Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 417: Advancing resilience, inclusion, cybersecurity, and innovation in Caribbean digital development, with Rodney Taylor of the CTU

ICTP 417: Advancing resilience, inclusion, cybersecurity, and innovation in Caribbean digital development, with Rodney Taylor of the CTU

Posted by | 16 Sep 2026 |

How is the Caribbean positioning itself for global digital leadership? In our latest episode of the ICT Pulse Podcast, we sit down with Rodney Taylor, the Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), to preview the upcoming CTU ICT Week 2026 in French Guiana. During our conversation, the Secretary General breaks down: the importance of CTU ICT Week; the role satellite networks and space tech can play in non-disaster situations; the need for the Caribbean to speak with a unifying voice ahead of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in November 2026; and the single biggest takeaway he wants a listener or attendee of CTU ICT Week 2026 to leave with.

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ICTP 416: Achieving global and borderless banking through Sendana, with Monique Powell

ICTP 416: Achieving global and borderless banking through Sendana, with Monique Powell

Posted by | 9 Sep 2026 |

For freelancers and small businesses, getting paid globally is often harder than the work itself. All too often, high transfer fees and payout delays undermine businesses and adversely affect their sustainability. With Monique Powell, the Founder and CEO of Sendana, we discuss how this start-up is replacing slow legacy rails and redefining banking for borderless professionals. More specifically, and among other things, we discuss: the problem that Sendana is trying to solve; how much of the challenge of underdeveloped digital payments is technology versus regulation and legacy banking systems; what it means that Sendana is a stablecoin-powered global banking platform; and Monique’s vision for Sendana in the next three to five years.

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ICTP 415: Navigating market realities, AI and the future of Caribbean global services, with Yoni Epstein of the Global Services Association of Jamaica

ICTP 415: Navigating market realities, AI and the future of Caribbean global services, with Yoni Epstein of the Global Services Association of Jamaica

Posted by | 2 Sep 2026 |

The global outsourcing landscape is undergoing a massive transformation—from AI-driven automation to shifting corporate spend. What does this mean for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean? On the latest episode, we are joined by Yoni Epstein, the Founder and CEO of itel and the Chairman of the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ). Yoni gives us an unfiltered, executive view of: the real story behind recent industry contractions in Jamaica; how AI is changing the sector, not just replacing jobs; the strategic shift required toward higher-value services; and what would demonstrate signs of strong recovery of the sector in Jamaica.

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ICTP 414: The tech brain drain, readying for the next digital infrastructure era, and the expensive illusion of digital transformation

ICTP 414: The tech brain drain, readying for the next digital infrastructure era, and the expensive illusion of digital transformation

Posted by | 26 Aug 2026 |

In our August 2026 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Emmanuel Louis is the Founder and Managing Director of Novarex Technologies, who is originally from Haiti, and Jason Hynds is the Director and Chief Technology Officer of P.a.R.T.S. Inc, of Barbados, the panel discusses:  Can the Caribbean bridge the regional tech brain drain?  Is the Caribbean ready for the next digital infrastructure era? Are Caribbean governments being taken for a ride when it comes to digital transformation?

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ICTP 413: Shaping a resilient, trusted, and innovative digital Caribbean, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

ICTP 413: Shaping a resilient, trusted, and innovative digital Caribbean, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Posted by | 19 Aug 2026 |

Who makes the rules that shape our digital world, and how do we ensure the Caribbean gets a say? In our latest podcast episode, we sit down with Nigel Cassimire, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union and Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), to discuss how the internet governance space has evolved since our conversation in August 2025. Areas our conversation covered included:  the outcomes from the Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum; the central themes and target outcomes for the upcoming CIGF; where Nigel falls in the debate on transitioning from “Internet governance” to “digital governance”; and the one unresolved question he would want to see progress on at the CIGF 2026.

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