Having a digital ID sounds convenient on paper, but why haven’t most people signed up yet? Some Caribbean countries are facing low adoption rates for their national digital ID programs. We examine the situation, identify critical hurdles, and make some recommendations.
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How is the Caribbean positioning itself for global digital leadership? In our latest episode of the ICT Pulse Podcast, we sit down with Rodney Taylor, the Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), to preview the upcoming CTU ICT Week 2026 in French Guiana. During our conversation, the Secretary General breaks down: the importance of CTU ICT Week; the role satellite networks and space tech can play in non-disaster situations; the need for the Caribbean to speak with a unifying voice ahead of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in November 2026; and the single biggest takeaway he wants a listener or attendee of CTU ICT Week 2026 to leave with.
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday, 7 September to Sunday, 13 September 2026.
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As regional parliaments shift toward paperless chambers, AI tools, and digital civic portals, a critical question emerges: How do we modernise governance without eroding democratic values whilst also leveraging a digital ecosystem built on trust, transparency, and security? We highlight some of the inherent risks of parliamentary digitisation, but also the considerable benefits when the digital transformation process is successfully managed and implemented.
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For freelancers and small businesses, getting paid globally is often harder than the work itself. All too often, high transfer fees and payout delays undermine businesses and adversely affect their sustainability. With Monique Powell, the Founder and CEO of Sendana, we discuss how this start-up is replacing slow legacy rails and redefining banking for borderless professionals. More specifically, and among other things, we discuss: the problem that Sendana is trying to solve; how much of the challenge of underdeveloped digital payments is technology versus regulation and legacy banking systems; what it means that Sendana is a stablecoin-powered global banking platform; and Monique’s vision for Sendana in the next three to five years.
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