Increasingly, Caribbean countries are relying on offshore outsourcing to generate jobs and to re-energise their economies, in light of the slow recovery that is being experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, careful planning is essential.
Read More
The technology-based social enterprise, WE CODE CARIBBEAN, seeks to give Caribbean youth the requisite tools to be absolutely disruptive. In our conversation with WE CODE CARIBBEAN’s Founder and CEO, Safiya Olugbala, she discusses: her journey to start WE CODE CARIBBEAN; the ways in which the organisation is leveraging technology; how as an NGO WE CODE CARIBBEAN is addressing profitability/sustainability; and what she hopes the organisation will achieve.
Read More
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 30 August to Sunday 5 September 2021.
Read More
Cloud computing has become wildly popular among organisations and businesses, but it is still dogged by misinformation, half-truths and several myths.
Read More
In mid-August, Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake, which was quickly followed by a tropical depression. Buildings and infrastructure, including that for telecoms, were severely damaged, but are critical to support relief efforts. Gregory Domond, an ICT Consultant based in Haiti, and Sylvester Cadette, the Programme Officer of the ITU Area Office for the Caribbean, discuss the state of telecoms in Haiti from a local and international perspective.
Read More