Students honoured at inaugural WizdomCRM sustainable stock exchange market game awards ceremony

The Ministry of Education, the Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE), WizdomCRM, and regional sponsor, the ANSA McAL Group, proudly hosted the first-ever national awards ceremony for the WizdomCRM Sustainable Stock Exchange Market Game.

This groundbreaking initiative, which began just five years ago in Trinidad and Tobago with only 10 students, has grown exponentially, now reaching thousands of students across the Caribbean. The game aims to equip students with invaluable real-world financial knowledge, AI-driven skills, and a future-ready mindset, empowering the next generation to thrive in the evolving financial landscape.

The WizdomCRM Sustainable Stock Exchange Market Game challenges participants to build investment portfolios starting with US$25,000 in virtual currency. By making informed and strategic financial decisions, students simulate buying and selling stocks, all while learning critical lessons in investment management. The top performers, who demonstrate exceptional skill in growing their portfolios, are rewarded with real cash prizes at the conclusion of the game.

The top-performing Barbados students who were awarded for their outstanding achievements:

• 1st Place – Loki Clarke, Queens College
• 2nd Place – Joseph Yeung-chou, Harrison College
• 3rd Place – Ajani Webster Worrell, Queens College
• 4th Place – Ayden Cumberbatch, Combermere School
• 5th Place – Andrew Greenidge, Harrison College

These students have demonstrated exceptional aptitude in financial decision-making and are a testament to the bright future of the Caribbean’s next generation of financial leaders.

Marlon Yarde, Managing Director of the Barbados Stock Exchange, attended the prize ceremony and was pleased with the overall initiative. “The opportunity to promote financial literacy and greater investing awareness was one we could not pass up here at the exchange,” he noted. “Our sponsorship of the prize monies therefore was a strategic commitment, displaying our firm support towards instilling financial aptitude within Barbados’ next generation of investors.”

(PR)