The high rates of brain drain have been a longstanding lament across the Caribbean region, and once again, has been the focus of recent discussions. In this article, we argue that the brain drain has value to Caribbean countries, and instead, it may be prudent to better leverage it.
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In our August 2022 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Dr Denise Charles and Gerard Best, the panel discusses: parenting digital natives; and digital literacy and an emerging Caribbean digital culture: threat or promise?
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 15 August to Sunday 21 August 2022.
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Worldwide, people are spending around 10 per cent of their day on social media, which emphasises its importance in our lives. In this article, we have identified five social media trends to which businesses and content creators should pay attention moving forward.
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This August, at least three Internet Governance-related events are taking place in the Caribbean region: the 18th Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), the Caribbean Youth IGF (CYIGF) Workshop, and the very first Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Internet Governance Forum (IGF). We speak with Maureen Hilyard, co-Chair of the Dynamic Coalition of Small Island States in the Internet Economy, and Nigel Cassimire, the Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum on: the Internet Governance (IG) landscape in the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands region: key IG issues of which we should be aware; and what is in store for us at the CIGF, the CYIGF and the SIDS IGF.
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