GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 14, CMC -The Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest), says approximately 189 new, expansionary and mixed investment projects and agreements have been facilitated over the past six years, representing GUY$1.06 trillion (One Guyana dollar=US$0.008 cents) in private economic investment, with foreign investors accounting for an estimated 73 per cent.
GO-Invest chief executive officer, Dr Peter Ramsaroop, said that local investors were also playing a significant role generating about 49 per cent of the employment associated with these investments.
Ramsaroop said the investments are also broadening beyond traditional areas, with capital flowing into mining, services, tourism, energy, ICT, agriculture, forestry and other productive sectors.
Additionally, joint ventures accounted for approximately GUY$72 billion, while diaspora investment stood at about $2.9 billion, with CARICOM capital from countries including Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados also gaining importance.
“The most important story is not simply the amount of capital entering Guyana; it is the broadening and deepening of investor confidence in the Guyanese economy,” Ramsaroop said.
The investment data is complemented by strong national Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) figures. The Bank of Guyana data shows gross FDI inflows of approximately US$10.4 billion in 2024 and US$8.43 billion in 2025, largely associated with the oil and gas sector.
Meanwhile, private-sector credit more than doubled from approximately GUY$259.8 billion in 2020 to GUY$531.8 billion at the end of 2025, reflecting increased financing for business activity and expansion.
GO-Invest said it is now placing greater emphasis on converting this investment confidence into larger productive investments, stronger joint ventures, technology transfer, value-added production and export-oriented businesses.
Over the last four years, GO-Invest helped approximately 137 Guyanese companies enter export markets and connected 112 businesses with overseas buyers.
At AgroFest in Barbados, where more than 50 Guyanese businesses participated last year, several established commercial relationships in the Barbadian market, with GO-Invest saying that the figures point to an investment climate that is not only attracting capital but creating deeper participation by Guyanese and CARICOM businesses.
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