GuyExpo 2025 to expose local businesses to new markets – Tourism Minister

– over 200 businesses already registered

As Guyana prepares to host GuyExpo 2025, Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister, Susan Rodrigues, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to using the event as a platform to connect local entrepreneurs with international markets and strengthen Guyana’s manufacturing sector.

Speaking during the televised programme “Guyana Today” ahead of the highly anticipated four-day event billed for November 13-16, 2025, Rodrigues said that the premier event promises to deliver “four days of fun, family, and business development” while playing a pivotal role in advancing Guyana’s economic diversification efforts.
She explained that this year’s exhibition will feature international participants from Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, the United States, and Turkey, among other nations.
“It’s perhaps the largest trade show in the Caribbean, and we are working very, very hard this year to ensure that Guy Expo serves a particular purpose… We have companies from Barbados, Trinidad, Suriname, I think the United States, Turkey. So, we have a few international companies that are on board with us, and we also have interests from other business people around the world who are traveling for Guy Expo. And we will ensure that during the Expo, we make those connections with our local companies so that the talent that exists within our local private sector and our small businesses here, that we can make those very important connections to ensure that a few of our small businesses here can maybe sign MOUs or form partnerships during the Expo so that they can have access to new markets.”
GuyExpo 2025 will place renewed emphasis on strengthening business partnerships, fostering innovation, and sustaining Guyana’s economic diversification.
Themed, ‘Transformation Through Entrepreneurship and Innovation’, the expo set to take place at the National Exhibition Complex from November 13 to 16.
The minister revealed that her ministry has partnered with the World Trade Center (WTC) Georgetown to enhance the preparedness of small businesses participating in trade fairs.
A major innovation at this year’s event will be a Business-to-Business (B2B) seminar, organized in collaboration with GO-Invest. The session, scheduled for the second day of the Expo, will bring together local entrepreneurs and international companies in a structured environment designed to foster networking, deal-making, and investment opportunities.
“And so, we submitted a list to the World Trade Center and some of our local businesses through the SBB and also some of the local businesses that have already registered as exhibitors at Guy Expo. We have given them an opportunity to be a part of that workshop that is organized tomorrow at the World Trade Center. So, they’re getting an opportunity to spend a day at the World Trade Center. They’ll take part in the workshop and they will learn some valuable lessons in how to successfully participate at the trade show, at the Guy Expo, something that they can put into use very quickly because it’s not just about setting up a booth or a table and displaying your products or your services. It’s what happens next because the Guy Expo gives you a platform, a platform in order for you to catapult your business, start a business, enhance your business, form partnerships, find new markets. Those are some of the benefits of participating in a trade show,” she added.
Communication Officer, Allison Parker confirmed that preparations are well underway, with more than 200 exhibitors already registered. This includes major participation from the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), which will showcase agro-processors and manufacturers, and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
GUYEXPO 2025 forms part of the government’s broader strategy to expand Guyana’s non-oil sectors, strengthen private sector competitiveness, and position the country as a regional hub for trade and innovation.