The Government of Barbados and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have announced the first-ever Africa-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF 2022), scheduled to take place in Bridgetown, Barbados, from August 31 to September 3, 2022. ACTIF 2022 will be held…
Developing an export thrust is essential for Barbados. As such, the Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology is pursuing several initiatives, including establishing an Export Bank, which is intended to help boost exports from the island. The proposed Export…
On Friday, June 17, 2022, the curtain came down on the inaugural National Innovation Challenge – Beauty Edition, with the finalists awarded for using their creativity and ingenuity in developing beauty products that can rival some of the best worldwide.…
Local stakeholders in the Ocean Economy are exploring and embracing various forms of technology to help build out that sector to the benefit of Barbados. Some of these stakeholders had the opportunity to talk about their efforts during a recent…
There is a spinoff start-up company of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, born out of research on biofuels, which is seeking to scale up the initiative to provide consumers with bio-CNG [compressed natural gas] on a…