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Expo Day marks culmination of ElevateAll’s 10-week intensive for manufacturing entrepreneurs

The Centre for Local Business Development celebrated the completion of its inaugural cohort from the ElevateAll - Manufacturing edition, with a September 23 ceremony and Expo Day at the Pegasus Corporate Suites, Kingston, Georgetown. ElevateAll extended a golden opportunity...

Western Logistics Guyana cops ISO 9001:2015 certification

Western Logistics Guyana Inc. announced has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification. ISO 9001:2015 is an international standard dedicated to a quality management system. This consists of principles of customer focus, leadership, engagement of people, process approach, improvement, evidence-based decision-making, and relationship...

Prosperity FPSO first to be outfitted with fabricated steel from Guyana

Guyana grabbed a massive win for local content with the Prosperity vessel. According to SBM Offshore, it is the first Guyana floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel to incorporate Guyanese fabricated steel. And that stellar feat was made possible by...

SBM Offshore Graduate Engineers: A beacon of inspiration to young Guyanese

Paula Ceres and Tanisha Selby were among a group of seven Guyanese graduate engineers who gained hands-on training by SBM Offshore on the Prosperity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Now, the young women aim to inspire young girls...

Major Canadian trade mission to Guyana on, next week

Guyana’s oil bonanza and the massive growth potential in its traditional industries are expected to capture the attention of a Canadian Energy NL trade delegation visiting next the South American country week. Energy NL is Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest energy...

Positioning Guyana Educationally for Economic Growth

With two more oil discoveries in October 2022 and an expected record growth rate of approximately 58% according to International Monetary Fund (IMF), Guyana a nation of less than a million, is facing tremendous challenges surrounding human capital. This...

Over US$127 million spent by Exxon, contractors in Guyana during first half of 2022

For the first half of 2022, ExxonMobil Guyana and its contractors spent over US$127 million (GY$26.5 billion) on Guyanese suppliers The Stabroek Block operator has also confirmed with OilNOW that since announcing the first commercial discovery in 2015, over US$700 million was...

Exxon’s largest Supplier Forum in Guyana opens today

ExxonMobil Guyana and the Centre for Local Business Development are launching the highly anticipated Guyana Supplier Forum today at the Leonora Stadium (National Track and Field Facility), West Coast Demerara. The event will run until Wednesday. On Monday, companies, among the...

Exxon gearing up for major Supplier Forum in Guyana next week

Major stakeholders leading the development of the oil and gas sector in Guyana are gearing up to host the second in-person Guyana Supplier Forum. ExxonMobil Guyana and the Centre for Local Business Development are at the helm of the organisation...

19 more Guyanese women entrepreneurs complete Accelerate-Her program

The Centre for Local Business Development (CLDB) hosted an event at the Pegasus Hotel on Saturday, commemorating the completion of the second cohort of its entrepreneurship program – Accelerate-Her. Accelerate-Her is a professional development initiative for women entrepreneurs. It aims to...

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Eight Graduate Engineers complete SBM Offshore Guyana programme, nine join new cohort

Eight young Guyanese engineers have completed SBM Offshore Guyana’s Graduate Engineers’ Programme, marking the end of an intensive 18-month...