
February 15, 2018

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The Jamaica Business Fund hosted a Consultation on a draft Castor Bean Production Manual and a Ginger Varietal Study held on February 15, 2018 at the Courtleigh Hotel. The JBF commissions specific studies, surveys and […]

February 2, 2018

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The Jamaica Business Fund awarded the first grant under its 2nd Call for Concept Notes on February 2, 2018. The signing was held at the Development Bank of Jamaica and the grant is slated to […]

January 31, 2018

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The JBF Information Session series continued in earnest in the 7th Quarter. Presentations were made on January 24, 2018 for consultants on the approved JBF list and January 31, 2018 for staff members of the […]

November 29, 2017

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On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, the World Bank Group representatives Cecile Niang and Galina Sotirova visited Jamaica Business Fund beneficiary Mr. Peter Campbell of Coastal Pepper Farms in Martha Brae, Trelawny. Coastal Pepper Farms is […]

August 11, 2017

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In the most recent instalment of its Information Session series, the Jamaica Business Fund (JBF) made presentations on grant funding available under its program to a subset of mainly non-food manufacturing members of the Jamaica […]

August 9, 2017

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The Jamaica Business Fund (JBF) held an Information Session recently at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston. The session was aimed at preparing the current cohort of applicants for Full Proposal submissions due on September […]

August 1, 2017

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The Jamaica Business Fund (JBF) would like to thank all applicants who submitted Concept Notes. At the close of the Call for Concept Notes 2017, on June 23rd, 2017 at 4:00pm, a total of thirty-seven […]

June 16, 2017

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Recently, JBF team members met with Una May Gordon, Principal Director of the Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC). The group discussed cooperation on data sharing, risk mitigation […]

June 1, 2017

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During the recent World Bank Mid-Term Review and Supervision Mission for the GOJ’s Foundations for Competitiveness & Growth Project (FCGP), John Anderson, Economist visits SME farmers producing Ginger under the Perishables Ginger Revitalization Project. While […]

April 12, 2017

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Event: Jamaica Business Fund Information Session I Topic: How to Apply for a Supply Chain Grant Where: Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Location: 11A-15 Oxford Road. Kingston 10 Date: February 20, 2018 Time: 10:00am-12:00pm Register