UNIVERSITY graduate Dushaine Carty, 24, wiped the sweat from his brow as he trudged through his field of sweet potatoes near Linstead St Catherine, yesterday. He walked through a lush row of produce, pausing periodically to tug at the green plants, until he found what he was looking for. He grinned as he bent and pulled up a plump tuber with his bare hands, rubbing the dirt away to reveal a pinkish hue. It was time to reap. “It's one of the best feelings — reaping what you planted, ››Read More

Richard and Shara-Kay Kinlocke of Gateway Shipping International (GSI) are a brother-sister team who are profoundly inspired by their late father, Robert Kinlocke, whose legacy they are proud to continue. Both siblings had an early start in the shipping industry, from summer jobs during school to full-time jobs after graduating from The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. They had to work their way up, however, because being children of the chairman and CEO of one of the lar ››Read More

  The University of the West Indies (The UWI) congratulates alumnus, Hansle Parchment on winning gold in the men’s 110 metre hurdles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Parchment clocked 13.05 seconds in the athletics event on August 5 to take the Olympic title. The UWI, Mona Campus alumnus now has two Olympic medals, following his bronze win at the London 2012 Olympics. He is also a silver medalist from the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. The Jamaican track and field athlete who ››Read More

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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