Antiguan financial technology company ClicCash made its mark on the global stage this week, representing Antigua and Barbuda at London Tech Week 2026 — one of the world's largest gatherings of technology founders, investors and government leaders — held at Olympia London. According to Antigua News Room, founder and CEO Brandon Derrick carried the twin-island nation's name through a series of high-profile engagements, including a presentation at the Government of Québec's UK delegation, a roundtable at the Canadian High Commission, and an appearance at a charity gala attended by the Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda.
Derrick travelled to London as part of a delegation from the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, the Montréal-based incubator that has supported ClicCash's growth. Over three days, the Antiguan-built payments company found itself in rooms typically occupied by the world's largest firms, as well as inside two of the diplomatic missions connecting Antigua and Barbuda, Canada and the wider Commonwealth.
On Thursday, ClicCash was invited to present at Quebec House, the official London home of the Government of Québec's delegation to the United Kingdom. Derrick presented the fully regulated, Caribbean-built payments platform to an audience of entrepreneurs and officials. The Antigua and Barbuda High Commission was represented by Brent Scotland, Second Secretary, who joined Derrick to record a short feature on the company's work. High Commissioner Her Excellency Karen-Mae Hill, OBE, who was in Antigua at the time, extended her support to the company.
On Friday, ClicCash joined a roundtable at Canada House, the Canadian High Commission to the United Kingdom, hosted by Sanjay Purohit, Canada's Trade Commissioner for Information, Communications and Technology. Seated alongside other Dobson-backed startups and senior McGill Dobson Centre representatives, ClicCash was the only Antiguan-founded company in the room.
"To stand in these rooms representing Antigua and Barbuda, as a homegrown, fully regulated payments company, is a proud moment, and it belongs to our whole country," said Derrick. "We built ClicCash in Antigua, for the Caribbean, and we are now building a real bridge between our region and Canada. The interest we are seeing abroad confirms what we have believed from day one: world-class financial technology exists in Antigua and Barbuda."
Scotland expressed pride in the company's performance on the world stage. "ClicCash represented us really well, and I was struck by how well thought out the presentation was. It is wonderful to see the success they are already having so soon after launching. They are doing great work, and we are very proud of them," he said.
On Friday evening, Derrick attended Wings for Charity, a gala held in support of the Halo Foundation — the charitable organisation championed by His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams, GCMG, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. The event was held at The Chancery Rosewood, the new London hotel situated within the former United States Embassy in Grosvenor Square. Convened ahead of Commonwealth meetings, the evening drew ministers, diplomats and High Commissioners from across the Commonwealth. Attending as a guest of the Antigua and Barbuda High Commission, Derrick met both the Governor-General and High Commissioner Hill.
ClicCash launched in Antigua and Barbuda in February 2026 and has since grown to serve dozens of local businesses and close to a thousand customer wallets. The platform allows Antiguans to pay and get paid using only a phone and a QR code, with no card and no PIN required. It is Antigua and Barbuda's first registered Payment Service Provider, carrying the designation PSP-0001, and is registered with the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy. The company is frequently described as the Caribbean's own answer to the mobile-money revolutions seen in markets such as Kenya and Bangladesh, with operations in both Antigua and Canada.
