CAREER investment banker, Stanley Thompson has joined the Scotia Investments team as director, Capital Markets. Thompson moves to the Scotia Group from NCB Capital Markets, where he spent the past decade assisting institutions and governments across the Caribbean region to raise capital. He brings to the new role significant experience in originating and structuring private and public debt, private and public equity and real estate transactions.   Thompson holds a BSc in Economic ››Read More

“Jamaicans are tired of fried chicken and rice and peas,” said Brandon Campbell, founder of Naturalis, who placed first at the 16th staging of the Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition finals on Friday, January 24, 2020. For his innovative invention of equipment geared at increasing productivity within the agricultural sector, the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM)-hosted competition provided the perfect platform for the fusion of science, technology and business. Insi ››Read More

Jordon Freeman, a graduate student at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, wants to be the Jamaican equivalent of Elon Musk. Musk is the CEO and chief researcher of several companies, such as SpaceX and Tesla, specialising in computing and automotive engineering. Like Musk, Freeman plans to establish his own company and to be a chief researcher. Freeman is passionate about biotechnology and what it can do to resolve many problems in Jamaica. “I enjoy finding solutions t ››Read More

The Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition, first introduced in November 2002, was staged on January 30. It encourages members of the university community to use their talents and skills to harness ideas and opportunities that can be grown into full-fledged businesses. Students from across all faculties are encouraged to participate in an effort to unleash their creative and innovative ideas. In keeping with its commitment to support youth entrepreneurship, JMMB Joan Duncan Foundati ››Read More

A delegation of five university start-up teams, representing both The University of the West Indies (UWI) and Northern Caribbean University, will participate in the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) in Utah, USA, later this week. This will be the first time that this many teams from Jamaica will feature in the international competition, which takes place tomorrow and Friday at the Utah Valley Convention Center and the Provo Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. “This ››Read More

Recognising that solid waste management poses a huge threat to Jamaica's natural environment, team Eco Structure presented a winning solution and emerged as champions of The Vincent HoSang University of the West Indies (UWI) Venture Competition. In its 14th year, the Vincent HoSang Family Foundation-sponsored pitching competition was held last week at the UWI's Mona campus. Though 29 start-ups had begun the journey to win the grand prize of $300,000 in grant funding in November la ››Read More

(From left) Acting executive director of Mona School of Business and Management Michael Williams joins chairman of the JoanDuncan Foundation Patricia Sutherland, marketing and public relations officer of the Vincent HoSang Family Foundation JaniceJulian, and director general of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority Nari Williams-Singh at the recent launch of the 2017 VincentHoSang UWI Venture Competition at the business school. SINCE the inception of the Vincent HoSang University ››Read More

Norman Grindley Marvin Richards (left) and Odaine Williams display one of the apps that the group developed - the Larceny Tech App. Three young friends from rural Jamaica, each of them age 21, have accepted the challenge to embrace entrepreneurship. Along the way, they have experienced the usual bureaucratic hurdles that the authorities have long acknowledged, need to be removed to create an enabling environment for business to thrive. They overcame some to win a major business ››Read More