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ABBA names Senior Men’s team for Second Round of FIBA AmeriCup 2025 Pre-Qualifiers

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The Antigua and Barbuda Basketball Association (ABBA) has named its final squad to contest the second round of the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 Pre-Qualifiers scheduled for June 19 to 26 in Nicaragua. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.

A 30-man training squad was named back in April, in preparation for this competition and after almost two months of sessions, a final team has been selected for the senior men’s team, the Bulldogs. They are:

Alexis Jackson, Jamine ‘Muff’ Charles, Jabari Williams, Remy Brewer, Adonis Humphreys, Cohen DeSouza, Selassie Braithwaite, T-Shawn Lewis, Kareem ‘Macky’ Edwards, Jaden Andrew, Kenya Achom and Xavier Spencer.

The alternates are Seth Joseph and Donte Trimingham.

George Hughes is the head coach, Bradbury Browne and Cedric ‘Supa’ David- assistant coaches, Natrecia Mussington-physiotherapist, Marlon ‘Buju’ Charles-equipment manager and Inga Francis-team manager.  Carlena Knight will accompany the team as Media Personnel.

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The qualification process to the FIBA AmeriCup focuses on providing each sub-zone the opportunity to compete in qualifying tournament windows.

Antigua and Barbuda alongside Barbados were named as the two teams to advance after the Caribbean Qualifiers were canceled, due to the unavailability of appointing a host country, because of that set back, Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados were selected based on their current FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike which revealed that they were the highest ranked within the region (Barbados ranked 19th, Antigua and Barbuda ranked 20th).

A draw was subsequently held on May 19th which placed Antigua and Barbuda in Group B versus Cuba, the USVI and host, Nicaragua. Barbados will play in Chile.

The Bulldogs  will face Nicaragua in their first encounter on June 23rd. A day later (June 24th) they will face Cuba and on June 25th, the USVI. They will need to win two games to qualify for the next round.

The team is expected to travel on Sunday June 18th.

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]