(L-R) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Donovan Stanberry, along with Chief Technical Director, MICAF, Andrene Collings; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira; and Director General, MICAF, Vivian Brown, in discussion at the Final Validation Round Table for Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, on Thursday, January 25, 2018. Among some of the areas discussed were the Business Enabling Environment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Social Value Creation and Cross Cutting Issues, Increasing Financing to the Sector, Enhancing Business Development Support.
MSMEs play a key role in economic development - Stanberry
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Donovan Stanberry, has reiterated the importance and potential of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), if properly managed, in the development of the local economy. He said that the MSME sector is a key driver for wealth creation and prosperity in Jamaica. Mr. Stanberry was speaking at a Round Table for the Updated MSME and Entrepreneurship Policy final validation, hosted by the MSME Division of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the Jamaica Conference...
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