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Uki offers an alternate route from the Northern Province into the tech industry

Uki offers an alternate route from the Northern Province into the tech industry

By Jekhan Aruliah Does Sri Lanka need more university graduates? Sri Lanka has tens of thousands of unemployed graduates. Every now and then the government …

February 12, 2020 | Companies, Industry, Technology, Watch Tower | Read More
Tourism, the Northern Province Game Changer

Tourism, the Northern Province Game Changer

By Jekhan Aruliah Tourism is the single most game-changing opportunity for the North. Game changing because for those visitors with eyes to see and ears to …

December 5, 2019 | Economy, Industry, Opinion, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Will Jaffna International Airport help the Northern economy take-off at last?

Will Jaffna International Airport help the Northern economy take-off at last?

By Jekhan Aruliah The opening, strictly speaking the re-opening, of Jaffna International Airport (IATA airport code JAF) in October 2019 was one of the more …

October 21, 2019 | Aviation, Economy, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Noolaham Foundation  preserves the past to enrich the future

Noolaham Foundation preserves the past to enrich the future

By Jekhan Aruliah We can be so blinded by the white hot heat of innovation that we fail to see the red embers of renovation. We are so focussed on finding …

September 27, 2019 | General Services, Opinion, Other, Technology, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
SenzMate, the Internet of Things tech company born in Jaffna

SenzMate, the Internet of Things tech company born in Jaffna

By Jekhan Aruliah I visited SenzMate a few months ago, and am only now getting around to writing about them. The reason for my hesitation has been although …

July 17, 2019 | Companies, Companies, General Services, Insurance, Logistics, Shipping and Transport, Technology, Watch Tower | Read More
Yarl Geek Challenge and Arima Technologies Bringing Silicon Valley to Jaffna

Yarl Geek Challenge and Arima Technologies Bringing Silicon Valley to Jaffna

By Jekhan Aruliah “That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, a much used saying originating from the 19th Century German philosopher Friedrich …

June 26, 2019 | General Services, Opinion, Technology, Watch Tower | Read More
Fishing For Sustainable Profits in the Northern Province

Fishing For Sustainable Profits in the Northern Province

By Jekhan Aruliah I have so often heard from well meaning cash rich Diaspora that they can’t find sensible investment opportunities in the North. As the Good …

May 22, 2019 | Agriculture, Commodity, Economy, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
HappyMarket.lk Helping Small Entrepreneurs Bust the Sales Barrier

HappyMarket.lk Helping Small Entrepreneurs Bust the Sales Barrier

By Jekhan Aruliah If your objective is to make money you’d better be sure you know how to sell. If you need to feed and house and educate your family. Or you …

May 1, 2019 | Economy & Markets, Tourism, Trade, Watch Tower | Read More
Small Northern Businesses Struggle for Funding

Small Northern Businesses Struggle for Funding

By Jekhan Aruliah There is an old joke: “The fastest way to become a millionaire is to be a billionaire and buy an airline”. The airline will lose …

March 26, 2019 | Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Jaffna’s Emerging Women Entrepreneurs

Jaffna’s Emerging Women Entrepreneurs

By Jekhan Aruliah Jaruza Jayachandran states with no embarrassment that she didn’t do well at school. When she used to go for parent-teacher meetings at one …

February 25, 2019 | Industry, Opinion, People, Technology, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
From Toronto to Toddy, a Jaffna Entrepreneur’s Journey

From Toronto to Toddy, a Jaffna Entrepreneur’s Journey

By Jekhan Aruliah When it comes to investment in the North there is far more talk than there is action. A rare example of action is Suganthan Shanmuganathan. …

February 5, 2019 | Agriculture, Economy & Markets, Industry, Opinion, People, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Birth, Death and Rebirth of Jaffna’s Moolai Cooperative Hospital

Birth, Death and Rebirth of Jaffna’s Moolai Cooperative Hospital

By Jekhan Aruliah In the North-West corner of the Jaffna Peninsula close to the causeway to Karainagar Island is the small village of Moolai. It is a patch of …

January 8, 2019 | General Services, Technology, Watch Tower | Read More
Jaffna to New York’s Wall Street and back to Jaffna

Jaffna to New York’s Wall Street and back to Jaffna

By Jekhan Aruliah Back in the day Raj Janan’s father was a successful industrialist in Jaffna, owning at various times an aluminium factory, a knitwear …

January 2, 2019 | Agriculture, Opinion, People, Watch Tower | Read More
Dr. Ravi Perumalpillai, Oxford Surgeon who became a Jaffna Farmer

Dr. Ravi Perumalpillai, Oxford Surgeon who became a Jaffna Farmer

By Jekhan Aruliah I write this piece as my appreciation of a Diasporan who came back to Jaffna and made a difference, sowing economic and medical seeds in the …

December 16, 2018 | Agriculture, General Services, People, Watch Tower | Read More
Entrepreneurs in Jaffna? Take a look in Ammachi!

Entrepreneurs in Jaffna? Take a look in Ammachi!

By Jekhan Aruliah Soon after I moved to Jaffna in 2015 I heard rumours of this fantastic food court run by war widows. Friends driving North from Colombo said …

November 26, 2018 | Agriculture, Economy, Featured, Opinion, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
OPINION: 90,000 Northern families in shanties or homeless. What happened to Govt. promised  housing?

OPINION: 90,000 Northern families in shanties or homeless. What happened to Govt. promised housing?

By Jekhan Aruliah In October last year I had the privilege of participating in the blessing of a new water well in the Killinochchi District of the Northern …

September 26, 2018 | Opinion, Real Estate & Construction, Watch Tower | Read More
OPINION: The Sri Lankan tourist industry’s ignorance of the North starts at the top

OPINION: The Sri Lankan tourist industry’s ignorance of the North starts at the top

By Jekhan Aruliah I must first congratulate the Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority (SLTDA) before I criticise it. Just a few days after the publication of …

July 21, 2018 | Opinion, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Opinion: Northern Province Tourism? Is there more in the North than just Jaffna’s airport?

Opinion: Northern Province Tourism? Is there more in the North than just Jaffna’s airport?

By Jekhan Aruliah According to the Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority’s (SLTDA) map of “Tourist Attractions” at the time of writing this post, the …

June 28, 2018 | Featured, Opinion, Watch Tower | Read More
Opinion: Northern poverty and poor health reduced by lessons from wartime foraging

Opinion: Northern poverty and poor health reduced by lessons from wartime foraging

By Jekhan Aruliah The British author Charles Dickens created a character, Mr.Micawber, who was permanently in debt. Translated into a Sri Lankan context, …

March 12, 2018 | Featured, Opinion, Watch Tower | Read More
Opinion: Northern Province had highest growth rate in 2015. Good news for North or not?

Opinion: Northern Province had highest growth rate in 2015. Good news for North or not?

By Jekhan Aruliah Don’t be misled by the 2014-2015 Provincial GDP Growth figures . The Northern Province had the joint highest GDP growth rate that year. …

November 20, 2017 | Watch Tower | Read More
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