Sixty young Caribbean entrepreneurs are participating in a one-week boot camp that will equip them with basic business and product development tools and techniques necessary to build a software-based company. To be held between November 9 and 13, the boot camp is facilitated by Start-up Jamaica (SUJ), an incubator/accelerator programme. The aim of the camp is to equip the entrepreneurs...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining the Hon. Phillip Paulwell said the US$89 million 36.3 megawatt wind farm being developed at Potsdam, Malvern in St. Elizabeth is an indicator that Jamaica is ripe for direct foreign investment. Addressing journalists, stakeholders and representatives from the developers, BMR Jamaica Wind Limited, at an official site visit on Friday, November 6, Mr....

Jamaica has joined the international community in a clear thrust towards the advancement of hydrogen as a sustainable energy source for the future. On Tuesday (November 3), the University of Technology (UTech), with the support of the European Union (EU) Caribbean and Pacific Research Programme for Sustainable Development, hosted day one of the first ever conference in the Caribbean region...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, said there has been a steady expansion of the country’s renewable energy sector. This, he said, is due to an increase in the utilisation of alternative power solutions, by individuals and entities. “This is a significant area of growth and we are finding that many...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is again calling for more Jamaican students to pursue subjects in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). He made the appeal while addressing the Glencore scholarship awards ceremony held recently at the Petroleum Company of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium in Kingston. Scholarships and bursaries valued at $1.3 million...

The Government is targeting a further increase in the percentage of the national power grid’s electricity generated from renewable energy sources. State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, says while the administration remains confident that the 20 per cent target for 2030 will be met through, among other things, this year’s implementation of three major solar...

Canadian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), which has operations in Jamaica, is the first private entity to be granted a ganja research licence by the Government. The licence is the third to be issued, following similar awards to the University of the West Indies (UWI), and University of Technology (UTech). The licence permits THC to cultivate...