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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Imagen-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4706\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Imagen-1.png 681w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Imagen-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Imagen-1-600x336.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" style=\"width:100%;height:55.95%;max-width:681px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cacecf7 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cacecf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The MicroPitch 2022-23 Final was held with a focus on <\/strong><strong>&#8220;Sustainable Businesses Positively impacting People and Planet\u201d in the form of an integrated event between the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries. <\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Santo Domingo &#8211; <strong>The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, the Dominican Microfinance Network (REDOMIF) and the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC) <\/strong>held the final of the fourth season of the <strong>MicroPitch <\/strong>on 21 February at the <strong>UNIBE <\/strong>premises.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>MicroPitch <\/strong>is a platform or business plan competition created in 2019 for entrepreneurs of all levels, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), to showcase their business models in front of a jury of national and international experts and the public, combined with a series of training and mentoring to take these businesses to the next level.<\/p><p>In its fourth edition, the MicroPitch\u2019s theme was <strong>&#8220;Sustainable Businesses Positively impacting People and Planet\u201d <\/strong>and consisted of one integrated event for the entire Caribbean region that included two sub\/regional business plan competitions, one for the Dominican Republic and one for CARICOM countries, where a total of 290 entrepreneurs participated (162 and 128, respectively). 21 out of 42 semi-finalist entrepreneurs competed in their respective final business plan competitions, where a winner for each region was chosen to compete in the Caribbean Regional Grand Final business plan competition.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Regional Grand Final where the winners of the Dominican Republic and CARICOM contested, and a Caribbean winner was chosen, took place on 21 February 2023 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>On the other hand, a total of 580 entrepreneurs were trained as part of the Sustainability Training Series since November 2022 throughout the Caribbean region, on topics such as Circular Economy, Sustainability with a gender perspective and Entrepreneurship and sustainable business model.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-feb0f80\" data-id=\"feb0f80\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25b069c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"25b069c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b687734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b687734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7586328 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7586328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This important initiative was sponsored by: UNIBE, the German Embassy Santo Domingo, PROMAR, Parley for the Oceans, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Belize, VISA, REDCAMIF, BANFONDESA, FONDESA, Banco Ademi, the Dominican Development Foundation, Banco BHD, Banco ADOPEM, FUNDAPEC, Una Vaina Verde, LASCO Financial Services Jamaica, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, Caribbean Development Bank and DevSolutions Consulting LLC.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>On 13 February, the <strong>MicroPitch CARICOM Final<\/strong> took place virtually, where 14 finalists from CARICOM countries performed a 3-minute Pitch and presented their sustainable business plans in front of a jury composed of national and international experts who evaluated them and selected the following winners in their different award categories:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Best CARICOM Sustainable Entrepreneur Award:<\/strong> Toni-Ann Williams, <a href=\"https:\/\/mosaestate.com\/\">Mosa Estate Ltd<\/a>, Jamaica. Flight tickets and hotel accommodation to Dominican Republic to participate to the MicroPitch Caribbean Regional Finals<\/li><li><strong>Best Sustainable Entrepreneur Award Trinidad and Tobago<\/strong>: Danielle Mcletchie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnicycle.com\/\">Carnicycle<\/a>, Trinidad and Tobago. Seed capital of US$ 4.000<\/li><li><strong>Best Sustainable Entrepreneur Award Belize:<\/strong> Indira Andrewin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cocolove_bz\/\">Cocolove<\/a>, Belize. US$ 4.000 of seed capital<\/li><li><strong>Best Sustainable Entrepreneur Award Jamaica:<\/strong> Toni-Ann Williams, <a href=\"https:\/\/mosaestate.com\/\">Mosa Estate Ltd<\/a>, Jamaica. Seed capital of US$ 2.000 and technical assistance and training of US$ 2.000.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Best Sustainable Entrepreneur Award OECS:<\/strong> Terri Henry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beenaturalbalm\/\">Bee Natural<\/a>, Dominica. Technical assistance and training of US$ 4.000<\/li><li><strong>Best Sustainable Entrepreneur Award Barbados, Guyana, The Bahamas:<\/strong> Janelle Albury, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reprojectco.com\/\">The REproject Company<\/a>, The Bahamas. US$ 1.000 of seed capital and personalized mentoring and training<\/li><li><strong>Best Sustainable Entrepreneur Award Haiti:<\/strong> Jheline Avrilien, <a href=\"https:\/\/chokolakay.com\">Choko Lakay<\/a>, Haiti. US$ 1.000 of seed capital and personalized mentoring and training<\/li><li><strong>CARICOM Social Media and Audience\u2019s Favorite Award: <\/strong>Edson Reece, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adventureislandsvg\/\">Adventure Island SVG<\/a>, St Vincent &amp; The Grenadines. Chosen by the public on social networks and winner of access to the GrowthWheel mentoring programme of CCIC.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77835ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77835ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5de1e29\" data-id=\"5de1e29\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17dc827 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17dc827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winners of the MicroPitch CARICOM 2022:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95b03db animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"95b03db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bcb5e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bcb5e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-794be13\" data-id=\"794be13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16ef107 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16ef107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4709 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-7-20-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Toni-Ann Williams\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mosaestate\/\">@mosaestate<\/a>!