ICT Pulse Podcast

Project Management, Information Management Professional, and long-time contributor to ICT Pulse, Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe, continues the data adventures she started with us in 2018. by sharing with us:

• what new data adventures she has been experiencing;
• key software engineering, information management and/or even project management trends that she has been observing over the last few years, plus the impact of COVID-19 on those areas; and
• what are some of the biggest challenges businesses are experiencing these days, especially with regard to information management.

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In our April instalment of our series exploring technology-based social enterprises, we are highlighting Link Your Purpose, a career development platform and social enterprise, based in Jamaica. In speaking with the CEO of Link Your Purpose, Lanisia Rhoden, we discuss:

• how Link Your Purpose is leveraging technology;
• how it balances sustainability versus profitability; and
• its scope for growth in the Caribbean and internationally.

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Although we have all played video games, video games developed by Caribbean developers appear to have little or no visibility. Moreover, there is no video game development industry in region to speak of, and the underpinning ecosystem remains underdeveloped.

Jamaican video games developers, Glen Henry and Graham Reid, discuss the current situation, including:

• The economic benefits for Caribbean countries;
• The region's strengths and weaknesses;
• The business of video gaming development; and
• What individuals who want to get into game development ought to do.

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In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Melissa Farara and Oshane Bailey, the panel discusses:

• What will it take for the Caribbean to become the next Silicon Valley?
• And what should be the starting point for regulators/competition authorities in this digital age?

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In this episode, and with digital economy strategist, Tracy Hackshaw, we get an update on the Internet Governance issues that being discussed internationally, many of which are likely affect how we perceive and use the Internet in the future. We also discuss the state of the Caribbean digital economy, and what should be the priorities of the region going forward.

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Locally-owned social enterprises are not common in the Caribbean; and ICT-based ones are even rarer. Tech entrepreneur Eldon Marks of the social enterprise, Nexus Hub, which is based in Guyana, gives us an update on the business since our last conversation in 2019, and why tech entrepreneurs ought to be more social impact-focussed.

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In the first instalment in our Expert insights series on cyber threats and security for 2021, and with Sean Slattery of Caribbean Solutions Lab, he discusses, among other things:

• the changes in the threat landscape that occurred in 2020;
• key vulnerabilities due to remote working and working from home;
• the impact of the pandemic on the role of IT/cybersecurity personnel; and
• three things organisations should be doing in 2021 to improve their network/IT security.

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In this our February 2021 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Gisselle Ramsaran and Vincentius (Vincent) Kenswil, the panel discusses: how can we transform to a CARICOM-wide educational system using the ICT Technology? And, how to manage business operations whilst adopting technology?

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Banj, a co-working space and Google powered accelerator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is the second tech-based business we are focussing on in our series on technology-based social enterprises. We chat with company Founder, Marc Alain Boucicault, about:

• what drove him to set up Banj;
• the social impact Banj is having in Haiti;
• the big dreams he has for Banj and for Haiti; and
• the advice you would give tech start-ups that also want to be social impact-focussed.

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If there is every a time we, in the Caribbean region, need the CARICOM Single ICT Space, it is now, as the world continues to navigate its way through COVID-19. In this episode, we are re-joined by Jennifer Britton, of the CARICOM Secretariat, to give us the scoop on the latest achievements and developments, as well as to (hopefully) give us some indication of how close we might be to (finally!!) realising the Single ICT Space.

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