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Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Kelli-Dawn Hamilton (right), addresses the entity’s first Business Acceleration Centre (BAC) Accelerator Series for the 2025/2026 fiscal year at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday, May 22. Looking on is Senior Director of Regulation, Policy, Monitoring and Enforcement at JSEZA, Ainsley Brown.

Businesses Urged to Build “Geopolitical Muscle”

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 09 Jun 2025    nicola.wint   
Jamaican businesses and exporters are being encouraged to strengthen their geopolitical awareness to better navigate the new trade realities. Senior Director of Regulation, Policy, Monitoring, and Enforcement at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Ainsley Brown, in making the call said that by building their “geopolitical muscle,” businesses will be able to respond proactively to risks and capitalise on opportunities. Senior Director of Regulation, Policy, Monitoring and Enforcement at the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), Ainsley Brown. He contended that...


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Winners of the Ministry of Industry, Investment, & Commerce (MIIC), MSME Business Roadshow Business Pitch competitions proudly display their grant cheques alongside MIIC Permanent Secretary Mrs. Sancia Bennett Templer (centre left) and Senator the Honourable Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce (centre right) at the St. Elizabeth Technical High School in Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 6, 2025.  The grant awardees for the St. Elizabeth staging of the MSME Business Roadshow are: (from left) Junior Chin of Jamaica Drivers Education Forum; Asheki Spooner and Jacquneil Spooner of Havilah Organics and Cosmetics; Lorraine Barnaby of Delicious Bites; Othneilia Downes of Convenient Agro-processing; Alexandria Levanda of The Parcel Pros; Keila McKenzie of O&D Pest Control; Nevine Salmon of Laka Sharah Soapery & Boutique; Moyan Martin of MVM Cuisine; and Shane Miller of Stevos Weavos Handicrafts. The winners obtained grant amounts of J$400,000 and J$200,000, totalling $3M in funding to boost their businesses.

MIIC and IDB Bring MSME Business Roadshow to Westmoreland – Over $14 Million Already Awarded to 52 Entrepreneurs

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 09 Jun 2025    nicola.wint   
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Jamaica’s Business Ministry, in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will host the next staging of its MSME Business Roadshow series on Tuesday, June 18, 2025, at the Manning’s School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Now in its second phase, the MSME Business Roadshow has become one of the most effective and results-driven initiatives led by the Ministry to support and strengthen Jamaica’s private sector. Since its launch, the Roadshow has reached over 2,000 entrepreneurs across seven...


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Acting Senior Director for Accreditation, Training and Quality Management at JANAAC Global Accreditation, Gabrielle Andrade Bell, underscores the critical role of accreditation in supporting Jamaica’s trade competitiveness and economic growth during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.

JANAAC Urges SMEs to Harness Accreditation for Growth and Global Access

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 09 Jun 2025    nicola.wint   
JANAAC Global Accreditation is encouraging small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to leverage accreditation as a strategic tool for business expansion, operational strengthening, and global market access. Acting Senior Director for Accreditation, Training and Quality Management, Gabrielle Andrade Bell, emphasised the vital role of accreditation in strengthening Jamaica’s trade competitiveness and economic growth during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’. “Accreditation enables SMEs to meet international standards, which allows them to speak the language of global trade...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second right), is greeted by President and Chief Executive Officer, Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited, Christopher Zacca (left), during the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) Manufacture 360° Conference, at the AC Marriott Hotel in St. Andrew on May 29. Observing (from second left) are: President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), Sydney Thwaites and Executive Director, JMEA, Kamesha Blake.

Manufacturers Urged to Take Advantage of Productive Input Relief Programme

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 09 Jun 2025    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, is urging manufacturers to take advantage of the Government’s Productive Input Relief Programme, which facilitates duty-free importation of specific items intended for productive use. “It’s not just for the big man; it’s for everybody who is going to manufacture, so we are encouraging manufacturers of all sizes to get into the business, and it is out of those operations that innovation comes,” the Minister said. “In the last year, under the Productive Input Relief for the materials, we gave back equivalent of about $...


