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May 1
Jamaica Charts New Path to Digital Future at MSBM hosted Inaugural Caribbean DPI Summit
After two and a half days of dynamic dialogue between April 8-10, 2025, bold commitments, and regional solidarity, the curtains came down on the inaugural Caribbean Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Summit at the University of the West Indies, Mona. The summit, a first of its kind in the region, was hosted by the Mona School of Business and Management in collaboration with Co-Develop, a grant-making and resource mobilisation organisation, and brought together policymakers, innovato ››Read More
Corporate Social Responsibility winners of the 2021-2022 UWIVC awarded by JMMB
All female entrepreneur team T&S Delivery are the winners of the JMMB Joan Duncan Corporate Social Responsibility Prize (CSR) at the 2021 UWI Venture Competition (UWIVC). The CSR prize is awarded to the team whose profit model demonstrates a strong alignment with ethical social and economic development, with a robust giving programme. Team T&S is operated by sisters Tajera and Sanjee Orrett natives of the beautiful parish of St. Ann who saw a need to establish a delivery ser ››Read More
MSBM congratulates Ingrid Bennett on successfully completing her Doctoral Studies
Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) congratulates Ingrid Bennett on successfully completing her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. Ingrid Bennett is currently a Consultant, MSBM Consulting™ at the Mona School of Business and Management at The University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI). Ingrid has worked at MSBM in various capacities including Project Officer, Junior Research Fellow and Research Assistant. For the last 15 years, she has been a part of a Team in the Profe ››Read More
Two UWI Teams among top three winners in the 2022 National Business Model Competition
After a two year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Business Model Competition (NBMC) was held April 7-8 2022 and two of the four  teams entered by the University of the West Indies (UWI), placed in the top three, placing third and second,  thereby securing a combined cash prize of J$1.5 million to invest in their businesses. Second place winner - Team Swaze App represented by Carl Duncan (Faculty of Science and Technology) and Third place – Fresh Fuel represented by ››Read More
MSBM hosts Student Engagement & Enrichment Sessions
Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) hosted three virtual Student Engagement and Enrichment Sessions from March – April 2022. The Sessions were geared towards ensuring the holistic development of MSBM students. In that regard, the School constantly seeks to establish partnerships in order to provide the infrastructure and support needed to ensure that every student thrives and has an enjoyable, caring and enriching MSBM experience. The first of the three Sessions, “Putting ››Read More
Lawrence Nicholson | Family-owned business facts and myths
                        The long and storied history of family-owned businesses, FOBs, comes with facts, myths and old tales, many of which are not easily disaggregated or detangled. In many instances, myths are quoted as facts and facts are pushed aside as myths. Many of the statistics and proclamations being bandied about have given credence to the one of the laws of propaganda attributed to Nazi Joseph Goebbels: “Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”. ››Read More
The formidable Audrey Tugwell-Henry
Audrey Tugwell could have held down an evening or night job as a radio announcer among some of the finest female voices to have graced Jamaican radio in the early 1980s. The alluring voice was, still is, as captivating as it is convincing. Instead, the pretty teenager with the perfect dark skin tone and ready-made broad smile entered Church Teachers’ College (CTC) in September 1982 with the sole intention of becoming a teacher. She did just that, majoring in English (Language and L ››Read More