Whether it was a ‘sweetie’ stand in front of their home or selling leather belts to tourists, Tiffany Johnson’s parents were always into some form of business so much so that when their young teenage daughter moved to the US she followed in their footsteps and made money from shoveling snow. Today Johnson is the woman behind Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator (BBA), a US$150 million pledge to help black entrepreneurs with capital, mentorship and marketing support.
Now the 28-year-old is exploring ways of not only making Guyanese youths business oriented but also to get them to think beyond their country’s borders and serve customers outside of Guyana. In that vein, one of the immediate items on her agenda is holding a digital conference in Guyana but also targeting other Caribbean countries.