Eight persons were yesterday awarded cash grants through the Guyana Economic Development Trust (GEDT) to support their unique innovations and businesses.
At a ceremony held at Bookland Gardens, in Georgetown, Jubilante Cutting, Vickacy Williams and Lisa Dublin each received a 10,000 USD cash grant as winners of the Guyana Innovative Prize, which is sponsored by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) and GEDT.
In addition, Tasmin Pellew, Grace Parris, Osrick Hacker, Dianna Plowell and Dwayne Wade each received cash grants worth 30,000 USD through the Economic Development Incubator and Accelerator (EDIA) programme, which is a collaboration between GEDT and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).