News Archive, February 2020

As the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica gear up to host the seventh staging of the annual National Business Model Competition (NBMC), the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) will join the list of local tertiary institutions that compete each year for the national title and a chance to represent Jamaica at the upcoming Business Model Competition Global (BMC Global) in Utah, USA.

The addition of the multi-disciplinary college, which focuses on the art and science of agriculture and applied disciplines, signals further growth of the…

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), through its implementing units JVCapital (Jamaica Venture Capital Programme) and Access to Finance, and in collaboration with a group of corporate investors (“the Investor Panel”) is issuing a Call for Proposals (CFP) to local and international Fund Managers with the capability of raising matching private capital and undertaking investments in Jamaican SMEs.

The “Call” is under the Jamaica Access to Finance for MSME, a Government of Jamaica project, with financing received from The World Bank, a part of which is geared specifically to supporting the establishment of a SME Fund…