ACT−Accelerator partnership
ACT−Accelerator partnership welcomes leadership and commitments at US COVID Summit to ending COVID−19 pandemic through equitable access to tests, treatments, and vaccines President Biden and global leaders agreed ambitious targets, aligned with the ACT-Accelerator, to end the COVID-19 pandemic Collective…
Afya Foundation, JetBlue and OECS collaborate to bring aid to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Over USD $200,000 in relief items will be delivered to the volcano-damaged island Monday, April 26, 2021 — The Afya Foundation, JetBlue and the Commission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are working together to deliver much-needed relief supplies…
Clarien Bank receives $12.6m cash injection
By Jonathan Kent, Business Editor From Royal Gazette Clarien Bank is to receive a cash injection of $12.6 million from its sole shareholder Edmund Gibbons Ltd and a Canadian private-equity firm. The investment will enable Clarien to exceed the tougher…
Portland equity firm raises $1.5b locally for Fund II
By Steven Jackson From Jamaica Gleaner Portland Private Equity (PPE) recently raised $1.5 billion from two dozen pension funds and financial institutions for its Caribbean Fund II, according to partner Mariame McIntosh Robinson, who led the complex transaction. The deal…