Business Guyana 2010, the official business guide for potential investors, was launched by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Friday last nearly a year of groundwork.
The glossy publication outlines the business sector across the country and points to areas where opportunities are emerging such as investment in carbon credits, in addition to sectors such as manufacturing, mining, forestry and tourism among other areas.
The Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) is also featured in the magazine and identified as one of the initiatives in the forestry sector that is attracting investment.
Business Guyana 2010 was officially unveiled during the annual GCCI dinner at the Pegasus Hotel. Marketing Manager, Scotiabank, Jennifer Cipriani-Nelson, who sits on the Trade and Investment Committee of GCCI hailed the magazine as the main source of information for investors. She said it was the brainchild of GCCI member Clinton Urling, whose idea was promptly taken on board by the chamber and developed.
The magazine was published in St Lucia by a company headed by Guyanese Loaknauth Singh. Singh spoke on Friday and said his company was pleased to be associated with the publication.
His company publishes the local tourism magazine, Explore Guyana and has done other specialty publications locally.
Singh’s company also came up with the cover design for the magazine, which he said, was proposed to the GCCI team and later accepted. He explained that the cover design points to the potential and strengths of the country, particularly, its economy in addition to its connection with the region and the wider world.
Business Guyana 2010 is supported by the local business community and would be distributed free of cost.
GCCI’s feature speaker at the dinner on Friday last, Dr Cecil Rajana, who is head of the National Competitiveness Strategy Unit was unable to deliver his presentation due to an emergency. Jonathan Said, a senior economist within the unit, deputised and he spoke on the work of the unit, pointing to its goals and its functions.
