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I see you’ve been working on a number of different things within blockchain. Could you please tell our readers about your most recent projects? We mine cryptocurrencies on a very large scale and subsequently gained a lot of knowledge and…
Do you think that Trinidad and Tobago’s framework is open enough for attracting those foreigners or do you see the need for reforms? I see need for significant reform. We have been an oil and gas economy for a long…
Do you think that Trinidad & Tobago’s framework is open enough to attracting foreigners or is there need for reform? We have a stable political environment; the government has invested substantial funds in the education system, which means we have…
Privileged with large supplies of oil and natural gas, Trinidad and Tobago has long been a small country with a high income. As in many nations rich in a particular resource, however, there has been such an emphasis placed on…
Could you please introduce Argon Asset Management? Argon is an investment management business that started in April 2005. It was clear from the get-go what we were trying to build; a premier black-owned and managed investment firm dedicated to creating…
Could you explain the portfolios you will be managing in your new role? I am responsible for 3 business units within the IDC. I’m looking after agriculture and agro-processing, new industries, and industrial infrastructure. In April 2015, IDC reviewed its…
Please comment more about your feelings on disruption within the context of fintech in Cape Town Disruption is a term that has been thrown around a lot. Just leveraging technology to digitise existing processes and remove inefficiencies is not disruption,…
What are South Africa’s competitive advantages? Hale: We are in a stronger position than most other African countries or other developing countries globally: one can come as a foreigner and enter into a contract with certainty that the contract is…
What would you say is the main purpose of the CIP? The CIP was developed in order to provide an incentive for the return of foreign direct investment to the country. In doing this, we target investment for specific industries….
What makes Antigua and Barbuda an exciting place to invest? ◊ When the current government took power in 2014, they inherited an economy weakened by the global crisis and a nation heavily dependent on external factors. Since then, the government…
