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- ICTP 160: Understanding how technology perpetuates bias, with Matthew Cowen, of dgtlfutures.com
If one delves beneath the surface of today's technologies, one is likely to find that much of the products, algorithms and developments that are being integrated into our lives have been built inherently with certain biases or prejudices. Founder of dgtlfutures.com, Matthew Cowen, discusses the role technology has been playing in perpetuating bias.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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Music credit: Red Peas and Rice, Ray Holman
Podcast editing support: Mayra Bonilla Lopez
1 hr 1 min - ICTP 159: Fostering greater inclusion and empowering the LGBTQ+ traveller, with Donnya Piggott, of Pink Coconuts
The LGBTQ+ community worldwide still experiences considerable discrimination, but is a segment with significant spending power, which frequently, is overlooked. Donnya 'Zi' Piggott is the CEO of Pink Coconuts, a new LGBTQ+ travel start-up focused on creating spaces for queer travellers to thrive.
In our conversation with Donnya we discuss, among other things:
- The challenges of launching a travel and hospitality business during a pandemic;
- How Pink Coconuts it is leveraging technology; along with
- Why it is important to focus on sustainability before the social good.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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Music credit: Red Peas and Rice, Ray Holman
Podcast editing support: Mayra Bonilla Lopez
42 min - ICTP 158: Creating a seamless and harmonised regional telecoms and ICT space, with Rodney Taylor, of the CTU
Ideally, a unified Caribbean region should be better and stronger than its constituent parts. With regard to telecoms and ICT, we still in the process of establishing a seamless and harmonised regional space. In our recent conversation with Rodney Taylor, the new Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, he shares his thoughts on, among other things:
- the CARICOM Single ICT Space;
- the efforts afoot to establish a regional regulatory machinery; and
- what should be the region's priorities, with respect to telecoms and ICT.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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Music credit: Red Peas and Rice, Ray Holman
Podcast editing support: Mayra Bonilla Lopez
44 min - ICTP 157: The tough decisions and not seen challenges of entrepreneurship, with Larren Peart of Bluedot Insights
2020 was supposed to be an outstanding year for research and data intelligence firm, Bluedot Insights. However, by March 2020, all of the growth and performance projections came crashing down. Company CEO, Larren Peart, gives us: an update on Bluedot Insights since our first conversation in 2018; some of the challenges that were experienced, and the tough decisions that had to be made; and what might be in store for the company moving forward.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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Music credit: Red Peas and Rice, Ray Holman
42 min - ICTP 156: Pivoting to sustainable business models and managing IT risk
In the May 2021 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Allison James and Andrew Olton, the panel discusses: pivoting to sustainable business models; and IT risk management.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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Music credit: Red Peas and Rice, Ray Holman
Podcast editing support: Mayra Bonilla Lopez
58 min - ICTP 155: Saving lives through the Tampere Convention and emergency telecommunications, with Sylvester Cadette of the ITU
Sylvester Cadette, of the International Telecommunication Union, discusses:
- the Tampere Convention;
- why it is important for more Caribbean countries to accede to that Convention; along with
- the need for Caribbean countries to have more comprehensive emergency telecommunications plans.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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Music credit: Red Peas and Rice, Ray Holman
Podcast editing support: Mayra Bonilla Lopez
57 min - ICTP 154: Leverage technology to achieve zero hunger, with Bevon Chadel Charles, of Akata Farms
In our fifth instalment on social enterprises that are leveraging ICT, we speak with the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Akata Farms in Grenada, Bevon Chadel Charles. During the course of the conversation, Bevon discusses:
- the ways in which Akata Farms it is leveraging technology;
- how and why Akata farms is a social enterprise; and
- the challenges of being a tech social enterprise in the agriculture sector.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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Music credit: Red Peas and Rice, Ray Holman
1 hr 2 min - ICTP 153: Stepping up your organisation's chatbot game, with Kern Elliott of iGovTT
Even more now than when we discussed it in 2019, chatbots are all the rage. Following up from our previous conversation on chatbots, Kern Elliott of iGovTT is back to tell us, among other things:
- how chatbots are now being used;
- the biggest mistake or oversight organisations are making with chatbots; and
- the steps organisations should be considering to take their chatbot game to the next level.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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Music credit: Red Peas and Rice, Ray Holman
47 min - ICTP 152: Streaming Caribbean films and TV shows to the world, with Mariel Brown, of FilmCO2Go
In February 2021, Trinidad and Tobago film and television distributor, FILMCO, announced the launch of a new Caribbean streaming platform, FILMCO2Go, which is streaming Caribbean films and TV shows to the world! We speak with FILMCO2Go Co-Founder, Mariel Brown, about:
- FILMCO2Go;
- The Caribbean TV and film industry; and
- What it is like to run a creative tech business in Trinidad and Tobago.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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41 min - ICTP 151: Navigating disinformation, misinformation and fake news
In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Gerard Best and Amit Uttamchandani, the panel discusses disinformation, misinformation and fake news, including:
- whether social media or the content delivery platforms are the blame;
- the importance of scepticism; and
- why regulation is not enough.
Show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found at www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/
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About ICT Pulse Podcast
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A deep dive into topical Information and Communication Technology (ICT) issues from a Caribbean perspective, through interviews and group discussions with specialists, experts and people trying to make a difference in the tech space.
New episodes are released every Wednesday. Show notes are available at www.ict-pulse.com