{"id":30537,"date":"2026-06-22T18:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=30537"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:42:26","slug":"min-singh-urges-youths-to-position-themselves-for-guyanas-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/min-singh-urges-youths-to-position-themselves-for-guyanas-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Min Singh urges youths to position themselves for Guyana\u2019s economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, has urged young entrepreneurs to position themselves to benefit from the opportunities emerging as Guyana continues its rapid economic transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing participants at the ECONOME V Business Conference at the Four Points by Sheraton in Houston, Dr Singh noted that the country\u2019s growth requires a new generation of business leaders who are prepared to think boldly, innovate and capitalise on emerging opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Singh commended the organisers for creating a platform that brings together young entrepreneurs, policymakers and industry leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7943-1-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7943-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7943-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7943-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7943-1.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that the strong participation reflects the willingness of young Guyanese to build and expand their businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister highlighted several areas where opportunities are expected to expand, including energy, infrastructure, agriculture, technology, tourism and manufacturing, as Guyana continues its development path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told the entrepreneurs that understanding the country\u2019s transformation is critical as they make decisions about where to invest and how to grow their businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7790-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7790-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7790-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7790-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC7790.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A section of the gathering at the business conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThis is important for you because you\u2019re entrepreneurs. You\u2019re looking for opportunities. You\u2019re looking to see where the opportunities will lie, what you should invest, how much you should invest and where you should invest,\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>Dr Singh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senior minister also pointed to Guyana\u2019s economic growth over recent years, including developments in the oil and gas sector, the gas-to-energy project and other major investments that he said will create new avenues for business growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He encouraged young Guyanese to embrace bold ideas and be ready to play their part in the country\u2019s continued transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThis is the era for us to do things differently, and this is the era for us to be bold,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;Dr Singh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(EXTRACTED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, has urged young entrepreneurs to position themselves to benefit from the opportunities emerging as Guyana&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,536,350],"tags":[488,370,481,412,405],"class_list":["post-30537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-finance","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ministry-of-finance","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30537","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30541,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30537\/revisions\/30541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}