The annual UWI Vincent HoSang Venture Competition has once again showcased the remarkable entrepreneurial talent within the University of the West Indies (UWI) community. The 2023/2024 edition, which concluded in January 2024, featured a diverse array of winning ventures, each addressing unique societal needs. This year's victorious business was Sim's Seasonings/Sim's All-Purpose Pimento Liquid, led by sole proprietor Ms. Shanya Francis, an Human Resource Management major at ››Read More

  Building Trustworthy Learning with AI The recent dramatic evolution of AI, has given rise to Generative AI and its poster child, ChatGPT. This new breed can adapt, analyze data, and create content and is rapidly becoming a game-changer for business. MSBM hosted a series of events during the week of May 27, 2024 to help Businesses assess current tools and invest in human-AI collaboration and continuous learning. The series included three sessions. The first session was held ››Read More

A team of four undergraduate students  from Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) have qualified to advance to the Sustainable Hospitality Challenge (SHC) Finals which will be held in Dubai from September 30-October 2, 2024. The team of four second year students, comprising three Tourism majors and one Accounting major will give a pitch about an innovative sustainable solution for the hospitality industry before a Jury of tourism industry leaders. The members of the MSBM/UW ››Read More

  Five very bright and ambitious undergraduate students were awarded the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) 10th Anniversary Scholarships in recognition of their excellent academic records and  their involvement in the UWI/MSBM community. As part of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the merger of the former Mona School of Business and the Department of Management Studies, the School offered ten scholarships (five undergraduate and five graduate) in celebra ››Read More

  Congratulations to Natalie Fowler, MBA student, who was one of the five top performers in the Well Cell Project of the 2023-24 University at Buffalo’s Global Leadership Programme.  The top performers won  prizes sponsored by Well Cell Global, a pharmaceutical company based in Houston, Texas. Natalie was a member of one of the lead teams that produced the top project proposals to introduce a pharmaceutical product to their local markets.   The competition started out with 16 t ››Read More

The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, BSc. Tourism Management programme is on the list of Best Hospitality and Hotel Management Schools for 2024, ranked by CEOWORLD Magazine. According to Caroline, JD, Esq., Chief Economist & Senior Analyst of CEOWORLD, the “Mona School of Business and Management at The University of the West Indies, Jamaica was ranked No. 118 in 2024, and for the first time, a School from the Caribbean has appeared in our ranking. Congratu ››Read More

The 14th Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business – Latin America and the Caribbean (AIB-LAC) Chapter, held at the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel , concluded on a high note on March 22, 2024. The conference, themed "Rethinking and Reshaping the Role of Business in Creating a More Sustainable and Resilient Latin America and the Caribbean," brought together leading academics, bus ››Read More

    In 2023 the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced a strategic shift in its publication approach, discontinuing the Global Competitiveness Report in favor of two new flagship reports: the “Global Risk Report” and the “Future of Growth Report”.  The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), published between 2004 and 2020, relies on the results of an Executive Opinion Survey, completed by at least 80 companies per country, which has been administered in Jamaica by Mona School of Bu ››Read More

British Caribbean Insurance Company (BCIC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Lila Rao-Graham to its board of directors, on January 31. Professor Rao-Graham brings a wealth of expertise in strategic business intelligence, data for development and data and knowledge management, areas crucial for navigating the evolving insurance landscape. “We are thrilled to welcome Professor Rao-Graham to our board,” said BCIC Board Chairman Vikram Dhiman. “Her impressive academi ››Read More

 Innovation and entrepreneurial prowess emerged once more at the 2024 UWI Vincent HoSang Venture Competition Finals and Awards event held at the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), UWI. The event showcased the final pitches of students' business ideas, offering them a chance to be funded. The competition finals held on January 26, 2024, brought together 8 dynamic student teams, each poised to unveil their ground-breaking ventures, aiming to reshape the future of various ››Read More