THE Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition finals and awards ceremony took place recently at The UWI Regional Headquarters. The competition was first introduced in November 2002 with the objective of encouraging members of The UWI 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 participate in an effort to unleash their creative and innovative ideas. The JMMB Joan Duncan F ››Read More

The eight teams of budding student entrepreneurs, who emerged from the 22 teams participating in the 2020 Vincent HoSang UWI Venture Competition (UWIVC), demonstrated an apt response to the ‘new normal’ business environment by showcasing digital solutions to current problems and gaps in the market. Copping the first-place prize was Kristen Gyles of Factions News, a mobile application that collects news data from ordinary citizens across the country for broadcast on various platform ››Read More

The 2021-2022 staging of the UWI Venture Competition (UWIVC) attracted over 80 entrants with eight finalists emerging who went on to pitch their business ideas at the finals which took place on Friday January 28, 2022. The exciting event had some of UWI’s finest students and faculty vying for the top prize and the anticipation was ‘nail biting’ waiting to hear the results. After much deliberation by our independent and highly respected panel of judges, the winners were announced and ››Read More

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

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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