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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
REGIONAL INVESTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDEES
ORGANISATION
Lenstec Inc.
Barbados
Cayman Enterprise City
Cayman Islands
NCB Group Limited
Cayman Islands
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
COUNTRY
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
ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS
AND PROMOTING INNOVATION