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20 MOVEMENT 20

BUSINESS MODEL COMPETITION

CARIBBEAN ENTREPRENEURS’

LOOKBOOK For Investors

“INVESTORS – COME #JOINTHEMOVEMENT” Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General OECS

H.E. DR. DIDACUS JULES Director General - OECS Commission

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL The OECS is using this historical moment to move from the incremental to the transformational. History and Nature have conspired at this juncture to challenge the human species to rethink, recalibrate and re-balance itself in the equilibrium of the Universe. The old economy that has been fueled by fossil energy and involves wasteful exploitation of natural resources at the expense of environmental sustainability has to be urgently replaced with a green, blue and circular economy. In essence our survival on earth requires the collective effort of the entire human race to shape a regenerative civilization.

As a collection of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States are committed to making that transformational shift. While we suffer many disadvantages of size, we are determined to optimize the opportunities inherit in the “small is beautiful” concept – agility and comparative ease of scaling up solutions to island wide application. In the shaping of the new development model, the imperatives of climate change, the lessons of the COVID pandemic and the demise of multilateralism and the rise of nationalism must be taken into account.

The BIG lesson in all of this is that while we must take fully responsibility for ourselves it is the recognition and acceptance of our interdependence that will enable us to create the inclusive economies and the caring societies that is the foundation of the peaceful and prosperous world envisaged by the Sustainable Development Goals. With limited landmass but large ocean space and scarce natural resources, the key to all of this for OECS member states has to be its human resource – the intellectual capital and inventiveness of its people. This is why an important focus of the SDM 2020 is on innovation and entrepreneurship. We need to liberate the creative energy and the imaginative genius of our people so that they can stand equal in an unequal world.

We are inviting investors worldwide who are excited by opportunity to come #JoinTheMovement, come meet our regional bringers of fire, discover the imaginers who need your support and mentorship to help change the world. As Steve Jobs reminded us in the early Apple ad: “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the trouble makers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently… The only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things; they push the human race forward… the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do!”

Join us, small is not just beautiful but more possible. Join us, let’s seize the time, opportunity by opportunity. Let’s THINK DIFFERENTLY. Join us let’s change our world!

Teasea Bennett Co-Founder and CEO Reve Limited Jamaica

Teasea’s passion for the Jamaican Culture, Fashion and Marketing and sincere admiration of her younger brother’s natural creativity was the inspiration that resulted in co-founding Reve Jewellery & Accessories.

Teasea’s core responsibilities at Rêve involve brand development and management, marketing, sales and public relations.

Reve Jewellery & Accessories is a trailblazing Jamaican company that was established to harness national energies to create exquisite, trendy, chic, unique and timeless pieces for clients. The Company’s vision is to become one of the world’s best renowned “go to” Jamaican and Caribbean design line. Their products are known to exude creativity, authenticity, and originality. Reve Jewellery & Accessories has been thriving for the past eight years, with an international client base.

For more information on Reve Jewellery & Accessories visit: https://revejewellery.com/

Keron Bascombe Creator Tech4Agri Trinidad & Tobago

Keron is an agri-journalist who is passionate about advocacy in youth agricultural entrepreneurship. He is a freelance volunteer for organisations including Plantwise, and a correspondent for SPORE Magazine and Wrenmedia.

Keron has also worked extensively as a social reporter for onsite and remote conferences, which have allowed him to hone his skills in social media journalism, mobile video production and content creation.

As an entrepreneur, Keron Bascombe is the creator of Tech4Agri, a social enterprise based in his home country of Trinidad & Tobago that uses digital media, journalism and communication services to support, inform and empower stakeholders in agriculture & related fields. The company’s innovative mantra uses mobile technology, media and information sharing to connect with ground level stakeholders and assist with the development of young agropreneurs.

For more information on Tech4Agri visit: https://technology4agri.wordpress.com/

Trevaun Solomon

Co-founder and CEO Project Jaguar The Home of The Teacherpreneur Antigua & Barbuda

Antiguan-born Trevaun Solomon is a software engineer, investor and entrepreneur. He is an alumni of the Antigua and Barbuda International Institute of Technology, where he majored in Computer Science and Business Administration.

Solomon received recognition as one of four Antiguans to win a Hackathon, and he was also a nominee for the 2019 Junior Chambers International (JCI) ‘Ten-Outstanding-Young-Persons Award’.

Trevaun is the Co-founder and CEO of Project Jaguar, an online tutoring website aimed at empowering minds through education.