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f1d67a\" data-id=\"4f1d67a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4fee57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4fee57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4710 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-1568x1567.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-4-20-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Janelle Albury The REproject Company<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e49cd76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e49cd76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2399b6\" data-id=\"a2399b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe48bd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe48bd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4708 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-1568x1567.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-8-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Edson Reece\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adventureislandsvg\/\">@adventureislandsvg<\/a>\u00a0vg<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f73884\" data-id=\"7f73884\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b17b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41b17b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4711 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-1568x1567.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-6-20-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Danii Mc Letchie\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carnicycle\/\">@carnicycle<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2409caf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2409caf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c9e503\" data-id=\"1c9e503\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234cbc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"234cbc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4712 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-1568x1567.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-5-20-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Jheline Avrilien\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chokolakay\/\">@chokolakay<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-12ed165\" data-id=\"12ed165\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd57611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd57611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4713 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-1568x1567.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-3-20-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Terri Henry\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beenaturalbalm\/\">@beenaturalbalm<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c65633 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c65633\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-092c1e7\" data-id=\"092c1e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fcf965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fcf965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4715 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-1568x1567.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-2-20-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Toni-Ann Williams\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mosaestate\/\">@mosaestate<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca39105\" data-id=\"ca39105\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f0ed6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f0ed6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4714 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-1568x1567.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WINNER-1-20-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Rubie Andrewin\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cocolove_bz\/\">@cocolove_bz<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fef5422 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fef5422\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d7e2be\" data-id=\"3d7e2be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a691ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3a691ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759764e animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"759764e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MicroPitch Dominican Republic 2022<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acc709c animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"acc709c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beb68ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"beb68ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/222.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/222.png 491w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/222-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.6%;max-width:491px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05fd022 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05fd022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 21 February, the <strong>MicroPitch Dominican Republic Final<\/strong> and the MicroPitch 2022-23 Caribbean Regional Grand Final were held at UNIBE in Santo Domingo. In the first stage of the event, 7 finalists from the Dominican Republic performed their Pitch and presented their business plans in front of the international jury, who selected the following winners in their different award categories:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Best Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award <\/strong><strong>Dominican Republic:<\/strong> Sharely Acevedo Alc\u00e1ntara of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lab_718\/\">LAB 718 SRL<\/a>, winner of seed Capital of RD$ 200.000 plus 3 months of personalised mentoring and training.<\/li><li><strong>Best Sustainable Female Entrepreneur Award <\/strong><strong>Dominican Republic: <\/strong>Mar\u00eda Teresa P\u00e9rez Pag\u00e1n de <a href=\"https:\/\/ernestovisita.com\/\">Eco Ernesto Visita<\/a> &#8211; Teacher Mar\u00eda Teresa P\u00e9rez Pag\u00e1n SRL, winner of seed Capital of RD$ 100.000 plus 3 months of personalised mentoring and training.<\/li><li><strong>Dominican Republic Circular Economy Award:<\/strong> Elena Mart\u00ednez of <a href=\"https:\/\/soscarbon.com\/\">SOS Carb\u00f3n<\/a>, winner of RD$100.000 seed capital plus 3 months of personalised mentoring and training.<\/li><li><strong>Dominican Republic Social Media Award:<\/strong> Cristhofer Ozoria Loveras, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enestar.com.do\/\">ENESTAR<\/a>, winner of the RD$70.000 Seed Capital plus 3 months of personalised mentoring and training.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cc6234\" data-id=\"1cc6234\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9963690 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9963690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e4e3db elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5e4e3db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e38ce animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1e38ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The second stage of the event was the <strong>Caribbean Regional Grand Final of MicroPitch 2022-23<\/strong>, where the winner of the CARICOM MicroPitch Toni-Ann Williams, from the business <a href=\"https:\/\/mosaestate.com\/\">Mosa Estate Ltd<\/a>, who travelled especially from Jamaica to the Dominican Republic to participate in the grand finale, and the winner of the MicroPitch Dominican Republic, Sharely Acevedo Alcantara of LAB 718 SRL, competed for the &#8220;Best Caribbean Sustainable Entrepreneur&#8221; Award.