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Minister Aubyn Hill to Attend 60th COTED Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana

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 09 Jun 2025    nicola.wint   
Senator the Honourable Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, will travel to Georgetown, Guyana to represent Jamaica at the 60th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), scheduled for June 10–11, 2025. Minister Hill will attend on behalf of Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Minister Hill will join his regional counterparts under the chairmanship of Honourable Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, to deliberate on vital...


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Acting Chief Executive Officer, JANAAC Global Accreditation, Dr. Yvette Castell, participates in a Jamaica Iinformation Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Tuesday (June 3).

June 9 is World Accreditation Day

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 09 Jun 2025    nicola.wint   
World Accreditation Day (WAD) will be observed on June 9 under the theme: ‘Accreditation: Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)’. JANAAC Global Accreditation will spearhead a series of local events to highlight the role of accreditation in enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs. The observance will feature a commemorative service at the Stadium Community Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Kingston on Saturday, June 7, beginning 11:00 a.m. The service will also be livestreamed on the Church’s official YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@StadCommSDA . On June 9, JANAAC will host an...


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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Mrs. Sancia Bennett Templer (left) greets CEO of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA), Dr. Ramesh Ramden at the ‘Doing Business in Jamaica’ seminar, a key event for the TTMA Trade Mission to Jamaica, held at the Jamaica Pegasus on Monday, 12 May 2025.

Jamaica Reaffirms Commitment to Regional Trade at TTMA Doing Business in Jamaica Seminar

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 16 May 2025    nicola.wint   
Jamaica’s Business Ministry , the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), welcomed members of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) Trade Mission to a special “Doing Business in Jamaica” seminar, on Monday, 12 May, underscoring the country’s commitment to regional trade, investment, and economic cooperation. In her address to the delegation at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Permanent Secretary in the MIIC, Mrs. Sancia Bennett Templer, highlighted Jamaica’s remarkable economic turnaround and reinforced the Government’s dedication to fostering a modern, business-...


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JBDC expands reach of EU’s Digital Jamaica Training programme

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 14 May 2025    nicola.wint   
The Jamaica Business Development Corporation continues the roll-out of the Digital Jamaica Training in the parishes of Portland, St James, Kingston, St Elizabeth and Clarendon, increasing its reach to entrepreneurs across the island. The next round of training: Digital Jamaica Training is funded by the European Union (EU) and managed by the Ministry of Industry, Investment & Commerce (MIIC) with the aim of improving three of Jamaica’s major sectors: information and communication technology, education, and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). For the MSME sector, in...


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Tafara Smith, Focal Point for the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, while presenting the project status update on hot peppers in Jamaica at the Hand Over Ceremony themed ‘Improving the Phytosanitary, Food Safety and Market Access Opportunities and the Hot Pepper Value Chain Project’ at the Bureau of Standards on Monday, July 28, 2025.

BSJ improving JA hot pepper competitiveness with over US $1M support

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 14 May 2025    nicola.wint   
Tafara Smith, Focal Point for the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, outlined that the project of making Jamaica’s hot pepper competitive was implemented with the main aim of improving the phytosanitary quality of peppers locally. Smith said that given the reports of the Jamaican peppers being exported, especially the raw pepper products, the project was written with the mandate to reduce those phytosanitary inceptions due to poor phytosanitary conditions or improve the quality of the pepper and improve exports, as well as develop the capacity of local farmers. “The aim is to address variability in...


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Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness cuts the ribbon to officially open Expo Jamaica 2025 on April 3.

New markets, new buyers, new opportunities: JAMPRO pushes business deals at Expo Jamaica 2025

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 14 May 2025    nicola.wint   
THE CURTAINS have closed on Expo Jamaica 2025, and the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) – one of the 20 agencies of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce – is celebrating a powerful outcome of unprecedented international reach and a dynamic showcase of Jamaica’s export-ready goods and services. Held from April 3–6 at the National Arena and National Indoor Sports Centre, this year’s staging registered 884 buyers, representing 25 countries across North America, the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. JAMPRO successfully introduced new markets such as Thailand, Japan...


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