Five youths awarded IDPADA-G grants to take businesses to next level

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
IDPADA-G’s Youth Committee Chair, Ascena Jacobs (third from left) and Chairman of IDPADA-G, Vincent Alexander (third from right) pose with the winners of the organisation’s Invest-A-Thon/Pitch Competition.
IDPADA-G’s Youth Committee Chair, Ascena Jacobs (third from left) and Chairman of IDPADA-G, Vincent Alexander (third from right) pose with the winners of the organisation’s Invest-A-Thon/Pitch Competition.

Five youths were awarded on Friday with cash grants from the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) to invest in their businesses.

According to a press release from IDPADA-G, Clinton Samuels of COBBEC Vision received the top award of $500,000; Earlecia Hieronymo of Khayr Organics – $250,000; Brian Smith of Dragonfly Geospatial Aerial Productions – $150,000; Jermaine Hall of Country Boy Farming Supplies – $75,000; and Delon Simpson of Kukki Aquaculture – $50,000.