Entrepreneurs will take centre stage when the Small Business Association (SBA) of Barbados hosts the 21st edition of Small Business Week, from September 22 to 28.
Celebrating our Achievements, Striving for Excellence is the theme of the week, which will begin with a church service on Sunday, September 22, at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Jemmotts Lane, St. Michael, starting at 10:00 a.m.
The “X Leo Leacock Memorial Lecture” will be held on Tuesday, September 24, at the Walcott Warner Theatre, Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Saint Lucia’s Opposition Leader, Allen Chastanet, will speak on Small Business as a Catalyser for Economic Growth – A Discussion on Creativity, Capital and Culture.
There will be a Regional Colloquium (Webinar) on Wednesday, September 25, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The keynote speaker will be Vice President (Ag.) of Operations at the Caribbean Development Bank, Therese Turner-Jones, while the panellists will be Chief Operating Officer, FIDUCIA, Lagos, Nigeria, Chukwuka Amadife; Managing Director of NEX Consulting, Dominican Republic, Taiana Mora; and Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Five Islands Campus, The UWI, Professor Justin Robinson. The moderator will be Chief Executive Officer of the SBA, Dr. Lynette Holder.
The key topics to be discussed are Economic Development Policy; Trade Facilitation; Access to Finance; and Transport and Logistics. To register, members of the public may call the SBA at 228-0162.
A Youth Event will be held on Thursday, September 26, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, St. Michael, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The SBA’s Annual General Meeting will be online, on that day.
Celebrations will climax on Friday, September 27, with an Awards Event, at the Savannah Beach Hotel, Hastings, Christ Church.