Reposted from Haitilibre
This Monday, Leopard Capital LP announced today that Leopard Haiti Fund LP has made an equity investment in dloHaiti, Inc., a water kiosk venture that will provide safe, affordable drinking water to underserved neighborhoods across Haiti. More…
Reposted from The Miami Herald
By Jacqueline Charles
JetBlue Airways, the low-cost carrier that has become a major player in the South Florida and Caribbean market, said Thursday it plans to begin offering daily nonstop service to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from New York and Fort-Lauderdale-Hollywood as early as December. More…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is hosting a Corporate Governance conference in Port au Prince today aimed at helping Haitian firms and family-owned businesses develop sound corporate governance practices to operate more efficiently, improve their access to capital, and manage their risks effectively. More…
Reposted from Haitilibre
For the first time in Haiti, investors have the opportunity to start their business in less than one day. Indeed, since April 16, 2013, investors in Haiti and abroad are able to acquire a business preconstituted (100 pre-registered) classified into 7 categories: Agro-industry, information technology and communication, holding companies, industry and manufacturing, professional services, tourism and real estate through the new service “In business in one click”established by the Investment Facilitation Center (CFI) in collaboration with the National Bank of Credit (BNC) and the Haitian Popular Bank (BPH). More…
Reposted from Haitilibre.com
On Monday, the President Michel Martelly, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Wilson Laleau Minister of Economy and Finance, participated in a panel discussion organized by the Private Sector Economic Forum and the Ministry of economy and Finance. This activity took place at the Hotel Karibe on the theme “Towards the boosting of private investment in Haiti”, brought together many personalities from the economic sector. More…
Reposted from The Caribbean Journal
Bilateral trade between Mexico and Haiti stood at $61.7 million last year, a number Haiti President Michel Martelly and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto say is well below its potential.
Martelly and Nieto held a working meeting last week within the context of the Fifth ACS Heads of Government summit in Port-au-Prince, pledging to increase both trade and general cooperation between the two countries. More…
Reposted from Haitilibre.com
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, organized in Port-au-Prince from 22 to 26 April 2013, a 5-days training program, for 19 bankers in Haiti, from 3 banks, in order to help them to develop their trade finance operations, reduce risks and better serve small and medium enterprises, which are the backbone of Haiti’s economy. More…
Reposted from Haitillibre.com
On the occasion of the Week of the diaspora, the Zafèn network (“is our business” in Creole), wants to demonstrate the importance of the contribution of the Haitian diaspora in job creation and entrepreneurial culture in Haiti through its network. More…
Reposted from Haitilibre.com
Tuesday Stéphanie Villedrouin conducted a courtesy visit to the Habitation Leclerc (Park Martissant) ; Saturday and Sunday Canadian journalists came to produce special reports on the North Destination ; The Hotel El Rancho, acquires the Hotel Villa Creole ; Under the partnership agreement in promotion of tourism package, signed between the Ministry of Tourism and the Canadian tour operator, a group of journalists who stayed in Haiti since April 10 complete its promotion tour on Wednesday 17th April. More…
Reposted from The Daily Beast
By Rashmee Roshan Lall
An industrious tourism tsar makes a very hard sell.
“It’s a package,” says Haiti’s glamorous young tourism minister, Stephanie B. Villedrouin, good-naturedly referring to the undeniable and politically incorrect truth that her good looks help with a hideously difficult job. More…
