Golf View Hotel co-owner and attorney-at-law Kemilee Mclymont (right) poses with her husband and business partner Peter Campbell, and Access Financial Services SME Manager Jennifer Brown-Mitchell at Expo Jamaica 2025. Co-owner of Golf View Hotel in Mandeville Kemilee Mclymont is turning the spotlight on the perennial issue of access to capital for women in business. Pointing to this year’s International Women’s Day theme, ‘Give to Gain’, and the March History Month theme, ‘Le

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, Shawnalee King-Gentles is championing a crucial cause: closing the credit gap for women. As the CEO of Ayuhthat, she’s seen firsthand how 80% of female entrepreneurs struggle to secure loans. Now, bolstered by the Herizon loan from Access Financial Services, she’s scaling her Jamaican black castor oil business and advocating for a shift in how we fund the backbone of our economy. Supporting women isn’t just fair—it’s the key to Jamaica’s reco