A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 18 March to Sunday 24 March 2019.
Monday, 18 March 2019
Local app designer creates solution to long lines at passport office
Bahamas – A local app designer has created a solution to long lines experienced at the passport office, expanding her app, now rebranded 4GoodzNService, to handle such features as an appointment-booking window, which could alleviate long lines… more
Cyber Security for a Modern Belize
Belize – Cyberspace is vulnerable to risks that are both physical and as well from cyber threats and hazards… more
Dominican Republic mobile lines up 2% to 8.9 mln in 2018
Dominican Republic – The Dominican Republic reached 8.9 million mobile lines at the end of December 2018, up around 2 percent year on year, according to the latest update from the country’s telecommunications watchdog Indotel… more
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Exuma Testing For Digital B$
Bahamas – The Central Bank’s governor yesterday said Exuma will be the first island where a digital Bahamian dollar is tested, unveiling plans to impose a ceiling on the value stored in mobile wallets… more
‘Fill The Gaps’ On Digital Payments
Bahamas – A senior commercial bank official yesterday said “there is a huge opportunity” for start-ups and entrepreneurs to “fill the gaps” created by the switch to electronic payments… more
New fintech consultancy launched to meet growing global demand
Cayman Islands – A new management consulting firm has opened in Cayman, led by fintech experts Brandon Caruana and Brian Tang. Cartan Group LLC is the first technology-focussed strategy and management consulting agency on island, dedicated to helping institutional clients embrace emerging technologies that could disrupt their global strategies and operating models… more
Women Code Cayman begins 12-week series
Cayman Islands – Women Code Cayman, an initiative that introduces participants to programming and provides a supportive network for women who are learning to code, has opened registration for a 12-week series that officially begins Wednesday, March 27… more
Grenada to host major ICT conference in June
Grenada – Grenada will host the fifth regional meeting of the Caribbean Internet Peering and Interconnection Forum (CarPIF) that will focus on developing the Internet in the Caribbean by improving policy and building relationships between network operators and content providers… more
GRADA provides compliance platform to Jamaica Stock Exchange
Jamaica – The Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday, March 15, signed a licence agreement with Global Risk and Data Authority (GRADA), a Cayman Islands-based company to provide an integrated electronic platform for ‘know your customer’ and anti-money laundering… more
Hundreds flood JDF after fake social media post
Jamaica– THE Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says it has launched an investigation into the origins of a “social media posting”, which resulted in close to 2,000 individuals showing up at its Up Park Camp headquarters in Kingston, for the Jamaica National Service Corp (JNSC) programme yesterday… more
Jamaica Tourism Is Ramping Up Its Digital Push
Jamaica – The Jamaica Tourist Board has a new marketing director to lead its digital-focused push… more
Scammers Use WhatsApp Hoax To Lure Recruits To Up Park Camp
Jamaica – An apparent scam forced the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) yesterday to accommodate the registration of thousands of young people from across the island who responded to a WhatsApp hoax that was being circulated… more
High-tech drawing youth to agriculture
Trinidad and Tobago – WITH many of the nation’s farmers already above retirement age, a parliamentary committee heard last week that technology is drawing in young farmers, who will ultimately save the day… more
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Aliv/Cable Bahamas to accept Bahamian digital currency payments
Bahamas – Aliv, at the forefront of all things innovative, participated in The Central Bank of The Bahamas’ “Blockchain & The Bahamas: Raising the Bar” seminar on Monday, March 18… more
New cryptocurrency being released in Cayman
Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands Investment Group’s technology wing, C.I.I.G. Technologies, is to release a brand new Cryptocurrency exchange based in the Cayman Islands… more
Haiti Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market Drivers, Trends, Opportunities and Industry Key Players – Natcom, HaiTel, Digicel | 2019
Haiti – Haiti again turns attention to digital broadcasting. Haiti’s economic and social indicators remain far lower than the average for Latin America and the Caribbean… more
Technology In Focus | Social Media Scoring Could Become Prominent Tool For Hiring
Jamaica – A few years ago, credit scores were foreign to Jamaica, until 2010 when the Credit Reporting Act was passed and its regulations a year later… more
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Aliv To Accept B$ Right From Launch
Bahamas – Aliv’s top executive has pledged that the mobile operator and its controlling shareholder, Cable Bahamas, will accept payment in digital Bahamian dollars from the day these are launched… more
Tech Beach Retreat gains international recognition
Regional – Less than three years old and Tech Beach Retreat has already gained the esteemed recognition of Essence magazine for providing a hub of technological innovation… more
bmobile leads the way in facilitating AI Technology
Trinidad and Tobago – When we think Artificial Intelligence (AI), we often picture the movies iRobot or Robocop which may lead us to believe that AI technology is a thing of the distant future… more
Friday, 22 March 2019
Ministry of National Security hosts Civil Society Cyber Security Training
Belize – A civil society training workshop on Cyber Security concluded in Belize City on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. The training started on Monday, March 18 and was organized by the Ministry of National Security… more
Social Media Craze Claims Burning Home
Belize – The use of mobile devices and the craze to post live updates on social media sites was brought to the forefront recently, as one woman whose house was being burnt to the ground watched in horror as bystanders filmed the tragedy instead of helping her… more
ECJ pilots e-poll book at UWI elections
Jamaica– THE Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) conducted a pilot of the electronic poll book at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Guild of Students elections on Wednesday… more
Legislation to Establish ICT Authority Tabled
Jamaica– Legislation to establish the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority was tabled in the House of Representatives on March 20… more
PSOJ, Visionaries’ Summit partners for technology breakthrough
Jamaica – THIRTEEN years ago, the Government of Jamaica mandated the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) to lead a comprehensive long-term National Development Plan which would place Jamaica in a position to achieve developed country status by 2030… more
Digicel’s revenues fall while debt burden increases
Regional– Regional telecoms provider Digicel has seen its revenues for the fiscal third quarter to the end of December 2018 fall to US$572 million, a four per cent drop on the same period in the previous year… more
Wi-Fi Vincy Style
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Director of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC)- Apollo Knights is encouraging Vincentians to use the facilities that his institution is rolling out… more
Saturday, 23 March 2019
WI-FI service now at Emancipation Park
Jamaica– Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Fayval Williams says the latest installation of public Wi-Fi service in the Corporate Area at Emancipation Park represents a significant step towards transforming Jamaica into a truly digital society… more
Sunday, 24 March 2019
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