Jamaica Observer

Published: Thu, Nov 29th 2007, 00:00

In addition to the lucrative $500,000 cash prize received for winning the Digicel Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Stephen Spence, head of SMS Communications Limited, will gain valuable expertise on a two-day sojourn with Denis O'Brien, chairman of the telecommunications giant.

O'Brien made the announcement during his keynote address at the Young Entrepreneurs Awards Gala, held at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on Thursday. Spence was the winner of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) and Young Entrepreneurs' Association's (YEA) Young Entrepreneurs' Challenge - a competition that seeks to reward young Jamaicans who own businesses.