[MEDIA ALERT] Launch of the SDM Business Model Competition

Press Invitation

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission and Republic Bank Limited will host the Launch of the Sustainable Development Movement (SDM) Business Model Competition virtually today Friday, July 10th 2020 at 10:00 am EST.

The media is invited to attend.

WHAT

The SDM Business Model Competition is part of a broader strategy geared towards strengthening the business development ecosystem across the Region while providing entrepreneurs with a platform to connect with global investors.

The launch will feature the announcement of the thirty (30) entrepreneurs from across the region who were selected to undergo eight (8) weeks of capacity building, compete for sectional prizes of up to US$20,000.00, and participate in a Pitch Room that will be hosted by Mr. Daymond John, Star of ABC’s Shark Tank, and President of the Shark Group. 

WHO

Participants in Friday's Launch include:

  • Paul Ahlstrom, Managing Director and Co-founder of Alta Ventures and Alta Growth Capital
  • Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
  • Michelle Palmer Keizer, Managing Director, Republic Bank (EC) Ltd
  • Jacqueline Emmanuel Flood, Director, Economic Affairs and Regional Integration, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • The media
  • Business stakeholders

WHEN

Friday, July 10th 2020 from 10:00 am EST

WHERE

The launch will be held virtually via the Zoom platform. Please click the following link to register: https://bit.ly/SDM_BMCLaunch.

The launch will also be live-streamed on the OECS Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/OECSCommission/

     

     

    About the OECS Republic Bank Business Model Competition:

    The Business Model Competition forms part of the OECS Commission’s Sustainable Development Movement (SDM) Conference – a two-day event expected to attract over 3000 delegates from across the Caribbean Region and internationally to meet and exchange thoughts, best practices, untold stories and strategies concerning sustainable growth and development.

    Thirty (30) high growth potential Caribbean entrepreneurs will embark on a journey of capacity building and networking via integration into a virtual network of business development support.

    Selected entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors led by Mr Daymond John (Shark Tank Investor).

     

    About Daymond John:

    Star of ABC's Shark Tank & CEO of the Shark Group, Daymond John has come a long way from turning a $40 budget into FUBU, a $6 billion fashion game-changer. Throughout his career, Daymond has continued to be an entrepreneur in every sense of the word. He is not only a pioneer in the fashion industry but a Shark on the 4-time Emmy Award-winning Shark Tank, a New York Times best-selling author, branding guru, and highly sought-after motivational speaker.

    Nadege Jn Baptiste

    OECS Commission, Morne Fortune, Castries, Saint Lucia

    OECS Communications

    Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

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    The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has eleven members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe. 

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    +1758-455-6377

    media@oecs.int

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