Hailing Scotiabank’s support for his $300 million Andrews Supermarket investment, businessman Saiku Andrews yesterday urged aspiring entrepreneurs to not be discouraged by perceived stereotypes, even as the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) bemoaned the dearth of financing for businesses.
“I am from West Ruimveldt. I am Afro-Guyanese. We know what the perception is. We know what the challenges are and I am talking this from the perspective of Afro-Guyanese themselves, limiting themselves because of the things they have heard and they allowed to harbour, and [are thus] limiting themselves,” Andrews yesterday said during remarks at the opening of the second branch of the business, located at the former Nigel’s Supermarket building on Robb and Light streets.
