{"id":13122,"date":"2023-10-09T14:43:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13122"},"modified":"2023-10-09T14:43:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:43:54","slug":"finance-minister-emphasizes-abundant-investment-opportunities-in-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/finance-minister-emphasizes-abundant-investment-opportunities-in-guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Minister Emphasizes Abundant Investment Opportunities in Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, underscored the plethora of investment opportunities available across various sectors of the Guyanese economy during his address at the Investment &amp; Capital Markets Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Encouraged by the Local Content Act, which promotes investments in domestic enterprises beyond the oil and gas sector, Minister Singh emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to funding the growth of non-oil sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes substantial investments in infrastructure, aimed at enhancing connectivity with neighboring nations and bolstering industries such as Energy, Agriculture, and Tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Singh expressed confidence that these initiatives will lead to increased competitiveness and sustainability in these sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the Jamaica Stock Exchange Investments and Capital Markets Conference, held for the first time outside of Jamaica, Dr. Singh extended his warm welcome to the participants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He acknowledged the significance of Guyana being chosen as the host for the 2023 conference, highlighting the strengthened bonds of friendship and commerce between Guyana and Jamaica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, underscored the plethora of investment opportunities available across various sectors of the Guyanese economy during his address at the Investment &amp; Capital Markets Conference. Encouraged&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13123,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13122\/revisions\/13123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}