This Week in Caribbean Tech

In this Week's Episode.  

- Uber celebrates 1 year in Jamaica. Releases a bunch of data. But who are the other two new entrants in the rideshare market?   

- Crypto Mining is Not Welcomed Here, according to Trinidad's Junior Minister of Finance. The Caribbean Blockchain and Crypto Community have mixed reactions.  

 -  Wipay,  the Trinidadian Payment provider about to launch their Mastercard branded payment app from their American digital bank ColorBank?  

-VM Innovations Limited, the Fintech Arm of VMBS just launch a Proptech product called PropMan.  

- Guyanese developers win first-ever Webby Hackathon award ahead of over 150 countries  

- St Vincent and the Grenadines say yes to digital assets and crypto with a Law.  and more.  

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INgrid Riley, Ceo of SIliconCaribe, and co-host Daniel SMith, Ceo of Keepingly bring a ton of insights to the week's top tech and business news out of the Caribbean and World. They make it make sense for you and your business.  

Top Topics This Week 

- Jamaica Becomes First Country to Make a CBDC Legal Tender 

- Bermuda gets its first digital bank - Barbados 

- Silicon Valley of the Caribbean...insert eye roll here. And how Caribbean Nations out to be thinking about innovation instead -WHy Daniel had to run out of his hotel room during our podcast. 

- Jay-Z, Jack Dorsey Unveil ‘Bitcoin Academy’ for Brooklyn Public Housing Residents 

-Crypto Legislation Mooted in American Senate.  

- Zed Labs, a Startup based in Trinidad,  did a beta test launch of their payment all WAM on Bitcoin Pizza Day 

- This Trend: Traditional Banking Executives Leaving for Fintech Startups. 

- Coming up! Events and Lists from SiliconCaribe    

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Hear why Ingrid Riley, Ceo of SiliconCaribe, and her co-host Daniel Smith, CEO of Keepingly were away from doing their pod.

AND what are the 3 Caribbean and Global Tech and  Business things they had their eye on during that time.

Topics Covered

-The R-word no one wants to talk about. And what it means other than layoffs, high prices.

- Kingston BETA is franchised and more BETA events to come?

- Elon Musk and this business of Remote/Hybrid Work

- So the Stocks and Crypto prices crashed...now what

- What are the top 10 industries that have business and money-making opportunities for Caribean entrepreneurs and investors

- When and Where are we taking TWICT POd on the road.

- What Trend Forums and Conference are coming up

- Which SiliconCaribe Lists are about to drop

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In this Episode Hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith discuss:

News

. Is Uber getting competition in Jamaica?

.  Usain Bolt an investor in Esports and what's next?

. Spotify underestimated the Caribbean, now showing even more love.

Future of Caribbean Money ( FOCMNY)

. A Caribbean NeoBank is coming to Barbados

. Is Global e-Commerce falling off But which Caribbean nation is bucking the trend?

This Week in Caribbean Startups

. Is Caribbean Media about to get a shakeup from a Serial Entrepreneur?

. Puerto Rico giving away money to 10 startups.

. Is the iconic event Kingston BETA coming back?

Caribbean Tech Events For Your Calendar

Nothing but Fintech baby!

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In this episode with Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith  

00:00 Intro 

01:25.   Gas Prices Trending Down. Inflation, not so much. 

04:00    Jamaica's E-payment market doubles in 2 years 

12:10    New incubator, funding programmes coming for 200 Jamaican businesses  

20:32    D Cash, the CBDC covering 7 Eastern Caribbean Countries is back up but... 

27:45    Future of Caribbean Money segment: Barbados & Binance Partnership Brewing? 

33:51    Caribbean Startup of the Week? 

41:39     FIntech FWD Event by SiliconCaribe, Microsoft, and Caribbean Blockchain Alliance   

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Hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith discuss:

. Ugh…this Putin War.

. 5 Top Stories covering Women's History Month, CBDCs Down, then Up

. Future of Caribbean Money- ( FOCMNY) It’s safe to say money will never be the same.

. This Week in Caribbean Startups - Who ended a bad marriage and who went public for growth money.

. Events for Your Calendar - Caribbean Fintech and Startup Ecosystem Events coming in April

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In this Week's Episode

-Jamaican, Trinidadian, and Barbados banks blocking Caribbean people from making crypto purchases. What are the facts, the questions, the trends, what’s next?

- Automattic Scouting fo Caribbean Tech Talent

- Huawei Priming the Caribbean Tech talent, Startups, and Women in Tech. + WHy are they Amazon Web Services and Microsoft so interested in the Caribbean and now.

- Guyana gets its first online art marketplace.

- ICT-PULSE Report

Special Friend of the Pod: Michelle Marius, Founder of ICT-Pulse Special Report on the Caribbean internet speeds

- Three Caribbean Tech Events Coming up.

This episode is sponsored by Amazon Web Services for Startups.

In this 2nd episode of This Week in Caribbean Tech from SiliconCaribe.com - 

-Digital Identity Law gets the green light in Jamaica.

-Trinidad and Tobago Digital Transformation Ministry gets serious about Digitization in the wake of Pandemic Digital Acceleration

-Bahamanian newest Crowdfunding PLatform for Startups Making Moves.

-More happening in the Fintech, Cryptocurrency and NFT space

This episode is sponsored by Amazon Web Services for Startups.

In this premiere episode of This Week in Caribbean Tech from SiliconCaribe.com.

Hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith, give a comprehensive snapshot of the Top Caribbean Tech and Business stories of the past summer to set things up for this first season.

They are stories from the Caribbean Fintech, Ecommerce, Creator economy, Startups, Data Protection & Cybersecurity sectors.

Some really sexy stuff, some things you probably didn’t know.

This show is PACKED with gems, data, and unfiltered insights.

This episode is sponsored by Amazon Web Services for Startups.