A high-pow­ered Africa meets the Caribbean trade mis­sion kicks off next Tues­day in Ja­maica, be­fore head­ing to T&T the fol­low­ing Thurs­day. Theme of the mis­sion is So­cial Changes: Cat­a­lyst for Re­gion­al In­vest­ment, Growth & De­vel­op­ment and it is or­gan­ised by UK-based Caribbean En­ter­prise Net­work UK (CENUK) in col­lab­o­ra­tion with its af­fil­i­ate, Pri­or­i­ty First UK Ltd.

Trade mis­sion spokesman and Pri­or­i­ty Group In­ter­na­tion­al di­rec­tor, De­nis St Bernard, said: "This trade mis­sion is shap­ing up to be a very ex­cit­ing and fruit­ful two weeks with high-pow­ered speak­ers from all over bring­ing to bear their unique ex­pe­ri­ences for the ben­e­fit of the Caribbean.

"I'm par­tic­u­lar­ly pleased that the Courteville Group in Nige­ria has ac­cept­ed the in­vi­ta­tion to show­case their tech­nol­o­gy to the Caribbean at this junc­ture in the re­gion's eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment."The trade mis­sion will spend five days in T&T.