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Sharely Acevedo Alc\u00e1ntara of <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lab_718\/\"><strong>LAB 718 SRL<\/strong><\/a><strong> is the lucky winner of the Grand Caribbean Regional and of the &#8220;Best Caribbean Sustainable Entrepreneur&#8221; award<\/strong> and will get to travel to Guatemala to participate in the X Central American and Caribbean Microfinance Conference, organised by the Central American and Caribbean Microfinance Network (REDCAMIF) in March 2023. She will be able to present her business to more than 700<\/p><p>representatives of international investors and international organisations from Latin America, the Caribbean and around the world, network, and gain visibility with potential clients. Congratulations, Sharely!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lab_718\/\">LAB 718 SRL<\/a> is a sustainable business that stands out as manufacturer of ecological and biodegradable cleaning and cosmetic products for homes, offices, hotels, clinics, and hospitals, among others, that are highly efficient and harness the power of nature at its best, creating positive environmental and social impact.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80fefa1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80fefa1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-317db0c\" data-id=\"317db0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78a5299 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78a5299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winners of the MicroPitch Dominican Republic 2022:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea334d4 animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ea334d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a37e666 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a37e666\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-27b792d\" data-id=\"27b792d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac6e6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fac6e6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4719 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-2-25-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Sharely Stephany Acevedo Alc\u00e1ntara\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lab_718\/\">@lab_718<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7e6a2d\" data-id=\"b7e6a2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bd2bba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bd2bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4718 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-3-25-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Mar\u00eda Teresa P\u00e9rez Pag\u00e1n\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/teachermariateresaperez\/\">@teachermariateresaperez<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-163d287 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"163d287\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9b804c\" data-id=\"e9b804c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f0741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7f0741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4717 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ganardor-4-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Elena Mart\u00ednez\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/soscarbon\/\">@soscarbon<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d491379\" data-id=\"d491379\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b09bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0b09bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4720 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ganador-1-25-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Cristhofer Jos\u00e9 Ozoria Loveras\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/enestarrd\/\">@enestarrd<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb5a2a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb5a2a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88d63c4\" data-id=\"88d63c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b094178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b094178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4a6119 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4a6119\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MicroPitch CARICOM 2021<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8ab61 animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4b8ab61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a244da3 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a244da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The <strong>third edition of the MicroPitch <\/strong>took place between October and December 2021 \u2013 for the first time in English and targeting entrepreneurs in CARICOM countries.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In an exclusively virtual format, the MicroPitch CARICOM 2021 combined the Business Plan Competition with a training series that equipped entrepreneurs with skills and tools to boost their businesses in the areas of digitalisation &amp; e-commerce, green &amp; sustainable business practices, as well as business management &amp; financial planning. A hands-on training on how to successfully pitch a business completed the training series.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The training series benefitted more than 750 entrepreneurs and more than 180 entrepreneurs applied to the Business Plan Competition.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can watch the recording of the MicroPitch CARICOM 2021 finals on<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vp4TYNDLYXg\">YouTube<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76dbc93\" data-id=\"76dbc93\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c442e62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c442e62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7537c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f7537c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c087ed animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c087ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Co-organised between the European Investment Bank and Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, the MicroPitch counted with the support of several regional and national institutions, namely UNDP, the Caribbean Export Development Agency, the Caribbean Climate Innovation Center, and Fygaro e-commerce business generator, Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Belize, SOFIHDES, and LASCO Financial Services as sponsors, as well as the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility, the Caribbean Microfinance Alliance (CMFA), Grenada Development Bank, Saint Lucia Development bank (SLDB), AID Bank, the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce of Jamaica, and L&#8217;Action pour la Coop\u00e9ration avec la Micro Entreprise SA (ACME) as partners.