Guyanese App developers among winners of PitchIt Caribbean Challenge

According to a statement from the developers, the lone Guyanese mobile application triumphed over 20 other regional mobile applications for one of the five coveted spots that would secure the start up tech company, US$5000 in seed funding among other prizes.

Guyanese App developers among winners of PitchIt Caribbean Challenge

The Guyanese developers of the recently launched, all Guyana app, Directory.GY, have emerged as one of five winners of the PitchIT Caribbean Challenge which wrapped up on Saturday in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

According to a statement from the developers, the lone Guyanese mobile application, triumphed over 20 other regional mobile applications for one of the five coveted spots that would secure the start-up tech company, US$5000 in seed funding among other prizes.

“ntellectStorm is Directory.GY’ s parent company and its CEO Rowen Willabus feels this is a major step for young Guyanese in the field of ICT.

Willabus said that “to have a Guyanese innovation selected as a winner in the first PitchIT Caribbean Challenge is an honour, not for me but for youth and ICT push in my country. This is a win for those with solutions, to inspire them to swim against the tide in their belief of betterment for our country” he said”

Directory.GY was represented by IntellectStorm’s CEO Rowen Willabus and Marketing Director Ronson Gray. They both underwent a two-day training in Jamaica in preparation for the PitchIT Caribbean Challenge.

The event lasted for two days and saw presentations to two panels of judges with backgrounds in investment, financing and ICT.

Directory.GY was launched in May in collaboration with Guyana’s Ministry of Public Telecommunications. It was branded the Official Mobile Application of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary.

The PitchIT Caribbean Challenge was launched under the Caribbean Mobile Innovation Project’s (CMIP), which is part of the Entrepreneurship Programme for Innovation in the Caribbean.

It is executed by the University of the West Indies Consortium which consists of the UWI Consulting Inc., Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) and the Mona Business Support Services (MBSS).

PitchIT Caribbean Challenge is funded by the Government of Canada and executed by the World Bank

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