Barbadian Entrepreneur Wins American Heritage Vanguard Award

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Bitt Inc. Gabriel Abed, has copped the 2016 Caribbean American Heritage (CARAH) Vanguard Award.

The award was presented at the 23rd Annual CARAH Gala, as hosted on Capital Hill, Washington DC by the Institute of Caribbean Studies.

In bestowing the award, the Institute made reference to Abed's ground breaking achievements in the finance industry and specifically his thought leadership in addressing FinTech for the Caribbean economy.

Abed co-founded Bitt Inc. in 2013, with the aim of persuading Caribbean nations to adopt digital currencies, starting with the digitisation of the Barbadian dollar. Bitt has since received significant financial investment from United States retail giant, Overstock.com.