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15a2ea9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15a2ea9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-923233d\" data-id=\"923233d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545702a animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"545702a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winners of the MicroPitch CARICOM 2021:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d269460 animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d269460\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae996ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae996ff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf853d8\" data-id=\"bf853d8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-010cd56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"010cd56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ganadores-13-scaled.jpg\" title=\"ganadores-13\" alt=\"ganadores-13\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33d622c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33d622c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><strong>Jodie Dublin Dangleben \u2013<\/strong> MicroPitch Best Entrepreneur Award &amp; MicroPitch Social Media Award with her business Jaydees Naturals. Jaydees Naturals is Nature\u2019s Secret to sustainable beauty, producing natural hair, skin and household products from the Nature Isle Dominica. Jodie achieved this by marrying perfectly modern cosmetic formulation with traditional, indigenous herbal remedies to formulate unique and luxurious products.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-03ea662\" data-id=\"03ea662\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea5bbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ea5bbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ganadores-14-scaled.jpg\" title=\"ganadores-14\" alt=\"ganadores-14\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75492bb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75492bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Nikisha Toppin \u2013<\/strong> MicroPitch Best Female Entrepreneur Award with her business Elaine&#8217;s Caribbean Crochet \u2013 a registered social enterprise that provides Caribbean crochet artists with the knowledge, tools and resources needed to help their businesses be sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f573fa9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f573fa9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e28aaf\" data-id=\"8e28aaf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929aad0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"929aad0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ganadores-18-scaled.jpg\" title=\"ganadores-18\" alt=\"ganadores-18\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bd8c13 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bd8c13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Venice Irving \u2013<\/strong> MicroPitch Export Award with her business Happy Teachers. Happy Teachers offers high-quality curated language services delivered by Caribbean nationals to non-native speakers through digital platforms, including online language teaching and tutoring. The business advocates on behalf of refugees and immigrants by debunking myths and countering toxic narratives about them to their host communities.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-96a671d\" data-id=\"96a671d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8fa475 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8fa475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ganadores-19-scaled.jpg\" title=\"ganadores-19\" alt=\"ganadores-19\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b0ee54 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b0ee54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Miguel Huertas \u2013<\/strong> MicroPitch Audience\u2019s Favourite Award with his business Apilife \u2013 a leading green enterprise who strives to safeguard and sustain honeybees, promoting the unique benefits of beekeeping, its importance, and benefits to the natural environment while providing natural, ecofriendly and healthy bee-based products for all segments of society.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a8d9a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a8d9a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-57eb3fd\" data-id=\"57eb3fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561ad7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"561ad7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ganadores-16-scaled.jpg\" title=\"ganadores-16\" alt=\"ganadores-16\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-576aadc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"576aadc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Joseph Kendy Jules \u2013<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">MicroPitch Haiti Award with his business Haispot.com \u2013 an eCommerce platform dedicated to facilitating direct trade between U.S.-based buyers and Haitian sellers while promoting Haitian culture.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0133bef\" data-id=\"0133bef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aebbad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0aebbad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ganadores-17-scaled.jpg\" title=\"ganadores-17\" alt=\"ganadores-17\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b2183b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b2183b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Mark Jacob \u2013<\/strong> MicroPitch Belize Award with his business DML Foxtail Bamboo Straw \u2013 an Eco-friendly company that makes drinking straws out of bamboo. The straws are re-useable, durable and cut from nature.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5ab98e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5ab98e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a261cd\" data-id=\"5a261cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a943f8\" data-id=\"7a943f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b7835e\" data-id=\"0b7835e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-faaedc6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"faaedc6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f35191\" data-id=\"0f35191\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-92e537f\" data-id=\"92e537f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d2c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27d2c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ganadores-15-scaled.jpg\" title=\"ganadores-15\" alt=\"ganadores-15\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4282e98 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4282e98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Kavelle Hylton \u2013<\/strong> MicroPitch Jamaica Award with her business STEM Builders Learning Hub \u2013 an Education Technology, Social Enterprise dedicated to STEM skills development. It seeks to advance the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills of teachers and students in the Caribbean by utilising the local curriculum and available resources to increase students\u2019 interest in STEM courses and careers.