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President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Richard Pandohie.
Richard Pandohie, President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), says the sector must play a pivotal role in Jamaica and rise higher and stronger post-COVID-19.
He was speaking during the virtual JMEA Awards Gala on Thursday, December 10, which saw several major companies taking home top awards.
Pandohie said while Jamaican manufacturers and exporters have been adapting to their new realities brought on by the global pandemic, the sector still has a far way to go in achieving its full potential.
“Indeed, we have been resilient in keeping people employed and we have pivoted to diversify our product offerings. We have found new export markets and we have played a significant role in helping the most vulnerable in our society,” he noted.
16 women from the Spanish Town communities of Corletts and March Pen roads in St Catherine benefitted from the Women Economic Empowerment Project.
“This programme has helped my confidence already so much… I feel like it’s the best thing since sliced bread,” said Kadian Waller on day eight of a two-week entrepreneurship training programme in her community.
It was a view shared around the room where 16 women from the Spanish Town communities of Corletts and March Pen roads in St Catherine were being schooled in strategies of starting and scaling profitable business ventures.
For Waller, a mother of three who runs an online children’s clothing store, it was her first exposure to the elements involved in business operations. She is already seeing rewards.
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