All that is needed is commitment and willingness to invest the time required to take firms to the next level by the end of December 2023, when phase one of the project will end. Participation in the accelerator aspect of the initiative requires no financial investment for those who qualify. The project is designed to help build the capacity of local firms and provide access to business opportunities that will grow the revenue of cohort participants. JAMPRO, the executing agency, will promote the businesses of all companies which sign the MOU for one year. The TID Accelerator Project will be funded by a five-year loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote the growth of Jamaica’s global services sector and to help secure more contracted services for local computer-based solutions from overseas clients. The other companies which signed the MOU on Tuesday were BlueDot, MC Systems (an affiliate of the Jamaica National Group), ResolveIT, and Smart Mobile Solutions (SMS), which were represented by Larren Peart, Dwayne Russell, Almando Cox, and Dane Spencer, respectively. Her career in information technology started when she “got a good grade in math at The University of the West Indies” and she was encouraged to pursue a bachelor’s degree in computer sciences. Wilson-Kelly has been operations manager since 2017 at Advantum Limited, having been among the women breaking the glass ceiling in the male-dominated information technology sector for over 30 years. I’m excited and I look forward to it,” she said.
We already do work for other Caribbean countries, which include Trinidad, Barbados, and Dominica, so this will definitely widen our scope. “I believe it’s a big step for my organisation to become involved in this mission. It is a testament that it’s a mixed world, and I’m not feminist, and anyone who wishes to step up to the challenge in tech should step up,” Wilson-Kelly told The Gleaner after signing the MOU at the offices of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) on Tuesday. “I was taken aback with the applause and sounds. In the male-dominated sector, Wilson-Kelly was elated to know that she was chosen to ink the deal on behalf of her company. When Kay Wilson-Kelly, operations manager at Port Computer Services Limited, a local computer software company which trades as Advantum Limited, realised that she was the only woman among men signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government for the new Technology Innovation District (TID) Accelerator Project, she was delighted.
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