Roundup: for the week ending 1 October 2023
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 25 September to Sunday 1 October 2023.
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Tag: trends
Snapshot: Updated price of 1 GB of mobile data across the Caribbean in 2023
The results of a global study on the price of 1 GB of mobile data were recently published. We examine the results reported for the 31 Caribbean countries included in the exercise and discuss the results. We also compare the 2023 results with the 2022 findings.
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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?
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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Quantum computing 101: What it is and why it is being seen as the New Frontier
Quantum computing is still considered science fiction, but work in the field is very advanced, and breakthroughs are occurring annually. We delve into the world of quantum computing and highlight why it is a space to which we should be paying attention.
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ICTP 270: Breaking the shackles of digital colonialism, with Ingrid Riley and Matthew Cowen
Although slavery and colonialism may seem far removed from the 21st century and our current lives, there have been growing concerns about digital colonialism. With Ingrid Riley of Silicon Caribe and Matthew Cowen of dgtlfutures, we start a conversation on digital colonialism in which, among other things, we discuss: what digital colonialism is and why we ought to give it greater attention; what is happening in the Caribbean tech entrepreneurship space and how it has evolved over the years; and how the region can better navigate and change the narrative that often fosters digital colonialism.
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