Implementation of the 10th EDF Regional Provate Sector Programme

ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS AND PROMOTING INNOVATION

electricity in the Dominican Republic supplying 20% of the grid-tied demand in the country. The second company to win the coveted Local Investor of the Year Award in 2014 was NCB Group Limited (in particular, NCB Homes Ltd) of the Cayman Islands. NCB Group is the only commercial developer and custom homebuilder in the Cayman Islands that utilizes sustainable building solutions and geothermal cooling systems. The Special Award was conferred on Manpower & Maintenance Services Limited Group of Companies, based in Jamaica. The company began as a provider of janitorial, building and ground maintenance services to healthcare institutions and has expanded to include commercial businesses namely banks, offices, and hotels, among others. Services include workforce education and training, a job placement agency, a company responsible for actualising special projects, a foundation and a management consultancy dedicated to recruiting and training health workers. Theoverallwinner on thenightwasNCB Group Limited of the Cayman Islands. In 2014, the RIYA saw 23 applications from 12 CAIPA territories: Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos. In its third year, the RIYA 2015- 2016 turned its attention to innovation bringing focus to the local and foreign investors in the region who have

REGIONAL INVESTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDEES

ORGANISATION

COUNTRY

Lenstec Inc.

Barbados

Cayman Enterprise City

Cayman Islands Cayman Islands

NCB Group Limited

ARS Humano

Dominican Republic

EGE Haina Dominican Republic Kikaboni (Healthy Flow Agroindustrial SRL) Dominican Republic Qualfon Guyana Inc. Guyana Palmis Eneji Haiti Manpower & Maintenance Services Limited Group Jamaica Du Boulay’s Bottling Co. Ltd. Saint Lucia

Receiving the award for Foreign Investor of the Year was Qualfon Guyana Inc., a BPO and call centre service provider based in Guyana. ARS Humano, a privately held insurance company in the Dominican Republic, was awarded for both the local and overall winner of the Regional Investor of the Year. The recipient of the Special Award was Cayman Enterprise City (CEC), a special economic zone compliant with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank. CEC is located in the Cayman Islands, and offers jurisdictional and tax benefits, as well as access to global markets. In 2013, the RIYA garnered 34 applications from 10 CAIPA Member States. The countries represented at the Award ceremony were: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. The second edition of the Awards was held on November 17, 2014 in the Dominican Republic as part of the 5th CAIPA General Assembly. On this occasion, the RIYA sought to bring into focus investments made in the green economy regionally, with a Special Award to female investors. Palmis Eneji received the award for Foreign Investor of the Year. The innovative micro-franchise French firm has invested in Haiti by providing clean and efficient solar powered lighting and liquid petroleum gas cooking solutions for the poor. Their goal is to provide clean and sustainable energy access in Haiti and actively participate in the fight against deforestation in that country. The Local Investor of the Year Award was shared this year between EGE Haina of the Dominican Republic and NCB Group Ltd. from the Cayman Islands. The firm EGE Haina is the largest generator of

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