ICT Pulse Podcast

In this instalment of our 'Know your neighbours' series, James Clarke, of Global Sun Integration Management, helps us to explore the telecoms and ICT space of the Bahamas, and answers a number of questions, including

• The history behind the 'Pirates of Nassau'
• The extent to which the telecoms and ICT infrastructure in Abaco and Grand Bahama has been restored, since Hurricane Dorian in 2019;
• The degree to which is the Bahamian Government and private sector are leveraging ICT;
• The current state of the plans for Grand Bahama to become a smart city; and
• ICT and tech-related opportunities in the Bahamas that he is excited about.

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Although the privacy and data protection space has been evolving as technology becomes even more deeply embedded in our societies, COVID-19 has thrown up a whole host of challenges and issues that we must also address. Attorney-at-law and Certified Information Privacy Professional, Grace Lindo, is back with us to discuss, among other things:

• how the privacy and data protection space has evolved since our last conversation in 2018;
• what are some of the privacy-related concerns and issues that have emerged since COVID-19; and
• what are some of the privacy and data protection trends that have begun to emerge.

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These days, it is not enough to know whether an individual has been online or offline in the past 30 days, but rather, whether they enjoy meaningful connectivity to the Internet. With Ana Maria Rodriguez and Yacine Khelladi, both from the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), we discuss, among other things:

• the 'Meaningful Connectivity' targets A4AI has proposed:
• whether the proposed targets have been set too low or too high; and
• some of the challenges countries and individuals might experience in trying to achieve those targets.

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In this our October 2020 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Liselle Yorke and Dr Lyndell St Ville, the panel discusses: Online education and copyright law in the Caribbean. Are we making the grade?, and Too much information! Raising citizens' awareness of the need for data sharing limits.

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Guyana is among the most resource-rich countries in the Caribbean region, but historically, it has struggled economically. The recent discovery of oil has been opening up a broad range of opportunities that have the potential to change the trajectory of the country. Samantha Sheoprashad, of Trifinity Solutions in Guyana, shares her thoughts on, among other things:

• the state of telecoms and ICT in Guyana;
• the degree they are being leveraged in by the Government; along with
• the ICT/tech-related opportunities that she now sees in Guyana.

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Although job and the workplace has been evolving over the past several years, COVID-19 has irrevocably accelerated some of the changes. In continuing our conversation on the future of work, Certified Management Consultant, International Trade Expert, and Economist, Dr Claudius Preville, discusses among other things:

• how that is changing in the Caribbean region;
• the implications of the gig economy on the Caribbean workplace; and
• whether we can prevent the skills gap from widening.

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In this our September 2020 Community Chat, and with two members of the Caribbean tech community, business intelligence expert and CEO, Raquel Seville, and Publisher and international trade executive, Loren Moss, we discuss: how can Caribbean economies/businesses become more resilient in the face of disruption; and how can Caribbean countries better leverage the growing movement to telework?

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Back in the day, being computer literate was a specifically highlighted skill or requirement in job descriptions for a broad range of positions. Now, the requirement is digital literacy. David Soutar, of the Slashroots Foundation, and of the Caribbean School of Data (CSOD) discusses digital literacy:

• What it is, and why it is important
• How it is different from computer literacy
• The digital/data literacy programme offered by the CSOD; and
• How CSOD might evolve within the context of the future of work.

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"Whether you're managing 3,000 or you're managing 20, the fundamentals are the same", so says Founding Chairman and CEO of itelbpo smart solutions, Yoni Epstein.

In this episode Yoni shares his entrepreneurial journey and a few of the important lessons he has learned along way. He also discusses challenges that limit the ability of Caribbean countries to transition into higher value outsourcing services; and why Caribbean countries should continue to focus on call/contact centres into the future.

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Worldwide, there has been a race to see which country will launch a digital currency, with countries, such as China, the United States, Great Britain, France, South Korea and the Bahamas, all vying to be first movers. Plans are underway in the Bahamas to launch its central bank digital currency, the Sand Dollar, in October 2020.

In our conversation with Cleopatra Davis and Chaozhen Bobby Chen, of the Central Bank of The Bahamas, we learn, among other things:

• What the impetus was for the Bahamas to develop its own digital currency;
• How the Sand Dollar may better serve the underbanked and unbanked in the Bahamas; and
• How the Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements will be managed for this new digital currency.

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