Operators and residents of Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and persons entering Guyana from neighbouring Brazil are being targeted by the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) for local investment.

On Monday, the agency erected its first billboard, promoting investment in Lethem, strategically positioned close to the Brazilian border.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GO-Invest, Owen Verwey along with Guyana’s Ambassador to Brazil, George Talbot; Mayor of Lethem, Kerry Jarvis and other officials of the Region cut the ribbon to symbolically launch the billboard yesterday.

According to GO Invest Deputy Chief Executive Officer/Corporate Secretary, Natalia Seepersaud, the agency is currently working on designs for billboards to be placed at other locations.

These include the entrance into Guyana from Suriname and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA); both of which they intend to facilitate this year.
The main objective of the activity is to bring public awareness to GO-Invest and the services it provides and to promote all sectors of investment in Guyana.
Special priority is being placed in areas such as agriculture and agro-processing; manufacturing; forestry; tourism; information and communication technology; mining; services and energy.

However, the agency reminds that it also actively promotes non-traditional exports and emergent export sectors such as garments and textiles; seafood and beef; eco-tourism; horticultural products; wood, ceramic and woven handicrafts and processed foods.