CARICOM Caribbean Community : Caribbean fashion designers meet with Italian fashion industry experts at CARIFESTA XIII in Barbados
Fashion designers participating in the Fashion component at the recently held CARIFESTA XIII in Barbados had an opportunity to meet with Italian fashion industry experts and benefit from fashion workshops, fashion shows and business meetings. The event, which took place…
World Bank and Caribbean Export Partner to Strengthen Early-Stage Investment in the Caribbean
By Caribbean Export Development Agency BARBADOS – The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is partnering with the World Bank Group to bring greater access to finance for Caribbean entrepreneurs and develop the region’s angel investment ecosystem. The new program,…
World Bank and Caribbean Export partner to strengthen early-stage investment in the Caribbean
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, Aug. 9, 2016 — The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is partnering with the World Bank Group to bring greater access to finance for Caribbean entrepreneurs and develop the region’s angel investment ecosystem. The new program, LINK-CARIBBEAN,…
The View from Europe: A crowded space
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now When it comes to regional and hemispheric institutions, the Caribbean and Latin America have become a crowded space. Over the last few years an extraordinary number of bodies have appeared; expanding their agendas…
Haiti and the Dominican Republic to pool resources to attract foreign direct investment
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March, 17, 2016. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the Centre for Facilitation of Investments of Haiti (CFI) and the Export and Investment Centre of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), conducted a workshop…
Time to capitalise on the spa, health and wellness tourism industry
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, September 23, 2015. “The time is ripe for the Caribbean to capitalise on the health and wellness industry”. This was one of the closing comments from Executive Director, Pamela Coke Hamilton in her opening remarks at the two-day…
The View from Europe: Investing in tourism
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now A few days ago in London, the Bahamas prime minister, Perry Christie, told a meeting organised by Caribbean Export that the region needed a new formula to maximise investment. Caribbean Export’s message was…
Caribbean export supports Start Up Jamaica
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has pledged financial support towards the launch of Start Up Jamaica, as part of the Regional Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP) funded by the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF),…
1 Million USD awarded by IDB towards increasing foreign direct investment into Caribbean
From Caribbean Export Development Agency The Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) has been awarded $1 Million USD by the Inter-America Development Bank (IDB) under a Regional Public Goods (RPG) Programme to execute a number of projects over the…
Caribbean Export awards €2.9 Million to firms in CARIFORUM
From South Florida Caribbean News Bridgetown, Barbados – The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has announced the awarding of BBD 8,081,874.06 (€2,992,287) to firms and Business Support Organisations (BSOs) across the region via their flagship programme the Direct Assistance…