For more information on Project Jaquar visit: https://pjaguar.com/#/home

Tamara Prosper Founder and Manager Tambran by Tamara Grenada

Tamara is a native Grenadian artisan with a creative flair. Her love for art and craft manifested at a very young age, and her growing interest was fueled by an unconventional exploration of creating unique pieces from unused seeds, fibres, construction waste and recyclable materials.

Her pursuit for growth has redound to several national and regional awards and accolades, some of which include the Best Environmental Entrepreneur (Caribbean Innovation Challenge, Barbados 2013), Eco-Retro award (Talent and Innovation Challenge of the Americas, Paraguay 2015), Environmental Excellence Award (Grenada 2016) and Kookmin Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (South Korea 2016).

Tamara is the Founder and Manager of Tambran by Tamara, a seven-year eco-friendly jewellery line which has been featured in regional fashion shows and competitions, including the Caribbean Next Top Model in 2017. Tambran by Tamara is also in partnership with Abi Ferrin flagship store in Dallas, Texas, USA. For more information on TAMBRAN by Tamara visit: https://tambranbytamara.com/

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Founder, CEO & CTO Airzoon Martinique ‘A passionate entrepreneur with unshakable determination to build something greater with exceptional coworkers’ - that is, Steve Bercy. A native of Martinique, he is a graduate in engineering of computer networks, and has worked extensively in the field of e-business, with brands such as Pierre & Vacances - center Parcs, a tourism leader in Europe with a staff-base of over 12,000.

Driven by an unyielding desire to succeed in his area of expertise, in 2012 Steve launched and developed a digital advertising solution, airZoon - the first of its kind that provides free and secure internet access to citizens.

For more information on airZoon visit: https://www.airzoon.com/

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Shawn De Freitas Co-founder and CEO Dingole LTD Trinidad & Tobago

With over 15 years of experience in the field of digital media, Shawn de Freitas has forged partnerships with leading brands including but not limited to Nokia, University of Brighton, US Embassy and France Telecom.

He has also been successful at raising significant capital through grant awards, to fund viable projects.

As the Co-Founder and CEO of Dingolé Limited, Shawn is responsible for setting the creative vision and driving strategy for business and product development for the award winning digital studio. Dingolé Limited is pioneering the potential of immersive technologies to tell stories, through a flagship project entitled ‘Panjam’ - a music learning app that supports the wellbeing of seniors through a marriage of an intuitive steelpan interface and virtual reality. Shawn’s vibrant entrepreneurial spirit has pivoted the Company’s sail to extend beyond technology to include art and business, for which he has won multiple awards for entrepreneurship and innovation.

For more information on Dingolé Limited visit: https://www.dingole.com/

Sebastien Luissaint Founder and CEO Myditek Guadeloupe A part of Sebastien Luissant’s destiny was perhaps birthed through the livelihood of his parents, both of whom are farmers. He loves technical challenges, and this may be the reasoning behind his passion for computer engineering and software development.

Sebastien has been an Entrepreneur for over 10 years. In 2016, he created Myditek - a company which synthesises his two passions agriculture and new technologies.

For more information on Myditek visit: https://www.myditek.com/

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Sandra Harewood Inventor Social Word Game - Raid Barbados

Sandra Harewood is a tenacious operations management professional of 15 years, during which she has worked with a billion-dollar apparel company. She has also had a decade of experience working with the UK Government’s development aid programme in the Caribbean on various projects, and has assisted in disaster relief efforts during and after the volcanic eruptions in Montserrat.

Sandra is the inventor of a proprietary social word game for use as a tabletop board game and on mobile phones, tablets and personal computers. The game is called RAID. The major target markets are the USA and the UK; hence extensive play testing was conducted during the developmental stages of the board game with diverse focus groups in San Francisco, Georgia, New Jersey, New York and London.

Ryan Scott

Entrepreneur and Visual Communicator Highlight Espy Jamaica Ryan Scott is a Jamaican based youth leader, entrepreneur and visual communicator, who is determined and strongly self-motivated. He strives to always encourage the best out of the people he encounters. For as far back as Scott can recall he has always had an entrepreneurial mind and has possessed a great love for visual communication; this love and his entrepreneurial mindset led him to pursue studies in Visual Communication with the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts.

His journey has highlighted to him the importance of creativity in the entrepreneurial space where there are frequent and significant increases in new technologies and where design thinking must be on the “cutting edge� to make any significant difference.

