More than 200 entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises will be present for 18 days in the Entrepreneurship Pavilion of the Home Fair. These companies will be present in Bazzarbog, the virtual commercial showcase that the Bogota Chamber of Commerce has at the disposal of those who need to sell through a digital platform.
The entity made this space available to micro-businesses, since 90% of those present are micro-enterprises of which 60% are single-person business units. Seventy-one percent of the entrepreneurs present in the Pavilion are women and 29% are men.
Visitors to the Pavilion will find the best of local talent at one of the most important fairs in the country. They will find products for the home and decoration, pet products, fashion, accessories, among others.
The sample of products and services includes entrepreneurs and businessmen from Bogota and the Cundinamarca region where the CCB has jurisdiction, such as Zipaquirá, Guatavita, Silvania, Sopo, Cota, Tocancipá, Chía, Soacha, among others.
Within the pavilion you will also find three collective stands of Empresas BIC, the Productive Migration program and Artesanías de Colombia.
Nicolás Uribe Rueda, president of the CCB, stated that "The presence of micro-enterprises in the framework of the Home Fair is a sign of the great commitment we have for entrepreneurship and MSMEs, great generators of employment. The return to on-site presence allows us to have available the virtual platform that we strengthened in pandemic to support the sales of these companies in one of the most difficult moments, and now also a whole pavilion to contribute to the consolidation of their reactivation".
Currently, 1440 companies are part of the Bazzarbog community, where more than 19 thousand products and services are exhibited in 18 categories and 54 subcategories. In addition, close to 2 million visitors have come to the website from more than 12 countries, generating visibility for brands at local, national and international level and achieving more than 105,000 clicks on sales through the WhatsApp or virtual store of the companies.
Outstanding ventures
Tribus Tejemos Pensamiento
Jewelry
It is a jewelry created by a community of farmers, indigenous and city people who united by their way of thinking and acting, to weave from the heart of the earth with love to the world. They produce high quality handmade products inspired by the nature of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the balance with the world.
Fruto de Cacao
Gastronomy
It is an artisan chocolate and pastry shop in Bogota. They work with 100% Colombian cocoa, planted by farmers from the departments of Putumayo and Meta, who day after day strive to generate unique flavors through the different development processes, from harvesting, fermentation and finally drying. Among its ingredients are edible flowers, Colombian coffee, orange hulls, Yuquitania chili and Himalayan salt, among others.
Somos mhuyscas
Colombian Handicrafts
Somos Mhuyscas rescues the legacy of our ancestors through handmade fabrics, developing unique and contemporary garments in natural fibers.
Alttecho
Colombian Handicrafts
They make handmade mobiles, 100% handmade, with recycled material, natural and synthetic fibers. Inspired by the teaching of an old craftswoman, Alttecho arises from the possibility of using scraps of clothing, developing ideas of mobiles with animal themes, adding natural materials such as stones, fibers, bamboo, seeds of ahuyama or sunflower and also synthetic material.
DEKONCIENCIA
BIC
Luxury handcrafted eco-products, furniture and accessories for home and office, 100% handmade with recovered materials (solid waste from different industries).
Panavayú
Health and Beauty
Colombian entrepreneurship motivated to create personal care products with ingredients of natural origin and free of plastic packaging, which facilitate the change of consumption habits, so that daily care has minimal impact on the environment and health.
Mimba maternity clothes
Fashion
It is a brand aimed at pregnant and breastfeeding women, made so that moms can find functional and practical products for their entire pregnancy or breastfeeding stage. Thanks to her passion for fashion, she has created a differentiating brand with current designs, with the added value of offering personalized attention to each of its customers, offering specialized products and information guided by experts so that moms can find everything they are looking for in one place.
Latte Choco
Gastronomy
Late Chocó is an artisan chocolate factory that uses 100% cocoa from Chocó, cultivated by more than 280 families in the Munguidó River. Its flavors, which are impregnated with its history, efforts and the need to tell a different story with the smell of chocolate.