Roatán, they assure in the information portals. "The Roots High School" is another of the projects they hope to host in this "Special Development Zone", with an innovative high school, American autonomous in the state of Utah. The center will integrate high-quality education through the teaching of sustainable agricultural practices, transforming students into farmers and entrepreneurs who will contribute to Roatan's economy. This ambitious project includes the architecture firm "LAVA", with offices in Sydney, Australia; Shanghai, China; and Berlin, Germany, which has decided to open a studio in Prosperous Roatán. The plan encompasses La Ceiba with the project "InSITE BAVARIA: Honduras Prospera" with experience in planning, developing and operating a single manufacturing, logistics and supply chain center on land. (JB).

In the News

Honduras Digital Challenge and Honduras Prospera bring growth for innovators in Roatán

An investor’s ‘prosperity’ vision for Honduras

Roatán's Zede promises more than 10,000 jobs

Prosperity on the Horizon?

Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Roatán Próspera housing complex for Honduras

"ZEDE" promises to invest $ 500 million in Roatán

A Platform for Sustainable Growth.
Launching on Roatán

In the News

Honduras Digital Challenge and Honduras Prospera bring growth for innovators in Roatán

An investor’s ‘prosperity’ vision for Honduras

Roatán's Zede promises more than 10,000 jobs

Prosperity on the Horizon?

Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Roatán Próspera housing complex for Honduras

"ZEDE" promises to invest $ 500 million in Roatán

A Platform for Sustainable Growth. Launching on Roatán

A Platform for Sustainable Growth.
Launching on Roatán