Scott is very conscious of his environment and has strong aspirations to create and influence positive changes in his society as a serial entrepreneur. He is the leader of several entrepreneurial ventures geared towards eliminating various customer service pains through the utilization of new technologies, creativity, design thinking and visual communication.

For more information on Ryan Scott visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-scott-3396 13114/

Nydia Norville Founder and CEO Choiselle Saint Lucia

Saint Lucian born Nydia Norville’s love affair with creating moisturizers was borne out of a personal experience with extremely irritated, dry skin while living in New York. Nydia’s search for a remedy that kept her skin moisturized and soothed (especially during New York’s harsh winter conditions) proved futile. Inspired by the memories of her Saint Lucian childhood, and the “living off of the land” lifestyle she observed; she decided that she too could create a moisturizer to treat her skin. Unknowing to her at that moment, she was about to embark on a new discovery that would launch her entrepreneur career.

Her creation was not only effective in soothing her dry skin, but she soon had a high volume of demand for her all natural moisturizer from family and friends she had given samples to. She quickly developed a passion for creating skincare products and realized that there were demands for truly all-natural products that were not being fulfilled. In 2005, Nydia launched her first skin care line, which she ran successfully. The interest and success of her first company was the catalyst to rebrand and launch Choiselle in 2014.

For more information on Choiselle visit: www.choiselle.com

For your most precious moments...

Michelle Carpenter CEO and Creative Director Precious Beginnings Jamaica With over 24 years experience as a youth empowerment strategist and Business Educator , Michelle Carpenter is a seasoned florist and interior decorator with a keen eye for detail, and inspired by elegance and originality. Known for having the natural ability to create exquisite, customized floral designs and gift baskets with a unique flair to meet every need, Michelle was recognized as Jamaica’s National Housing Trust Entrepreneurial Award in 2015 (Budding Category).

Michelle is the CEO and Creative Director of Precious Beginnings, an all-inclusive events management estate located in the tropical paradise of Jamaica. As a Business Educator, Michelle is convinced that she is assigned by God, her Master Teacher to commission youth entrepreneurs to unleash their gifts to create a sustainable world by providing innovative business solutions. As an Educators Celebration Coach, she is extremely passionate about helping time-strapped school leaders celebrate unmotivated and overwhelmed educators in order to maximize teacher retention and create top-performing schools.

For more information visit: http://preciousbeginnings.com.jm/our-story/

Your Journey of a Lifetime, Starts Here‌

Michael Husbands CEO Global Tutoring Hub Barbados Mr. Michael Husbands is passionate about transforming education in Barbados, the Caribbean and the world. He has over 10 years experience within the telecommunications industry, particularly as a Quality Assurance Specialist. In the last 6 years, Michael has been CEO of two Caribbean technology startups which he built, grew and which then subsequently failed.

When his daughter experienced learning challenges based on the way the current education system delivers learning content, he got together a team who were just as passionate as he was and started Global Tutoring Hub. The focus of the startup is transforming learning through the delivery of a personalized and adaptive learning experience based on the users learning style.

For more information on Global Tutoring Hub visit: https://globaltutoringhub.com/

Marcella Jeremiah CEO Reneescentsationz Grenada Marcella Jeremiah has over 20 years’ experience in Marketing and has had wonderful opportunities to work in the Media, Retail and Supermarket industry during her career. In 2015, she launched her own business making scented candles. As a businesswoman, she is ethical, fierce and determined in her quest for success but as an individual she is very reserved, enjoys her ‘alone’ time yet and humble enough to freely assist young people in sharpening their skills as small business owners.

By 2017, Reneescentsationz evolved into an aromatherapy company by adding bath and body products and men’s beard grooming products to the line and host selfcare networking events.

Under her leadership, Reneescentsationz has secured multiple first place prizes in various Business Acceleration courses locally, and regionally. Marcella recently returned from Saudi Arabia where her business was recognized as one of the top 100 finalists from a pool of 100,000 other businesses.

Reneescentsationz is also the recipient of Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce Innovative Business award for the year 2019.

For more information on Reneé Scentsationz visit: https://reneescentsationz.com/

Linda Dias Executive Director Bodio Inc. Montserrat

Linda Dias, Executive Director of Bodio Inc. is a multi-award winning innovator and recipient of the prestigious 2013 Chevening Scholarship. From 2014-2019, she was the Chief Architect for the Government of Montserrat, leading on infrastructure projects such as the Development of a New Air Traffic Control Tower for the John A. Osborne Airport, the Emergency Social Housing Project, and the Hospital & Healthcare Improvement Project. She joined the Ministry of Finance & Economic Management in 2019 as the Deputy Head of the Programme Management Office, working alongside client ministries for the implementation of capital projects.

