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Objectives : Provides leadership and technical support to encourage potential entrepreneurs at the university level and facilitates students putting entrepreneurship principles into practice, through an integrated learning experience. Facilitates linkages between budding entrepreneurs, private sector mentors, and financiers.
Features:
Advice given at this stage:
Voucher for Technical Assistance (VTA)
Provides financing to access specific business development services needed to enhance the business as well as improve it's ability to access credit from Approved Financial Institutions
Innovation Grant from New Ideas to Entrepreneurship (IGNITE)
Fosters entrepreneurship innovation and support for the creation and growth of new firms in the productive sectors from Startup to Growth stage within two (2) years.
Capacity Development Grant
A grant that facilitates the funding of capacity development projects for SME support, new sector and export development, institutional strengthening for MSME intermediaries and Social Enterprises.
Energy Audit Grant
A grant to check how efficiently the business is using electricity and recommend how to reduce energy wastage. This grant also provides support for a business to access an energy loan.
World Bank SME Loan
Supports Capital and investment projects to empower businesses in approved sectors.
CDB Small Agricultural Enterprise Loan
Specifically targeted to entrepreneurs involved in the agricultual sector, to provide support to small farmers who may not be able to access funding otherwise for their projects.
Business lifecycle accelerator to the zenith of entreprenuership (blaze) loan
BLAZE is an IGNITE graduate loan financing product targeted at MSMEs that have successfully completed the Innovative Grant from New Ideas to Entrepreneurship (IGNITE) programme.
The product is a customized direct lending facility with loan and capacity development features.
To be eligible to access this loan, businesses would:-
Features
Max. Loan Amount: $15 million
Loan Tenure: Up to 10 years
Credit Enhancement Facility (CEF)
Provides collateral assistance to MSMEs by providing gaurantees to approved financial institutions and micro finance institutions to help MSMEs access loans.
Voucher for Technical Assistance (VTA)
Provides financing to access specific business development services needed to enhance the business as well as improve it's ability to access credit from Approved Financial Institutions (AFIs).
Innovation Grant from New Ideas to Entrepreneurship (IGNITE)
Fosters entrepreneurship innovation and support for the creation and growth of new firms in the productive sectors from Startup to Growth stage within two (2) years.
This project was developed to foster entrepreneurship, innovation and support for the creation and growth of new firms in productive sectors among MSMEs, from Startup to growth stage
Capacity Development Grant
A grant that facilitates the funding of capacity development projects for SME support, new sector and export development, institutional strengthening for MSME intermediaries and Social Enterprises.
Energy Audit Grant
A grant to check how efficiently the business is using electricity and recommend how to reduce energy wastage. This grant also provides support for a business to access an energy loan.
World Bank SME Loan
Supports Capital and investment projects to empower businesses in approved sectors.
CDB Small Agricultural Enterprise Loan
Specifically targeted to entrepreneurs involved in the agricultual sector, to provide support to small farmers who may not be able to access funding otherwise for their projects.
NIF SME Loan
Provides financing for working capital and/or fixed asset purchases for enterprises involved in specific industries.
PetroCaribe ICT Infrastructure Loan
Provides support for the expansion of the Jamaican ICT/BPO outsourcing sector.
Credit Enhancement Facility (CEF)
Provides collateral assistance to MSMEs by providing gaurantees to approved financial institutions and micro finance institutions to help MSMEs access loans.
Energy Audit Grant
A grant to check how efficiently the business is using electricity and recommend how to reduce energy wastage. This grant also provides support for a business to access an energy loan.
Capacity Development Grant
A grant that facilitates the funding of capacity development projects for SME support, new sector and export development, institutional strengthening for MSME intermediaries and Social Enterprises.
Jamaica Business Fund
Provides grant funds to strenghthen local supply chains for businesses focused on import substitution and exports (e.g. manufacturers and processors).
World Bank SME Loan
Supports Capital and investment projects to empower businesses in approved sectors.
CDB Small Agricultural Enterprise Loan
Specifically targeted to entrepreneurs involved in the agricultual sector, to provide support to small farmers who may not be able to access funding otherwise for their projects.
NIF SME Loan
Provides financing for working capital and/or fixed asset purchases for enterprises involved in specific industries
PetroCaribe ICT Infrastructure Loan
Provides support for the expansion of the Jamaican ICT/BPO outsourcing sector.
