US gives Caribbean ‘Idea’ to boost small businesses

(Jamaica Observer) The United States will be reaching out to the Caribbean private sector and Diaspora to link US businesses with their regional counterparts through an initiative dubbed Caribbean Idea Marketplace.

Makila James, director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs at the US State Department, said the Caribbean Idea Marketplace is a business competition platform which will allow the US to engage private sector entities across the region in partnership with their governments to jump-start small businesses,