During this time, Linda formed the award-winning software company Bodio Inc., after winning the 2019 Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurship Program (CTEP) as well as the 2018 Innovate to Lead (i2L) Pitch Competition in Montserrat. Bodio developed into an entertainment booking app which gives musicians, venue operators, and event promoters a platform to network, while increasing their exposure through marketing to music lovers.

For more information on Bodio Inc. visit: www.bodioapp.com

Leandra Peter Owner, and Creator Farm Essence Saint Lucia

Leandra Peter is passionate about healthy living and its wonderful possibilities. As someone who is faced with PCOS, she diligently researched and sought out alternative solutions to treat her condition.

This sparked a desire to create her own products, what she calls ‘skin foods’, and so she delved in by working closely with local farmers and learning firsthand how committed they are from planting a seed to harvesting their crops. Then came the flood of ideas to include the firepower of many, “Harvested for your Skin”, the process of incorporating fresh local crops to create products.

Farm Essence was borne out of these experiences. The company provides organic handmade soaps and products crafted around natural and naturally derived ingredients, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, spices and much more from local Saint Lucian farms, including her own. Farm Essence focuses on truly capturing the essence of the farm through the production of their luxurious bath and body products, using a traditional technique that retains the natural state of ingredients.

For more information on Farm Essence visit: https://farmessenceslu.com/

Darren Black

Co-Founder & Creator of Smart Id Genesys Technology Jamaica Since the age of 9, Darren Black has been interested in wires and electronics, self-taught through reading books, and managed to build a helicopter from old electronic parts. His love for electronics grew from ever since. From humble beginnings, he has evolved into becoming an innovator and a Graphic Designer, where he utilizes his technical knowledge as well as an understanding of developments in the field, to help guide decisions regarding the implementation of new technology, as well as security risk. Darren has always been an advocate for the safety, security, and accountability of children, therefore, give birth to Genesys Smart-ID. He did not only rely on electronics competencies but also on his significant leadership skills. He is an excellent team player when it comes to the team effort to create innovations.

Seeking the ability to further hone his leadership skills, he was elected president for the Community Development Committee and elected Public Relations for Development Area Committee where he spearheaded sustainable projects for youth and community development.

For more information on Genesys visit: https://www.genesysjm.com

Jody White CEO Slimdown 360 Trinidad & Tobago

Jody white became an entrepreneur at the age of 23, having left the corporate world.

Currently at 33 years old, he has championed the cause of improving agricultural and food security. Food innovation is a passion, and seeing lives impacted through this, makes it all worth it. This is the mantra behind his business, Slimdown 360.

For more information on Slimdown 360 visit: http://www.slimdown360.com/

Jermaine Rhudd Co-Founder JM Ventures Inc. Antigua & Barbuda

Antiguan-born Jermaine Rhudd, affectionately known as “Selecta J” has been a practicing Attorney for 8 years. His legal career has been within Criminal and Corporate Law. In 2017, he was appointed by the Governor General and assigned to the Ministry of Justice & Legal Affairs where he serves in the capacity of Deputy Registrar of Lands in his home country. Jermaine is a proud Rotarian of 5 Years, leads the Legal aspects of Management with the Nolan Hue Foundation a Professional Development Foundation for youth, and continues to give back to his Alma Mater, the St. Joseph’s Academy through service on the Board of Directors.

One of Jermaine’s most notable of his contributions to date is the co-founding of JM Ventures Inc., a venture Company which successfully developed the Caribbean’s first Property App, JMVI Realty.

For more information on JM Ventures Inc. visit: https://www.jmvirealty.com/

Your food. Your health.

Janet Rankine Henry General Manager CNC Wellness Ltd. Jamaica Janet Rankine Henry has worked as a nutrition consultant since 2005 at various locations in Jamaica. She is HACCP Certified (food Safety) by AIB International since 2006 and has been Lead Auditor in Quality, Environment, Food Safety and Occupational Health and Safety since 2008 by the Victoria Group International through the Bureau of Standards in Jamaica. She is also a recognized leader in the field of nutrition and has been a member of the Dietetics and Nutrition Advisory Board of the University of Technology for the Dietetics and Nutrition programme since 2008.