CDB Small Agricultural Enterprise Loan
Specifically targeted to entrepreneurs involved in the agricultual sector, to provide support to small farmers who may not be able to access funding otherwise for their projects.
Business lifecycle accelerator to the zenith of entreprenuership (blaze) loan
BLAZE is an IGNITE graduate loan financing product targeted at MSMEs that have successfully completed the Innovative Grant from New Ideas to Entrepreneurship (IGNITE) programme.
The product is a customized direct lending facility with loan and capacity development features.
To be eligible to access this loan, businesses would:-
Features
Max. Loan Amount: $15 million
Loan Tenure: Up to 10 years
Credit Enhancement Facility (CEF)
Provides collateral assistance to MSMEs by providing gaurantees to approved financial institutions and micro finance institutions to help MSMEs access loans.
Energy Audit Grant
A grant to check how efficiently the business is using electricity and recommend how to reduce energy wastage. This grant also provides support for a business to access an energy loan.
Capacity Development Grant
A grant that facilitates the funding of capacity development projects for SME support, new sector and export development, institutional strengthening for MSME intermediaries and Social Enterprises.
capacity development projects for SME support, new sector and export development, institutional strengthening for MSME intermediaries and Social Enterprises.
Jamaica Business Fund
Provides grant funds to strengthen local supply chains for businesses focused on import substitution and exports (e.g. manufacturers and processors).
NIF SME Loan
Provides financing for working capital and/or fixed asset purchases for enterprises involved in specific industries.
CDB Small Agricultural Enterprise Loan
Specifically targeted to entrepreneurs involved in the agricultural sector, to provide support to small farmers who may not be able to access funding otherwise for their projects.
World Bank SME Loan
Supports Capital and investment projects to empower businesses in approved sectors.
PetroCaribe ICT Infrastructure Loan
Provides support for the expansion of the Jamaican ICT/BPO outsourcing sector.
Business lifecycle accelerator to the zenith of entreprenuership (blaze) loan
BLAZE is an IGNITE graduate loan financing product targeted at MSMEs that have successfully completed the Innovative Grant from New Ideas to Entrepreneurship (IGNITE) programme.
The product is a customized direct lending facility with loan and capacity development features.
To be eligible to access this loan, businesses would:-
Features
Max. Loan Amount: $15 million
Loan Tenure: Up to 10 years
Credit Enhancement Facility (CEF)
Provides collateral assistance to MSMEs by providing gaurantees to approved financial institutions and micro finance institutions to help MSMEs access loans.
Energy Audit Grant
A grant to check how efficiently the business is using electricity and recommend how to reduce energy wastage. This grant also provides support for a business to access an energy loan.
Jamaica Business Fund
Provides grant funds to strengthen local supply chains for businesses focused on import substitution and exports (e.g. manufacturers and processors).
NIF SME Loan
Provides financing for working capital and/or fixed asset purchases for enterprises involved in specific industries.
CDB Small Agricultural Enterprise Loan
Specifically targeted to entrepreneurs involved in the agricultural sector, to provide support to small farmers who may not be able to access funding otherwise for their projects.
PetroCaribe ICT Infrastructure Loan
Provides support for the expansion of the Jamaican ICT/BPO outsourcing sector.
Credit Enhancement Facility (CEF)
Provides collateral assistance to MSMEs by providing gaurantees to approved financial institutions and micro finance institutions to help MSMEs access loans.
The help you need to grow is all around you; simply look in the right places. Click on each sign below to see a list of Approved Financial Institutions (AFIs), Approved Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and Approved Business Development Organizations (BDOs).
Click next to view all stages of the business development life cycle.
Hi there, welcome to the office!
To register your business, visit the Companies Office of Jamaica (Click the link to the left to visit their website.)
Registering your business helps you to access grants and loans. If you are not registered, you cannot do business with the DBJ.
Click next to see how we help at the Seed Stage.
Here is what is missing! You can click the link below for more details:
Business Model Canvas Details
Why you should register your business
What are Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)
Firm Size | Number of Employees | Total Annuals Sales/Turnover |
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Micro | ≤ 5 | ≤ J$15 million |
Small | 6 – 20 | > $15 million ≤ J$75 million |
Medium sized | 21 -50 | > J$75 million ≤ J$425 million |
Address
Developmant Bank of Jamaica Limited
11a - 15 Oxford Road
Kingston 5
Telephone
+1-876-929-4000 or +1-876-619-4000
Fax
929-6055