A young university trained couple earlier this year unveiled a $20 million investment, one of several launched by Guyanese entrepreneurs in recent years, that seeks to add value to local fruit whilst placing what appears to be yet another high-quality product on the local market.
After Frankie and Kavita Sami graduated from the University of Guyana about eight years ago with degrees in Chemistry they opted to leave Guyana to seek their fortunes in St Lucia. There, Frankie worked for the company producing the world-famous Heineken beer, whilst Kavita was employed by Guyanese-owned company Baron Foods, whose sauces and spices are popular throughout the region and further afield. They both worked in quality control.
A year and half ago they returned to Guyana, having decided to take advantage of what they saw as an opportunity to create an enterprise in the manufacturing sector. INAVA is the name of the local company that the