Janet is the General Manager of Complete Nutrition Care Diet Center (CNC) now called CNC Wellness Ltd (May 2019), a nutrition consultancy and food manufacturing company that provides delicious, low calories, well portioned Jamaican meals under the brand Meta- Balance 360. CNC Wellness Limited has won various awards including but not limited to the Innovation Award by Jamaica’s Prime Minister through the DBJ programme, Winner of the ScotiaBank Vision Achiever Programme and Winner of the Nation Builder for Innovation NCB Award.

For more information on CNC Wellness Limited visit: http://www.cnc-wellness.com/

Ibraham Hinds

Gloria Hinds Photovoltaic Installation Training Agency Barbados Ibrahim is a young Barbadian tech entrepreneur. His expertise is in green building, planning, and transportation. He has worked as a civil engineer on a 9 billion USD smart infrastructural redevelopment project in Tampa Florida. Further, he has experience in capacities as a designer and project manager for community development projects in the Caribbean region and North America.

For more information on Gloria Hinds Photovoltaic Installation Training Agency visit: https://williamhinds.webs.com/

George Henry Founder & CEO Appfinity Technologies Jamaica

George Henry is a previous Software Engineer Manager, leading the development of the LoanCirrus SaaS microfinance cloud lending platform, deployed in over 37 countries globally.

He has successfully developed and deployed solutions for various industries including Banking, e-Commerce, Education and Medical Technology, and has won multiple innovation, business management, entrepreneur awards and competitions.

George is the Founder and CEO of Appfinity Technologies, an enterprise software and business solutions service provider in his home country of Jamaica. Appfinity is poised to help clients and partners maximize value and minimize costs from their investments in information technology, through the provision of mission-critical outsourced services.

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For more information on Appfinity Technologies visit: https://appfinitytech.com/

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Elijah James Founder and CEO The Local App Antigua & Barbuda

“Aspire To Inspire Before You Expire…” – this is the motto that drives the versatile creative that is Elijah James. The passionate youth advocate firmly believes that education and entrepreneurship is the key to sustainable development in the Caribbean.

Elijah is an accomplished communications and management professional who enjoys spending his time volunteering within communities. As a voice and screen actor he has used his talent to raise awareness on issues of the environment, health, gender and other matters. While as a multimedia designer and techie he has used his skills to develop digital solutions such as The LocaL App - that helps users to discover SMEs, experiences and opportunities available across the Caribbean.

As a mentor, Elijah has provided Free training on both entrepreneurship and leadership to over 400 persons through his Business CIRCLE sessions and he continues to serve on the Board of Directors of various organizations where he contributes his experiences towards building a more resilient civil society.

For more information on The Local App visit: https://www.f6s.com/elijahjames

Denell Florius

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Co-founder and CEO Ecocarib Saint Lucia

Denell Florius in an OECS 30 under 30 and Caribbean climate Innovation Centre Entrepreneur. He is a career businessman with a passion for renewable energy and green technology.

Denell is the co-Founder and CEO of EcoCarib, a Saint Lucian green energy services company that specialises in green technology services.

The company has created a one-stop-shop for customers to access affordable solar electricity through their customized online platform. Its vision is to transition the Caribbean to a Sustainably Green future through Green Technology Innovation.

The Company has been recognised both locally and internationally for its innovative approaches to renewable energy and technology, the most notable of which is the Prime Minister’s Award for Innovation from the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce.

For more information on https://www.ecocarib.com/

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Danielle Tait CEO Interview JM Jamaica

Danielle Tait is a driven and results-oriented individual who firmly believes in working within the area of one’s passion, enjoying your work, and pursuing lifelong learning.

She is described as ‘a serial entrepreneur who enjoys digging into new topics to solve problems, implementing new ideas, and taking on new challenges.’ Danielle is a firm believer in sustainable and equitable innovation as a means of ensuring that solutions are made accessible to those who need it most, more so to the advantage of minority groups and/or disadvantaged communities. She is passionate about helping people, and has amassed 10 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical industry and four years in HR Technology.

Daniell is the CEO of The Interview JM, a for-profit, social impact Limited Liability Company based in Jamaica. The Company uses a skills-match platform and ‘one million interviews initiative’ to address the skills gap and reduce youth unemployment/underemployment through career enablement tools that identify job-relevant skills and match candidates/employees to jobs, up-skilling and mentorship opportunities.

For more information on The Interview JM visit: https://www.theinterviewjm.com/

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Dale Trotman CEO MedRegis Barbados

Barbadian Dale Trotman is a health visionaire with a feverish desire to develop pioneering health technology in the Caribbean region.

