Tag: Digital economy

ICTP 285: What we should want from the Internet in 2024 and beyond, with Shernon Osepa

ICTP 285: What we should want from the Internet in 2024 and beyond, with Shernon Osepa

Posted by | 17 Jan 2024 |

Is the internet we should want in 2024 different from the internet we wanted in 2014? The internet of 2014 has evolved considerably, but have our expectations of the internet and the ways we could be using it, kept up with the developments that have occurred? With Telecommunications/Internet Operations and Policy Strategist, Shernon Osepa, we discuss the current state of the internet in the Caribbean region and how we could be better leveraging it in 2024 and beyond.

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ICTP 279: Stakeholders’ role in cyberattacks, the intersection of music and tech, and crowdfunding in the Caribbean

ICTP 279: Stakeholders’ role in cyberattacks, the intersection of music and tech, and crowdfunding in the Caribbean

Posted by | 22 Nov 2023 |

In our October 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Dr Claire Craig, of Trinidad and Tobago and Director of Research of CaribNOG, and Jean Marie Altema of Haïti and profIT Development Consulting, the panel discusses:  ransomware attacks and the role of stakeholders; the intersection of music and technology; and the potential and challenges of crowdfunding in the Caribbean.

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ICTP 276: Achieving 25 by 2025 and how ICT can be leveraged to deeper regional integration, with Dr Patrick Antoine of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation

ICTP 276: Achieving 25 by 2025 and how ICT can be leveraged to deeper regional integration, with Dr Patrick Antoine of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation

Posted by | 1 Nov 2023 |

As CARICOM Member States move closer to a Single Market and Economy (CSME), the role of the private sector will become increasingly important to manifest all the benefits anticipated from this massive regional transformation. With Dr Patrick Antoine, the Chief Executive Officer and Technical Director of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO), we discuss the CPSO and CSME, including: How businesses, especially small and micro businesses, benefit from the work of the CPSO; What is the Twenty-Five by 2025 Initiative, and can the stated target be achieved by 2025; How he sees ICT facilitating the realisation of the Twenty-Five by 2025 target; And why haven’t Caribbean organisations more fully integrated technology into our operations.

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ICTP 275: Digital inequality in Caribbean tech, domain name trademark protection, and being cyber-ready

ICTP 275: Digital inequality in Caribbean tech, domain name trademark protection, and being cyber-ready

Posted by | 25 Oct 2023 |

In our October 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Christelle Vaval, a lawyer in Haiti, and Steven Williams, of Data Privacy and Management Advisory Services in Barbados, the panel discusses: Digital inequality in Caribbean tech entrepreneurship; Trademarks protection in domain names; Are we still underprepared for cyberattacks?

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ICTP 271: The future of finance, is the Caribbean a home for digital nomads, and is our love affair with AI already over?

ICTP 271: The future of finance, is the Caribbean a home for digital nomads, and is our love affair with AI already over?

Posted by | 27 Sep 2023 |

For our September 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Esmeralda Levens of BearingPoint Caribbean in Curaçao, and Andrew Olton of Cryptcore in Trinidad and Tobago, the panel discusses:  Why the future of finance is global; Is the Caribbean region truly a home for digital nomads? and, Is our love affair with AI already over?

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