In this episode, co-hosts Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe, and Daniel Smith, Ceo of Keepingly  along with guest pundit Bahamian Leroy Forbes Jr discuss:

In this Episode, co-hosts Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe and Daniel Smith, Ceo of Keepingly discuss, ask tough questions and manage a few bouts of laughter.

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Amber CrowdFunding Platform

QuickCart Rides in Beta

 Online Farmer's Market

Caribbean Economics in the Metaverse

Will Elon Kill or Make Twitter Sing

In this Episode

Guest: We Interview Gregory Moore: VR, AR, and XR solutions pioneer. Founder of The Jamaica Esports Initiative and Caribbean eSports Federation Alliance  

. Windies Direct is further proof of a growing Caribbean Game Maker and eSports Industry.  

. Dominica enters an agreement with TRON to adopt blockchain technology.  

. SKN Robotics SCene Growing.  

. Generative AI startups have Investors salivating - why?

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This Week's Episode: 

- While Jamaican Banks, EXIM Bank, DBJamaica fail Jamaican Startups and MSMEs… Stripe Atlas, Stripe Capital, and Shopify are helping them Win?  

- Here comes the disruptor. Elon Musk Satelite Broadband Internet company Starlink applies for a license to operate in Jamaica.   

-Uber and InDriver duking it out in the Jamaican Market again.  

- EduFocal borrows $200m from Mayberry Investments. But Why?  

- Two Caribbean Tech Events To Know More About

The Caribbean Island Hopping has begun. We're speaking to the top tech community leaders in the nations driving the development of our startup ecosystem.  We're speaking to the pioneers, then the newbies to the game. 

 This Week, we speak with Selwyn Cambridge, Founder, and CEO of Ten Habit in Bridgetown, Barbados. 13 years in the tech startup ecosystem development game. He talks about his Why, what's changed most with Caribbean Entrepreneurs, key challenges, Ten Habitat's programmes, business model, and his expectations for what's next. Then makes an exclusive reveal on the one thing they are working on right now.

CoHosts Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe, and Daniel Smith, Founder of Keepingly.

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#TechStartups #TechCommunity #DigitalCaribbean #SiliconCaribe

In this Week's Episode

- Kapor Capital Launches New Black-Led $126 Million Venture Fund.   

- A Caribbean-led asset management company is set to become the first black-owned contact lens manufacturer in the world.  

- Bolt slows to a halt.  

- London Bridge Fell Down- Queen Elizabeth 11 dies.  

- Jamaican Edtech Startup One-on-One Education… Went IPO on the  Jamaican Junior Stock Exchange to raise $358m  

- Regional consumers still feel the pinch of roaming telecom charges….while 5G Mobile Technology seems far off for the Region.  

- How to Build an online audience and monetise it...Lessons from YouTuber MrBeast's success

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- How is the American recession affecting Venture Funding for Entrepreneurs? 

-What’s making Uber Executives fly to Jamaica this week? 

- The Digital Wallets Companies Battling for mindshare and market share in Jamaica. 

- eCurrency gets the green light in Trinidad and Tobago and a disruptive startup called WAM is happy about that too. -

- Startup Spotlight: GiftMe in Jamaica…about to disrupt remittances?  

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In this week's episode hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith discuss:

- Jamaican-led Venture Fund gets USD$203m

- Jamaica's Transport AUthority Served Up a Backlash to Uber Jamaica

- Caribbean technology company Cloud Carib Breaks Records.

- Trinidad’s Government mulls over: Digitisation still possible despite challenges

- Is Caribbean Digital Transformation stalled?

- This Week in Caribbean Startups A New Audio Podcast Series is Launched

In this Episode with Co-hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith   

- Ingrid goes AWFF about the US Supreme Court Overturning Roe vs Wade and taking Women's Rights back to the dark ages.  

- Bank of Jamaica Central Bank Governor, Richard Byles, doesn’t hate Crypto. But.  

- IDB study finds ICT capability, financing gaps for women in regional gender study  

- Telecommunications Authority (TATT)  Digital Inclusion survey raises accountability and policy questions.  

- Caribshopper e-commerce marketplace expands to Canada and UK.  

- Cryptocurrency ownership and investment culture mainstream amid the current market corrections.  

- Caribbean Startups Pitching at Tech Beach Retreat Demo Day  

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