Having identified a void in the sector, Dale’s vision evolved into solving the usability issues which plague many international electronic health medical records management systems.

He received an Innovation Award at TIC Americas in recognition for his sterling, innovative initiatives.

Humbled by this recognition, Dale acknowledges the support and excitement of doctors, nurses, and other ambulatory care staff for his contribution to improving health information systems.

Our goal is to eradicate the widespread usage of paper in ambulatory care. We put special emphasis on workflow and usability which are two major issues that plague many international electronic health records (EHRs).

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For more information on MedRegis visit: https://www.medregis.com/

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Alex Straun CEO Genis Payment Solutions St. Kitts & Nevis

Alex Straun is a computer enthusiast whose interests include the single financial space of the ECCU and the free movement of people, goods and services within the OECS economic space. He is also a director of the St. Kitts Cooperative Credit Union and provides mentorship to young men and women, as well as financial and life principles coaching.

As CEO of Genesis Innovation Management Inc., Alex leads the company’s strategic vision to develop financial technology that enhances security, and includes all lawabiding citizens into the financial system, while improving efficiency and reducing costs for partnering financial institutions and citizens alike.

For more information on Genesis Innovation Management Inc. visit: https://jad.cash/

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Ahsika Boasman CEO Curls à la Mode Saint Maarten

OUR STORY Confidence is always in style!

Our mission is to inspire confidence in women by promoting positive self-acceptance.

"With fashion playing a huge role in building her individuality and confidence, Ahsika Boasman had a deep need and desire to inspire fashion, and self love in other women.

In August 2018 Curls à la Mode, a fashion and lifestyle brand, was created with the vision of building a body positive fashion brand, with global appeal. The 'Fashion & Confidence' blog is the lifestyle voice of the brand, filled with inspirational and motivational articles about building confidence, practicing self-care, and an overall guide to embracing self-love."

For more information on Curls à la Mode visit: https://curlsalamode.com/

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Abrian Burton CiboCart Ltd. Jamaica

Jamaican-born entrepreneur and investor Adrian Burton has been actively investing from the tender age of 13 years. His entrepreneurial whizz lured him out of high school at 16 years to pursue his dream company, CiboCart Limited, ably assisted by his parents and various mentors.

CiboCart Limited, a Jamaican-based logistic and technology startup company, was founded in 2019 out of necessity for a trustworthy, transparent and reliable delivery service in St. Thomas, Jamaica. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has impacted his home country, CiboCart Limited’s delivery service and e-commerce platforms have increased exponentially.

For more information on CiboCart Limited visit: http://cibocart.com/

Hesma Tyson

Founding and Managing Director Caribbean Specialty Foods Co. Ltd. Trinidad & Tobago Hesma Tyson hails from Trinidad and Tobago.

Her family and friends have been the driving force behind her passion for entrepreneurship, and have played an instrumental role in realising her dream of becoming an entrepreneur and mentor, particularly to other entrepreneurs within the agro-processing sector.

The genesis of Caribbean Specialty Foods Co. Limited (registered brand name Caribelle Foods) was Hesma’s kitchen in 2008.

Recognising a void in the production of natural pepper sauce, this innovative entrepreneur began by undertaking some research and development for quality assurance, ensuring that her product would be free from artificial ingredients. Her glory moment would evolve two years later. Since then, Caribelle Foods has diversified into producing dips and seasonings using the same formula of natural ingredients.

Notably, Hesma’s dips are the only ones, locally or foreign, sold on the local market.

All of her products are sold at three major supermarket chains, souvenir stores, duty free shops and artisan markets in Trinidad & Tobago, and are approved for export to the USA. For more information on Caribbean Specialty Foods Co. Limited visit: https://www.facebook.com/caribellefoods/

Kadeem Smith Founder and CEO VastTrips Limited Jamaica

Kadeem Smith has gained over 10 years experience in Information Technology, and has served in several capacities across software development, advertising, quality control management and the financial sector in his home-town, Jamaica. This experience spawned a passion for entrepreneurship. He is a firm believer of providing stellar service to clients, and views this as the key to success in business.

Enter VastTrips Limited - the brainchild of Kadeem Smith. The company provides the service of an interactive travel solution.

Kadeem leads a team of software developers, accountants, sales and customer support officers to provide an interactive travel booking solution. VastTrips Limited aspires to create an ecosystem where clients and service providers can interact in full transparency.

For more information on VastTrips Limited visit: https://vasttrips.com/

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