Fred Hylton – The overseas investor who refuses to quit

Jamaican-born United States citizen Fred Hylton is beginning to see light at the end of an investment tunnel in which he and his wife have dwelt here in Guyana for more than five years.

The couple own and operate what is now a thriving hardware store on the Grove Public Road on the East Bank Demerara. It is a good location for a hardware store, within ‘striking distance’ of some of the fastest growing housing projects in the country. Building materials are in demand and over the past three years F&H’s sales have grown.

It was not always that way for Fred Hylton, however, He had lived in the United States for must of his life and his decision to invest in Guyana was