The U.S. Embassy Bridgetown has announced Antigua and Barbuda’s participation in the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative Fellowship Program 2026 cohort, with three young entrepreneurs selected to represent the country.
Chosen for the #YLAI2026 program are Raena Bird of Chattabox Co., Joshuanette Francis of Good Humans 268 Inc., and Canice James of Cyber Hawk Solutions.
The YLAI Fellowship brings together more than 250 emerging leaders from across the Western Hemisphere, pairing them with U.S. organizations and businesses to strengthen entrepreneurship, leadership skills, and community impact.
The U.S. Embassy said the program is designed to equip fellows with the tools, networks and experience needed to drive positive change in their home communities, while fostering lasting people-to-people and business connections throughout the region.
Antigua and Barbuda’s participation places the three fellows among a diverse regional cohort focused on innovation, social impact and economic development.
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Awesome to the US and the United Islands of Antigua and Barbuda for doing this. It is not always the fish people need/want but the skills of fishing that can have more impact. Not always the discounted/free oil from dictators but to learning to enforce freedom and liberty for all from democratic countries.
To My Way Of Helping:
Given the recent plundering enacted in our Caribbean waters do you really believe that the US is the best placed country to talk about freedom, liberation or sovereignty.
Do I believe that these three young entrepreneurs can benefit and bring back benefit from leadership skills training – of course I do, however I would be wary of a country that has placed our country and citizenry on a ban, has shown that it does not respect the rules of law whether on the high seas, in another’s country nor indeed within its own borders.
My advice to these recipients, by all means take the advantage offered you to increase your knowledge and skills, but be very wary of being made saboteurs of your own country unwittingly and/or unwillingly.
@ Joan, you make good points. But which country would you feel safer in (which will mostlikely not kills or imprison you for speaking?).
My comments and support is not to say US is perfect but to express how more harmful and deadly to citizens the other countries are.
The doctrine of necessities applies here. Take the lesser of the evil while you strive to make the world better/perfect.
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