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BCCI assisting female UWI students internship program

BCCI assisting female UWI students internship program

March 25, 2025
4:27 pm

Young female students attending the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus stand to benefit from an internship program that would prepare them for the world of work.

This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry and UWI.

Executive Director at the BCCI, Misha Lobban-Clarke made the announcement as she addressed women in business at the Chamber’s Power Summit at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.

Executive Director at the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Misha Lobban-Clarke

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