Executives of five Business Service Intermediaries (BSIs) under the DBJ’s IGNITE III programme pose with Executives of the Development Bank of Jamaica Left – Right: Nigel Cooper, Incubator Manager, Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) Utech, Paula Hagley, Manager, Business Development & Special Projects, Jamaica Manufacturers & Exporters Association (JMEA), Christopher Brown, General Manager, Project Management Office, Development Bank of Jamaica, Opal Levy, Director, Sisters’ Ink Jamaica, Milverton Reynolds, Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica, Valerie Viera, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Adrian Nelson, Legal Officer, DBJ, LuShana Cheddesingh, Technical Coordinator, Direct Business Support, DBJ and Carlinton Burrell, Executive Director, Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre.
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) today (Tuesday, November 16th) signed Agreement with five business service intermediaries (BSIs) to build the capacity of twenty Micro and Small Businesses (MSEs) over the next 12 months, and represents the third Cohort of the Bank’s IGNITE programme. The BSIs are: Caribbean Innovation Climate Centre (CCIC), Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Jamaica Manufacturers & Exporters Association (JMEA), Sisters’ Ink Jamaica, and Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) at UTECH. “In 2015, the DBJ officially launched the IGNITE programme to undertake...
