01What we do
Investment areas
Mapping the sectors where Guyana’s growth creates opportunity — oil & gas, energy, mining, agriculture, infrastructure — and matching them to your objectives.
Intelligent Business Network
Confident decisions in Guyana's fastest-growing economy
IBN Guyana links foreign investors and companies with vetted business and investment opportunities across Guyana — the emerging oil-producing hub of South America — so you can move with clarity, not guesswork.
- 2020
- Founded as Guyana entered its oil era
- 8+
- Chambers & institutional partners
- 9+
- Investment sectors covered
01Guyana in figures
A small country at the centre of a very large story.
Since the first Stabroek Block discovery, Guyana has moved from the margins of the regional economy to the top of global growth tables. IBN Guyana was founded in the same period, to give investors a trusted point of entry.
2015
First offshore discovery, Stabroek Block
16+
Further offshore discoveries since
2020
IBN Guyana established, Georgetown
3
Working languages: EN · ES · PT
02What we do
Three service lines, one point of contact.
IBN Guyana is a general service provider: from the first assessment of an opportunity to an operating presence in the country, the relationship stays with the same team.
02What we do
Market intelligence
Research, feasibility studies and partner identification before capital is committed. Clear reading of the regulatory, logistical and competitive landscape.
03What we do
Other services
Legal representation, accounting, real estate, translation and logistics: the practical support needed to operate in Guyana without friction.
03Who we are
Not an agency. A network of relationships, built in Guyana since 2020.
IBN Guyana was created in January 2020, as the country’s offshore discoveries began to reshape its economy. Its purpose is to link investors and companies to Guyana through institutions, chambers and people — with values, not just numbers.
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Management strategy
Structured guidance that turns an opportunity into an executable plan.
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Consolidated experience
Regional and international business experience, applied to each project.
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Centralised services
One point of contact for legal, logistical and institutional relationships.
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Integrated & multifunctional
A model designed to link investors and companies end to end.
04Representation
Where IBN sits in the institutional landscape.
Membership and representation are the substance of the network: IBN Guyana holds executive roles in international and bilateral chambers, and acts as registered supplier and representative for international companies operating in the country.
Global Chamber of Business Leaders
Executive member · Delegate to Guyana
Brazil–Guyana Chamber of Commerce
Executive member · Representative in Guyana
Panamazonia
Executive member · Director
Oil & Gas Chamber Guyana
Member
AFRY
Collaborator · Representative in Guyana
Schlumberger (SLB)
Registered supplier of products and services
ABCasa
Collaborator · Representative in Guyana
Centre for Local Business Development
Registered supplier of products and services
05Investment areas
Sectors open to investment in the Republic of Guyana.
Following the offshore discoveries, the International Monetary Fund placed Guyana among the fastest-growing economies in the world. These are the productive sectors in which IBN Guyana supports market entry.
01/11
Oil & gas
Supply and services economy around the offshore sector.
02/11
Energy
Green Economy Development Strategy: hydro, solar, gas-to-energy.
03/11
Mining
Gold, bauxite and diamonds; sustained international interest.
04/11
Agriculture
Fresh produce, agro-processing, rice, sugar, soybean.
05/11
Infrastructure
Ports, roads, utilities; the Brazil corridor through Lethem.
06/11
Construction
Residential, commercial and civil works.
07/11
Industry
Light and heavy manufacturing for domestic and regional demand.
08/11
Trade
Import, export and distribution across CARICOM.
09/11
Technology
Digital services and connectivity.
10/11
Tourism
Eco-tourism: Kaieteur Falls, Iwokrama.
11/11
Automotive
A growing fleet and dealership market.
Photo: Oil & gas: AlfvanBeem, CC0 · Energy: Marco Farouk Basir, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mining: Marco Farouk Basir, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Agriculture: Tracey Dos Santos, Public domain · Infrastructure: Public domain · Construction: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Industry: Marco Farouk Basir, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Trade: John Cray, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Technology: BalticServers.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Automotive: Pablo75rus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Where we work
From the Atlantic coast to the Rupununi.
IBN Guyana has two offices: Georgetown, the capital at the mouth of the Demerara River, and Lethem, in the Rupununi on the border with Brazil. Between them lies a country of rivers, rainforest and savannah.
06Leadership
Led by people with a seat at the table.
Chief Executive Officer
Suresh Ramkissoon
Seats at the table
- Global Chamber of Business LeadersExecutive member · Delegate to Guyana
- Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and IndustryExecutive member
- Brazil–Guyana Chamber of CommerceExecutive member
- PanamazoniaDirector
Hinterland Electrification Co. Inc. programme — AFRY Solutions Mexico | Pöyry (Mexico) S.A. de C.V.
The contribution that you and your company donated so generously allowed us to cover all the needs and challenges that arose during the development of the activities, managing to cover our initial goal of coverage and attention to the services and objectives of Hinterland Electrification Co. Inc. I appreciate your altruism and the trust placed in me, and in the organisation I represent, since without your help this programme could not have been carried out.
Miguel Ángel Fuentes Haro
Legal Representative, AFRY Solutions Mexico
National motto of Guyana
One People, One Nation, One Destiny.
Contact
Talk to the network.
Tell us about your company, the sector you operate in and the kind of presence you are considering in Guyana. We reply within one business day, in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
Offices
Georgetown
250 South Road, Bourda
Georgetown, Guyana
Lethem — Rupununi
430 Barack Retreat & Takutu Drive
Central Lethem, Region #9, Guyana