Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Valerie Veira; Human Resource Manager, Total Jamaica Limited, Melissa Anderson; Managing Director, TOTAL Jamaica, Chris Okonmah; Chief Executive Officer, Action Coach Jamaica, Marcia Woon-Choy; Ambassador of the Startupper Challenge, Mark Anthony Scott; and Executive Director, Scientific Research Council, Cliff Riley, at the launch of the TOTAL Jamaica Startupper of the Year Challenge, at the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Kingston, on Friday, October 5, 2018. The 2018-2019 TOTAL Challenge will support and reward young local entrepreneurs in any business sector with a project or business less than two years old. Over 60 countries will be participating in the Challenge.
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has lauded Total Jamaica Startupper of the Year Programme, which, he said, is providing another opportunity for Jamaica’s young entrepreneurs to offer innovative ideas and creativity that will aid the nation’s economic growth. According to Minister Shaw, “I am always heartened when companies give back through initiatives such as this to help to create a future cadre of entrepreneurs and business moguls. Initiatives such as these, I believe, create more of an impact than we can quantify.” Speaking at the media launch of...
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