Economic Development News

From Durham Region to nationwide: Taltis Foods is in full Growth Mode

By: Will McGuirk

An emigrant leaves much behind but not the taste for one’s own culinary culture. For Gilles Tchianga, founder of Taltis Foods in Ajax and Oshawa, it was the homesickness for dishes of his native country, Cameroon, that led him to open his own manufacturing company offering unique authentic African cuisine.

“I left my home country, Cameroon, many years ago after I completed my high school diploma,” says Tchianga, “to pursue my university studies at the University of Milan. I later...

Durham Region welcomes North American manufacturing company Tessera Group to Scugog

Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism Division (Invest Durham), in collaboration with the Township of Scugog, is excited to announce that the North American manufacturing company, Tessera Group Inc. (Tessera Group), will be building its new corporate home in north Durham.

Tessera Group has purchased the property at 181 North Port Road in the Township of Scugog with plans to build the company’s new corporate headquarters building—combining its various locations...

Meet the founders of some of the best marketing automation companies in Durham Region

By Jennifer Foden

Did you know Durham Region is home to a diverse group of marketing automation businesses? We chatted with three founders about what it’s like running a company in this growing space.

MobileXCo

More than 15 years ago, Andy Bruce, now the founder and CEO of MobileXCo, a Whitby-based marketing and analytics company, was working at Unilever when he noticed the business was spending a lot of money promoting their products in retail stores, but very little was done in terms of...

Growing Durham Region’s agri-food industry and vibrant northern economies for the future

Whitby, Ontario – The Regional Municipality of Durham is moving forward with two five-year plans to deliver new economic development projects, programs and approaches to grow its agri-food industry and create high-value jobs in north Durham. The Region will be working hand-in-hand with its partners in the north to create jobs and economic growth over the next five years. 

The Growing Agri-food Durham Plan 2023 – 2027 was created in co-operation with Durham’s various agri-food producers, businesses...

Meet the founders of Durham Region’s top innovative technology companies

By Jennifer Foden From a car sharing platform to a software consultancy to Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tax software, these Durham-based companies could give the tech giants of the world a run for their money.

Subskryb

Kendell Victor Johnson, now the CEO of Subskryb, a subscription-based car sharing platform, was a software executive at Fortune 100 companies like IBM and Salesforce when he began working with auto sharing companies and recognized a market gap: customer service. Unlike his...