{"id":25232,"date":"2025-01-06T18:39:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25232"},"modified":"2025-01-06T18:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:39:54","slug":"twelve-small-businesses-awarded-greentech-funding-to-boost-environmental-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/twelve-small-businesses-awarded-greentech-funding-to-boost-environmental-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Small Businesses Awarded GreenTech Funding to Boost Environmental Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams \u2013 November 23, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twelve small businesses have each received one million dollars in funding through the Green Technology (GreenTech) Fund at the Small Business Awards 2024 held on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fund aims to support innovative environmental projects aimed at addressing today&#8217;s pressing environmental challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GreenTech Fund recognizes businesses that have developed groundbreaking solutions to environmental issues through process improvements and technological innovations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recipients, representing various sectors, shared their plans on how they will utilize the grant to advance their unique projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alicia Henry of Eco Cycle Indoor Composting Solutions expressed her gratitude, highlighting how the funding will help improve the country, benefit individuals, and contribute to economic growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stefan Gravesande of Savannah Tours explained that the grant would assist in revolutionizing Guyana\u2019s tourism industry by developing a digital system that is community-based and environmentally conscious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Smith of Dragonfly Drone Solutions discussed how their technology would help farmers sustain their livelihoods by using fewer fertilizers, increasing yields, and reducing environmental impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond, congratulated the awardees and expressed her excitement about the potential of their projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that the grants align with the government\u2019s vision of creating a greener, more sustainable Guyana and encouraged the recipients to remain committed to their proposals and diligently work towards their successful implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other recipients of the GreenTech funding include Dynamic Supplies, Nicks Phonics Centre, Fiducia Incorporated, Raj Hydrophonic Farms, Jada Investments, KT\u2019s Evergreen Farm, TFA Outdoors, Eco Agrifarms, and Sven Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These businesses will now have the opportunity to execute their projects, contributing to the advancement of sustainable development in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams \u2013 November 23, 2024 Twelve small businesses have each received one million dollars in funding through the Green Technology (GreenTech) Fund at the Small Business Awards 2024&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232","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=25232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25249,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232\/revisions\/25249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}