Dr. Winsome Leslie

I Imagine this scenario… She had been running her business for ten years. Loyal customers. A solid business plan. She went to the bank for a loan. She was told she needed to deposit 50% of the loan amount in cash — just to be considered. She didn’t have it. She went back to bootstrapping. This isn’t about personal failure. It’s about a system that failed her. Access to finance for women entrepreneurs in the Caribbean remains one of the most persistent and consequential barriers to economic...

COVID-19 has been a global pandemic for several months now, with no end in sight, and the virus is wreaking havoc on economic and health...

Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas on Sept. 1st as a Category 5 storm, with winds as high as 180 miles per hour, and was virtually...