ICT Pulse Podcast

In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Dmitri Dawkins and Nerissa Golden, the panel discusses: tech enablement and what it means to run a tech-enabled business; and the importance of telling our story in preparation for growing a business and attracting investors.

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Curaçao is one of the leading telecoms and ICT infrastructure hubs in the Caribbean, which tends to be overlooked by its Caribbean neighbours. Giovanni King of the Bureau Telecommunications and Post in Curaçao, discusses the current state of telecoms in Curaçao, how it has been able to develop its infrastructure to attract global players, and how the country plans to become a smart nation.

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To a considerable degree, Caribbean businesses still have not been able to fully leverage e-commerce and online payment services. In our conversation with Christopher Burns, CEO of the payment gateway, First Atlantic Commerce, we discuss the company and the solutions it offers, including those that might be suitable for MSMEs, along with trends in the online payments and wider fintech space, generally, and in the Caribbean region.

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Without a doubt, the labour market has been undergoing a dramatic transformation, and according to the OECD, over half of today's adults do not have the right skills for emerging jobs. Essentially, we are ill-prepared for the future of work. In this our first episode for 2020, are launching a new series to discuss the future of work. To kick off the conversation, management consultant and advisor, Fabiano Rosa, shares his thoughts on the areas, including,

• what he understands by the term the future of work
• whether the Caribbean region can prevent its skills gap from widening, and
• what should be key priorities in developing countries to better prepare for the changing work environment.

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In this our final Community Chat and final episode for 2019, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Telojo (Telly) Valerie Onu and Carlton Samuels, the panel discussed the ICT/technology trends and developments that were evident across the Caribbean region in 2019, and what might be in store for 2020.

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Whether we fully appreciate it or not, the Caribbean region – its citizens and societies – continue to be vulnerable to a broad range of information security threats and breaches. Continuing with our Expert insight series, we discuss with David Gittens of the Barbados Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association, the current threat landscape, tips to improve information security in organisations, and what we can expect in 2020..

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Continuing with our 'Know your neighbours' series, and with Dr Lyndell St Ville, the President of the ICT Association of Saint Lucia, we are exploring the ICT/technology and tech entrepreneurship space in Saint Lucia, along with its strengths, challenges and opportunities.

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In this our November 2019 Community Chat and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Elise Grace Jones and Steven Jemmott, the panel discusses the Caribbean region as a great interrupter in the data economy, and the impact of mobile app development in the workplace.

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Due to the range of challenges that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face, SIDS advocate and ICT and digital economy expert, Tracy Hackshaw, gives us an update on the progress that has been made on the SIDS agenda, and on the digital economy and Internet Governance in the Caribbean region.

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Generally, innovation does not occur in a vacuum. It is at its best when there is the enabling environment to support it, such as a collaboration space. In this episode, Eldon Marks discusses the importance of collaboration to realise innovation, through his observations and experiences with Nexus Hub, a non-profit tech collaboration space he founded in Guyana.

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