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ICTP 284: Deep tech, impact innovation and how the Caribbean region should be leveraging them, with Telly Valerie Onu

ICTP 284: Deep tech, impact innovation and how the Caribbean region should be leveraging them, with Telly Valerie Onu

Posted by | 10 Jan 2024 |

Deep tech and impact innovation are not terms that are readily discussed in the Caribbean tech start-up space but are considered crucial and strategic if the region wants to level up and truly punch above its weight in tech innovation and entrepreneurship. Telly Valerie Onu, of Quintessence Consulting Inc., shares with us key insights on how Caribbean countries can increase the impact of technology on their societies and how tech entrepreneurs can better access the support they need. Among other things, we discuss: what is meant by the terms, ‘deep tech’, ‘convergence economics’ and ‘impact innovation’ and the connection between them; the challenges that developers and start-ups face generally and when working with embedded deep tech; and how the tech community can leverage the opportunities in AgTech and climate financing.

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ICTP 282:  Building ecosystems to drive and foster trade and e-commerce via a multi-tender digital wallet, Nicholas Rees, of Kanoo Pays

ICTP 282:  Building ecosystems to drive and foster trade and e-commerce via a multi-tender digital wallet, Nicholas Rees, of Kanoo Pays

Posted by | 13 Dec 2023 |

We are continuing our series on Fintech in the Caribbean region with Kanoo Pays, a “Non-Bank Electronic Retail Payment Institution” headquartered in The Bahamas. With Nicholas Rees, Chairman of Kanoo Pays, we discuss: How Kanoo Pays has been able to distinguish itself from other digital wallets; the current state of the fintech industry in The Bahamas; why CBDC adoption has been slow in Caribbean countries that have launched a digital currency; and what does Kanoo want to achieve in the next 3 years?

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ICTP 281: ADJOAA, taking tech, fashion and sustainability from Africa to the World, with Pinaman Owusu-Banahene

ICTP 281: ADJOAA, taking tech, fashion and sustainability from Africa to the World, with Pinaman Owusu-Banahene

Posted by | 6 Dec 2023 |

We continue our Tech in Africa series with a conversation with Pinaman Owusu-Banahane, the Founder and CEO of ADJOAA, a curated multi-brand online marketplace specialising in premium and sustainable fashion and lifestyle products made by African designers and Black-owned businesses. Pinaman shares her journey to establish a tech business in Ghana and answers questions on, among other things: the entrepreneurial and start-up space in Ghana; the successes ADJOAA has been able to realise to date; and the challenges of creating an online marketplace that connects Africa to the World.

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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 278: AI, Caribbean innovation and using AI for the good of our communities, with Eldon Marks of TrueSelph Inc.

ICTP 278: AI, Caribbean innovation and using AI for the good of our communities, with Eldon Marks of TrueSelph Inc.

Posted by | 15 Nov 2023 |

Although artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to transform the workplace, it has the potential to have an even greater impact on our societies by helping us address many of the development challenges that countries, such as those in the Caribbean region, need to address. Eldon Marks, of V75 Inc. and TrueSelph Inc. in Guyana, is back with us again to share his thoughts on, among other things: how AI has evolved since our first conversation in 2019; why Caribbean countries are not part of the global AI conversation; ways in which Caribbean countries can capitalise on AI4D; and what is needed for Guyana to become a powerhouse in AI, or more broadly, tech.

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