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As a means of (re)connecting with descendants, and strengthening bilateral relations, Nigeria embarked on a historic chartered flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica, in December 2020. Living caught up with the mastermind behind the pioneering initiative, Elizabeth Agboola, the British-Nigerian founder of travel company, Nigerians Travel Too. She explained that it was always a lifelong dream of hers to assist in the efforts of this Nigerian-Caribbean connection. HOW IT...

AS JAMAICA looks to attract diverse jobs in the outsourcing sector, local and international firms on the island are working to create employment opportunities in knowledge process outsourcing (KPO), information technology outsourcing (ITO), and shared services. In the western part of the island, the Jamaican outsourcing company Contax360 has made sure to get a head start. They have integrated these higher-value services in their offerings and currently employ...

After a hiatus from Jamaica due to its borders being closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) earlier this year, Virgin Atlantic has resumed flights to the island. Virgin Atlantic flight ‘VS 165’ from London, England, carried some 192 passengers and 10 crew members to the Sangster International Airport in St. James, on October 2. During a press briefing at the Sangster International Airport, Airport Manager...

Food distribution company Nestlé Jamaica has partnered with Stoneleigh Coffee to produce a roasted and ground coffee aimed squarely at the premium market. The product, branded Nescafe Jamaican Roast, will be sold in one-pound and half-pound packaging. It is 100 per cent Jamaican Arabica coffee grown at high elevations that Nestlé will source from farmers in the area, said Country Manager Daniel Caron. Nestlé Jamaica has a co-manufacturing...

Derrimon Trading is looking to roll out a new information technology system that will bring its own accounting system and that of its subsidiaries under one platform. But it’s just one of the projects being worked on by the distribution company. Derrimon Chairman and CEO Derrick Cotterell on Friday told shareholders that the company is looking to grow the business – which involves the distribution of food products...

Manufacturing and distribution company Seprod Limited has landed new markets in new territory for the group that will see its grain venture putting another 15 per cent of unused capacity into play. Jamaica Grain & Cereals Limited is currently exporting a by-product from its mill, called wheat middling, to two South American countries, and is looking to finalise negotiations for distribution arrangements in at least three other Latin...