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Posted on 19/07/2025
Business Roadshow Reaches Thousands of MSMEs
Thousands of Micro, Small and Medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and individuals have been engaged through the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce’s islandwide roadshows. “We have had roadshows in eight different parishes, Manchester, St. James, St. Ann, Kingston, St. Catherine, Clarendon, St. Elizabeth and Westmorela...
Posted on 17/07/2025
$668 Million Approved for Local Film Productions
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says $668 million has been approved for local film productions under the Jamaica Screen Development Initiative (JSDI). He said that the funds, which will be disbursed shortly, will benefit 91 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMES). “This is a priority sector because...
Posted on 12/09/2018
Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin announces gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers
Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin announces a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector at a press conference to update the country on Jamaica’s coffee industry at the Ministry...
Posted on 12/09/2018
Shaw lauds Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, has lauded Scotiabank’s Vision Achiever Programme, which he said is providing another opportunity for increased growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). He noted that the MSME sector...
Posted on 11/09/2018
Shaw encourages young people to think big for agriculture
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Audley Shaw, is encouraging young people to think big and to place more emphasis on creating products for the international marketplace. “Our vision is to have a vibrant re-energised agricultural sector...
Posted on 11/09/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw views Irish potato sucker
Hon. Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, views Irish potato sucker while Alvin Murray (2nd left), Project Coordinator, World University Service of Canada Caribbean PROPEL, explains tissue culture technology used to develop plant. Others from left...
Posted on 11/09/2018
Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public Forum
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon Audley Shaw (right), shares a light moment with students from the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Studies at Knox Community College at the Youth Employment Creation in Agriculture and Agro-Processing Public...
Posted on 10/09/2018
$60-million gift for coffee farmers
Philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin has announced a gift of $60 million to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee farmers to assist with alleviating the current crisis in the sector. Lee-Chin made the announcement at a media briefing held at the Ministry of Industry,...
Posted on 06/09/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw speaking with CEO Valerie Veira and Chairman Robert Rainford at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium
Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking with (from left) Valerie Veira, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, and Robert Rainford, chairman, Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ), at the media launch for the...
Posted on 06/09/2018
Chairman Robert Rainford discusses KMJ bamboo products with Hon. Audley Shaw and Executive Director Stephen Wedderburn
Robert Rainford (right), chairman, Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica, discusses KMJ bamboo products with (from left) Stephen Wedderburn, Executive Director of Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hon. Audley Shaw (right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Khadesha Whyte,...
Posted on 06/09/2018
Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium
Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the media launch for the Caribbean International Bamboo Symposium, held at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries’ (MICAF) New Kingston offices on September 5. The symposium...
