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