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Digicel partners with US state department
Friday, June 24, 2011
Mopbile telephone service provider Digicel has been chosen as one of the main partners with the US Department of State to support the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace.
Aimed to foster collaboration between local and global Caribbean diaspora entrepreneurs, this business competition platform will encourage participants to develop and expand innovative projects that will generate employment and economic growth.
(From left) Executive Director for the United States of the Inter-American Development Bank - Gustavo Arnavat; Director of the Global Partnership Initiative in the Office of the Secretary of State, Thomas Debass; Digicel Group Chief Executive Officer, Colm Delves; US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; President & CEO of The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica, Bruce Bowen; Manager of the Caribbean Country Department of the Inter-American Development Bank, Gerard Johnson.
Initial focus countries include the Bahamas, Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago with the following objectives:
Engagement Alliance (IdEA), which was launched by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, on May 17th in Washington DC at the Global Diaspora Forum. Other partners include the Inter-American Development Bank and Scotiabank.
During the Global Diaspora Forum, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said; "As a collaborator, we will work closely with diaspora leaders and other partners to implement projects and maximise our impact."
Colm Delves, Group CEO of Digicel, explains; "The six million strong global diaspora community consists of highly skilled and educated entrepreneurs and is acknowledged as an important engine of growth and development in the United States and beyond.
"As the number one mobile operator in the region, Digicel has been instrumental in driving innovation, growing economies and creating employment and opportunities for the people of the Caribbean. As such, we applaud the US Department of State's commitment to spurring employment and economic growth in the Caribbean and are delighted to be a part of this fantastic programme."
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...#ixzz1QOcBl4La
Friday, June 24, 2011
Mopbile telephone service provider Digicel has been chosen as one of the main partners with the US Department of State to support the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace.
Aimed to foster collaboration between local and global Caribbean diaspora entrepreneurs, this business competition platform will encourage participants to develop and expand innovative projects that will generate employment and economic growth.
(From left) Executive Director for the United States of the Inter-American Development Bank - Gustavo Arnavat; Director of the Global Partnership Initiative in the Office of the Secretary of State, Thomas Debass; Digicel Group Chief Executive Officer, Colm Delves; US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; President & CEO of The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica, Bruce Bowen; Manager of the Caribbean Country Department of the Inter-American Development Bank, Gerard Johnson.
Initial focus countries include the Bahamas, Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago with the following objectives:
- To bring about engagement between local Caribbean and diaspora entrepreneurs to promote high impact development programmes;
- To create new, cross-sector partnerships for economic and social development; and
- To exchange knowledge and create learning networks with diaspora communities.
Engagement Alliance (IdEA), which was launched by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, on May 17th in Washington DC at the Global Diaspora Forum. Other partners include the Inter-American Development Bank and Scotiabank.
During the Global Diaspora Forum, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said; "As a collaborator, we will work closely with diaspora leaders and other partners to implement projects and maximise our impact."
Colm Delves, Group CEO of Digicel, explains; "The six million strong global diaspora community consists of highly skilled and educated entrepreneurs and is acknowledged as an important engine of growth and development in the United States and beyond.
"As the number one mobile operator in the region, Digicel has been instrumental in driving innovation, growing economies and creating employment and opportunities for the people of the Caribbean. As such, we applaud the US Department of State's commitment to spurring employment and economic growth in the Caribbean and are delighted to be a part of this fantastic programme."
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...#ixzz1QOcBl4La
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