Kapil Mohabir of Plympton Farms – Guyana, Ronald Hinds of Teleios – Trinidad and Tobago and Duquesne Fednard of D&E Green Enterprises – Haiti speak candidly about their experiences working with Compete Caribbean as one of the private sector catalysts in the region.
In an event to celebrate the successful conclusion of Phase One of the Compete Caribbean Program, they all spoke under the theme “New Ideas that Change the Region: Innovation in the Caribbean” and touched on the barriers they faced regarding funding.
They each credited the creativity, structure and robustness of the Compete Caribbean Program as being responsible for their business accomplishments thus far. Take a listen . . .
Video 1 – Plympton Farms and Compete Caribbean
Video 2 – Teleios and Compete Caribbean
Video 4 – D&E Green Enterprises and Compete Caribbean
Compete Caribbean is a private sector development program that provides technical assistance grants and investment funding to support productive development policies, business climate reforms, clustering initiatives and Small and Medium Size Enterprise (SME) development activities in the Caribbean region. The program, jointly funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Canada, and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), supports projects in 15 Caribbean countries. Projects in the OECS countries are implemented in partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank.
