Guyana’s schools are preparing to implement biometric tracking to monitor teacher arrival and departure times. With the Ministry of Education emphasising transparency over discipline, we dive into the pros, the cons, and the digital alternatives that could define the future of school accountability.
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In late 2025, the United Nations concluded its 20-year review of the outcomes emanating from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Noting that the Caribbean region has been an active participant from WSIS’s inception in 2003, we invited Nigel Cassimire, the Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, to discuss the findings of the review and resulting resolution, including the initial rationale and objectives of WSIS; whether WSIS is still relevant in today’s digital environment; how the review addressed matters related to AI; and how regional bodies, such as the CTU, can take the global 2025 outcomes and make them actionable in their member states.
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday, 2 February to Sunday, 8 February 2026.
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As global economic volatility rises, Caribbean countries are prioritising digital public infrastructure (DPI) as a core pillar of national resilience. This article highlights ways in which the region is moving from fragmented services to a seamless digital economy, and key strategies that can provide a blueprint for impactful and resilient development.
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We kick off our Expert insights series on cyber threats and securityfor 2026, with Sean Slattery of Caribbean Solutions Lab in the Cayman Islands. In this episode, he discusses, among other things: the changes in the threat landscape that occurred in 2025; the impact of agentic AI and the emerging threat of quantum computing in the security space; how we can prove who we are in a world of (near) perfect fakes; and three things organisations should be doing in 2026 to improve their network/IT security.
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