A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was yesterday signed between the Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) and Midas Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Inc for a call centre in Linden that could see the creation of 250 jobs.
A release yesterday from the Ministry of Finance stated that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Midas, Malcolm Sobers said that 50 to 75 persons would be recruited by October 1 while by year-end that number would increase to 150, then further moved to 250 by June 2022. Sobers said that the company would commence the recruitment process for employees from within the town immediately.
The Guyanese businessman said he was ecstatic that he was able to expand to Linden and expressed his intention to have his business established in other Regions. He expressed his appreciation to Senior Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh and G-Invest’s Chief Executive Officer Dr. Peter Ramsaroop for the prompt response they had given to him.
According to the release, Sobers said that 17 years ago he attempted to begin his own operations in Guyana but was unsuccessful while four years ago, when he made another attempt, no one responded to his expressed interest.
Singh said that Sobers’ success story is one which could be emulated by each new employee who came to work at Midas. He underlined Sobers’ journey as a young Call Centre agent who moved up to higher positions in the BPO industry within twenty years, to now being a proprietor.
Also speaking at the event was the PPP/C’s representative for Region Ten, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill who said that Government is serious about its commitment to the Region and will continue to prove this through its efforts to catapult development.
“This is not a stand-alone activity that we are celebrating. This is part of a suite of measures that are being made to bring real development to Linden and Region Ten,” Edghill stated.
Last month, Singh visited Midas’ Headquarters located in New Market Street, Georgetown, where he lauded the efforts of Sobers on pursuing his vision, which had materialized into the successful BPO facility that commenced operations in August 2020 and now employs 330 Guyanese.
