GAISB Enters the Caribbean and Canada Through Strategic Partnership with AFSV VRC Global Development Group

The Global AI Standards Body (GAISB™) today announced a strategic partnership with AFSV VRC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP to expand access to practical AI education and professional certification across Canada and the Caribbean.

The partnership comes at a defining moment as artificial intelligence reshapes how organizations operate, how professionals work, and how new businesses are created. GAISB and AFSV VRC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP share a vision of ensuring that Canada and the Caribbean are not simply consumers of the AI revolution, but active participants in building it.

The initiative will expand access to GAISB AI learning and certification, strengthen relationships with educational institutions and businesses, and prepare individuals with practical, verifiable AI skills for the new world of work.

“The Caribbean has never lacked talent, creativity or ambition. This partnership with GAISB will help connect those strengths with practical AI education, recognized certification and meaningful economic opportunity. By building a bridge between institutions and businesses in Canada and the Caribbean, we intend to prepare students, professionals and entrepreneurs not only to participate in the AI economy, but to compete, create and lead within it.”

Martin Lashley, Founder, Chairman and CEO, AFSV VRC Global Development Group Ltd.

From AI Adoption to AI Leadership

The partnership has a larger ambition: helping position the Caribbean for a new wave of AI-powered innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, and economic development.

AI has the potential to reduce traditional barriers to scale. Caribbean entrepreneurs can build for global markets, small businesses can automate capabilities once available mainly to larger organizations, and professionals can compete internationally while remaining within the region.

But access to AI tools alone is not enough. The emerging economy will increasingly require individuals who can demonstrate that they know how to use AI responsibly, effectively, and productively. GAISB certification is designed to provide that verification.

“AI does not care about geography. The next important AI company, creator, strategist, or entrepreneur does not have to come from Silicon Valley. They can come from Toronto, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, or anywhere talent is given the opportunity to develop.”

Kirwin Narine, Chief Executive Officer, Global AI Standards Body (GAISB)

“Our goal is not for the Caribbean to simply use AI. We want to see Caribbean people building with AI, creating businesses with AI, and exporting AI-enabled services to the world. This partnership gives us an important platform to connect education, certification, enterprise, and opportunity across Canada and the Caribbean.”

Kirwin Narine, Chief Executive Officer, Global AI Standards Body (GAISB)

Preparing Businesses for the Next Economy

The initiative will also place significant emphasis on the private sector. As AI becomes embedded across marketing, finance, operations, customer service, analytics, and decision-making, AI capability is quickly becoming a core component of business competitiveness.

For Caribbean companies, the opportunity goes beyond efficiency. AI can help businesses reach new markets, create new services, increase productivity, and expand what smaller teams are capable of delivering.

“AI readiness is rapidly becoming a business competitiveness issue. Caribbean companies that develop the skills to integrate AI responsibly and effectively will be better positioned to increase productivity, serve customers, enter new markets and compete internationally. This partnership connects education directly with industry needs and can help unlock a new generation of AI-enabled businesses and entrepreneurs throughout the Caribbean.”

Vinai Charran, Executive Director, Harry D. Charran & Co. Ltd., and Executive, AFSV VRC Global Development Group Ltd.

Building a Canada-Caribbean AI Readiness Bridge

The collaboration is designed to connect education, certification, workforce development, and enterprise adoption across both regions.

Initial priorities include:

• Universities and Colleges: Expanding access to practical AI learning and GAISB certification through Canadian institutions.
• Workforce Development: Preparing students and professionals with verifiable AI skills for the changing labor market.
• Business AI Readiness: Supporting the practical adoption of AI among Caribbean enterprises.
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Helping individuals and organizations use AI to create new products, services, businesses, and export opportunities.
• Professional Certification: Expanding access to GAISB certification pathways and independently verifiable credentials.

A New Opportunity for the Caribbean

GAISB believes AI can become an important equalizing force for emerging markets.

Unlike earlier industrial transformations that depended heavily on physical infrastructure and substantial capital, many AI-enabled opportunities can be created by individuals and small teams equipped with the right skills, tools, and execution capabilities.

The partnership therefore goes beyond delivering courses. Its broader objective is to help create an ecosystem in which Caribbean students, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, and businesses are prepared to participate meaningfully in the AI economy.

“The ambition is clear: a Caribbean workforce ready for the new world of work, Caribbean businesses ready for the new world of competition, and a new generation of Caribbean creators ready to build for the world.”

Kirwin Narine, Chief Executive Officer, Global AI Standards Body (GAISB)

About the Global AI Standards Body (GAISB)

The Global AI Standards Body (GAISB™) is an international professional certification organization focused on setting the global standard for practical, verifiable AI skills. Through its certification programs, GAISB equips individuals, enterprises, and institutions with applied capabilities for an AI-powered economy. GAISB certifications emphasize real-world execution, focusing not only on what candidates know about AI, but what they can build, deploy, create, and deliver with AI.

About AFSV VRC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP

AFSV VRC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP will support the expansion of AI education, certification, institutional engagement, and workforce-development opportunities across Canada and the Caribbean. The organization will work with universities, colleges, businesses, and other stakeholders to connect AI learning with practical professional and economic opportunities.

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