Industrialist Richard Pandohie celebrates the fact that, since gaining Independence, Jamaica has expanded as a global brand and huge influencer, both culturally and in the terms of the positions Jamaicans hold internationally.He points out that the Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, is of Jamaican descent.“One of my disappointments is that we have not even begun to scratch the surface of what that brand can do,” Pandohie tells Impacting Jamaica Host Byron Buckley. “We do not know how to monetise the brand.”Pandohie, the immediate president of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, reasons that maybe Jamaica does not have the local capability to manage its cultural assets, and should employ the expertise.His most disappointing feature of the Jamaican society is the poor quality of life being experienced by the majority, which he describes as iniquitous. He slams the high crime rate as a burden on the economy and calls on civil society to be more demanding of political leaders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.