ICT Pulse Podcast

Known as a playground for the rich, tourism and offshore financial services, not much more is really known about the Cayman Islands, especially with regard to telecoms and ICT. Dail Davis of Dart Enterprises, shares his knowledge of the Cayman Islands landscape, both in terms if telecoms and ICT space, and business environment there.

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In this our August 2020 Community Chat, and with two members of the Caribbean tech community, IT professional and CEO, Steven Williams, and Tech Maven, Ingrid Riley, we discuss: did SMEs let a good crisis, in COVID-19, go to waste; and can digital nomads and remote workers resuscitate the Caribbean region's tourism industry?

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Traditionally, online learning was the option pursued when in-person tuition was not available and/or was too expensive. However, due to COVID-19, online learning platforms have become the primary means of delivering education worldwide, and it is anticipated that it will remain a leading modality in the coming years. Ricardo Allen, Founder of One on One Educational Services, has been leading the charge with regard to personalised online learning in the Caribbean region.

In this episode, our discussion with Ricardo will cover areas including:

• Who is Ricardo Allen and what has been entrepreneurial journey to date
• What One on One Educational Services is, and how it has evolved over the years
• How COVID-19 has been and is likely to affect the online learning space
• And what might be in store for One on One Educational Services in the coming years.

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As much as we might grumble about the quality of the telecommunications services we are currently receiving in the Caribbean region, they are considerably better than what they were 10, and most definitely, 20 years ago. Much of the credit needs to go the regulatory structures that were established by many countries across the region, which created the enabling environment in those early years, resulting in the services that we currently experience.

Annie Baldeo and Kirk Sookram of the Telecommunication Authority of Trinidad and Tobago discuss telecommunications regulation in the Caribbean, including:

• how the region's telecommunications space has evolved over the past 20 years;
• the impact of the Internet on regulation;
• whether more competition will result in lower prices;
• whether the Over the Top services providers should pay/compensate Caribbean Internet Service Providers; and
• what might be the future of regulation in the region.

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Blogger, tech retailer, business advisor, online show host, Keron Rose has accomplished a lot in four years. In our recent conversation, Keron shares his entrepreneurial journey, and touches on, among other things:

• key turning points in his life that have brought him to where he is today;
• some of the biggest deficiencies he has found in Caribbean entrepreneurs; and
• why he decided to return to the Caribbean region to make his fortune.

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Into the foreseeable future, innovation and entrepreneurship will be two essential contributors to wealth creation. In this our July 2020 Community Chat, and with two members of the Caribbean tech community, IT professional and CEO, Chad Fraser, and soon-to-be university graduate, Juleen Gentles, we discuss:

• Co-innovation as a model for innovation and competitiveness; and
• Youth empowerment to realise market-ready solutions.

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As part of the Dutch Kingdom, Sint Maarten – not to be confused with Saint Martin, the French overseas territory – is a popular tourist destination in the Eastern Caribbean, but not much is known about the country's ICT and telecoms space. Marvio Cooks, of Altospire, and a Sint Maarten citizen, helps us better understand, among other things:

• what the telecoms and ICT is like there;
• the extent to which the infrastructure has recovered since Hurricane Irma, and
• some of the emerging ICT-related trends and opportunities in Sint Maarten.

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Managed IT services is not new, but it has gained considerable prominence, thanks to COVID-19, and the need for IT systems and networks to work optimally with limited onsite support. Christopher Reckord, CEO of tTech Limited in Jamaica, provides a primer on managed IT services, including when it might not be a good fit for an organisation; and questions to ask when evaluating a managed IT service provider.

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Business continuity and technology resilience have become critical to organisations as countries worldwide try to navigate through COVID-19. In the Caribbean region, we also have to contend with the prospect of hurricanes and tropical storms, which also point back to ICT resilience and disaster planning and management.

Dr. Stephen Louis, of BusinessTech Research, Inc., discusses:

• business continuity and technology resilience;
• how well Caribbean organisations fared during the COVID-19-related lockdowns;
• some of the biggest misconceptions people have about business continuity and technology resilience; and
• key technology-related tips for organisations moving forward.

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Although we know the value of being intentional in our thoughts, words and actions, how many of us truly practise it? Serial entrepreneur, innovation advocate and Founder of the PWR Agency, Ife Badejo, shares with us her entrepreneurial journey to date, and tells us why it is important to be intentional in business.

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