Prime Minister Perry Christie addressed a seminar sponsored by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas and the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation (BCCEC) on crowdfunding for small and medium-sized enterprises at the British Colonial Hilton last week.

The session was titled: Crowdfunding and SME: A New Way to Fund Your Business.

The seminar aimed to further educated entrepreneurs and small business owners about the use of crowdfunding to raise capital.

Photo caption: Prime Minister (centre), with Minister of Financial Services and Local Government Hope Strachan, third left; executive director of the Securities Commission of The Bahamas Christina Rolle, third right; chairman of BCCEC Gowan Bowe, right; CEO of BCCEC Edison Sumner, second left; and deputy manager, policy and compliance, Securities Commission Christian Adderley, left. (BIS Photo/Derek Smith)