Export Barbados is committed to facilitating and supporting innovation in the ocean economy. According to Export Barbados’ Manager of Ocean Economy, Beverley Alleyne, the ocean economy is an under-tapped economic resource. She noted it is one of three new strategic…
Electronic sports (eSports) is a big business which is growing exponentially, and there is tremendous potential for Barbados to get in on part of that action. Co-founder and Executive Director of AnimeKon, Omar Kennedy, explained that the global eSports industry…
Deepening the relationship between Barbados and Ghana is high on Export Barbados’ agenda, and once direct flights between Barbados and Ghana are facilitated, opportunities for collaboration will be accelerated at numerous levels. On a recent visit to Ghana, CEO Mark…
With effect from June 1, 2022, Export Barbados (BIDC) will resume the application of the contractual lease rates for all tenants. At the start of the pandemic, the Corporation deferred applying rate increases as part of its rent relief programme to…
Export Barbados in its efforts to boost exports, has embraced a Science, Innovation, and Design Strategy, which Chief Executive Officer Mark Hill says is intended to turn science into a multibillion-dollar sector for our economy. “We have made the fundamental…
As Export Barbados seeks to ensure Barbados leverages its science capacities to be the leading bio island globally, Chief Executive Officer Mark Hill says that the country is prepared to share best practices with other small island developing states (SIDS).…
Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, has announced that the Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, the Honourable Davidson Ishmael and Chief Executive Officer of Export Barbados, Mark Hill, are to travel to Rwanda to explore opportunities in…