THINKING about the Jamaican economy, foreigners are more likely to consider the stereotypical 'raw' products like agriculture, and now, athletes.
It's perhaps telling that with the international media spotlight shining on the physical abilities of athletes like Usain Bolt, ignored are the intellectual abilities of say, a Glenn Mills, the man who happened to coach Bolt into being the world's fastest man.
Jamaica faces a long list of economic impediments including: debt, hurricanes, high crime, high interest rates and the national image. The island's self-confidence takes a repeated beating.
All that said, the most unlikely success story would be a local software company producing products, which among other things, help combat terrorism and anti-money laundering. But Half-Way-Tree-based SymSure have done just that, even expanding during the recession.
Onboard with SymSure is a former VP from software multinational, Oracle, and they've recently entered into partnerships with other companies from the United States and Canada. Yet just a year or so ago they effectively had to market themselves in those markets as, 'not from Jamaica'.
To read the story in today's Observer about SymSure: click here
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