New York City Department of City Planning data shows Guyanese admissions to the United States fell by nearly 54 per cent between the 1980s and the 2010s, from 67,729 in the 1980s. If the exodus has not eased, the question is where those departures are now going.
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The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association graduated its first RISE SME cohort in Georgetown in June 2026, completing training backed by the International Trade Centre in business compliance, operations, pricing and growth strategy, as a US$100 million national SME bank takes shape.
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The UN's 2026 Democracy and Development Report puts Guyana 12th in the world for brain drain, even as the IMF projects 16.2 per cent growth in 2026 on top of 19.3 per cent last year. The question is whether it can build institutions to manage the wealth.
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Khaimwatie Seenarine, a nursery teacher in West Bank Demerara, built an offline learning app herself. Guyana needs an army of teachers who think as she does if it wants a knowledge economy on top of its oil economy, and the pipeline to train them does not exist at scale.
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Guyana Electric has graduated 14 young Guyanese from a four-month OSHA-certified Basic Electrical Training Programme delivered with the Guyana Police Force and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, part of a campaign to rebuild technical skills and safety culture in construction.
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Nations University is cutting tuition by G$60,000 across nine programmes and by G$100,000 on its MBA in Petroleum and Renewable Energy until 31 May 2026, marking Guyana's 60th year of independence. World Bank data for 2024 puts gross tertiary enrolment at 26 per cent.
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