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-66b2f72\" data-id=\"66b2f72\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e3723e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e3723e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-510c813\" data-id=\"510c813\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1fdc4e animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1fdc4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MicroPitch Dominican Republic 2021<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6976b69 animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6976b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a70a5 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77a70a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The<strong> second edition of the MicroPitch<\/strong> was organised in June 2021 in Dominican Republic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this second edition took place in a full online format.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-402795f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"402795f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21eeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e21eeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1475\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2-1-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:56.25%;max-width:1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9a9b1c\" data-id=\"f9a9b1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cb6d23 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cb6d23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The second edition of the MicroPitch was organised by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Frankfurt School of Finance &amp; Management with the sponsorship of Altice Dominicana; the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs of Dominican Republic (MICM); the Organisation of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and in cooperation with Banco ADEMI, Banco ADOPEM, BANFONDESA, FONDESA, Fundaci\u00f3n Dominicana de Desarrollo (FDD) and FUNDAPEC.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Six shortlisted finalists out of 76 candidates presented (\u201cpitched\u201d) the innovative solutions they have implemented in their businesses in front of a high-level jury of international and national experts. Four awards were given to inspiring and innovative entrepreneurs, who then received seed capital, hands-on mentoring and trainings targeted to their businesses\u2019 personalised needs. The winner of the Best Entrepreneur Award was the company \u201cLa Factor\u00eda RD\u201d, an innovative e-commerce platform for handcraft producers in Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c1a030 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c1a030\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"2020\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55a4d7f\" data-id=\"55a4d7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfd9370 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfd9370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Winners of the MicroPitch 2021<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42586e3 animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"42586e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbb306a animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbb306a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/prueba.jpg\" title=\"prueba\" alt=\"prueba\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a8efa animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94a8efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><b>Best Entrepreneur Award:<\/b> Julie Belliard<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Company:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> BF Studio Srl | <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">La Factor\u00eda RD<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6395111 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6395111\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2a424d\" data-id=\"e2a424d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a221a7d animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a221a7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/prueba2.jpg\" title=\"prueba2\" alt=\"prueba2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50007ef animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50007ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traducci\u00f3n\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><b>Best Businesswoman Award and public Vote Award<\/b>\u00a0: Lillian Fujii<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traducci\u00f3n\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Company:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> Coraz\u00f3n de Az\u00facar Srl<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traducci\u00f3n\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcc544b\" data-id=\"dcc544b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d7f828 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d7f828\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.micropitchcaribbean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/prueba3.jpg\" title=\"prueba3\" alt=\"prueba3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ac243 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25ac243\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traducci\u00f3n\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Social Networks Category:<\/strong> Rafael Paredes<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traducci\u00f3n\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Business:<\/strong> Mobiliapp 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elementor-element-5be5b57\" data-id=\"5be5b57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1233196 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1233196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MicroPitch Dominican Republic 2019<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b66928 animated-slow elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"9b66928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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place in November 2019 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (in Spanish) and was organised by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Frankfurt School of Finance &amp; Management in cooperation with Banco ADEMI, Banco ADOPEM, BANFONDESA, Fundaci\u00f3n Dominicana de Desarrollo (FDD) and FUNDAPEC.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-793ca9f\" data-id=\"793ca9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-903a46b animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"903a46b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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The competition had an overall winner and three winners in sub-categories namely best entrepreneur, best female entrepreneur, best young entrepreneur and the candidate with the largest outreach on social media who all obtained funds for their projects. The overall winner was the enterprise \u201cDays for Girls\u201d which produces washable and reusable menstrual pads and trains girls in vulnerable areas in the Dominican Republic in their use, while simultaneously following the social mission of highlighting the importance of preventing teen pregnancies and creating a positive environmental impact.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf3a5fd\" data-id=\"cf3a5fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-067fdeb elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"067fdeb\" 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