Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 413: Shaping a resilient, trusted, and innovative digital Caribbean, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

ICTP 413: Shaping a resilient, trusted, and innovative digital Caribbean, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Posted by | 19 Aug 2026 |

Who makes the rules that shape our digital world, and how do we ensure the Caribbean gets a say? In our latest podcast episode, we sit down with Nigel Cassimire, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union and Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), to discuss how the internet governance space has evolved since our conversation in August 2025. Areas our conversation covered included:  the outcomes from the Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum; the central themes and target outcomes for the upcoming CIGF; where Nigel falls in the debate on transitioning from “Internet governance” to “digital governance”; and the one unresolved question he would want to see progress on at the CIGF 2026.

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ICTP 412: Harnessing lightning in a bottle through plasma solutions for the Caribbean, with Dr Yohan Seepersad of the AIIC

ICTP 412: Harnessing lightning in a bottle through plasma solutions for the Caribbean, with Dr Yohan Seepersad of the AIIC

Posted by | 12 Aug 2026 |

In this podcast episode, we are venturing into an area of technology many of us have not heard of before, but one that could have profound implications for agriculture, environmental sustainability, manufacturing, and even food security across our region. We are talking about plasma engineering, and what happens when it is combined with the power of AI. Engineer and Principal Investigator of Lightning, a research cluster at the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre, Dr Yohan Seepersad joins us to discuss the pioneering work being done to develop affordable and practical plasma-based engineering solutions specifically designed for the needs of developing economies. We cover, among other things: how plasma technology can improve areas such as crop production, wastewater treatment, and healthcare; how AI fits into the work on plasma systems; what it would take to commercialise the plasma-based solutions the Lightning cluster develops; and which Caribbean challenge Yohan would most want his research to solve.

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ICTP 411: Navigating LLM efficacy, digital fatigue, and infrastructure realities, with Matthew Cowen of dgtlfutures

ICTP 411: Navigating LLM efficacy, digital fatigue, and infrastructure realities, with Matthew Cowen of dgtlfutures

Posted by | 5 Aug 2026 |

We were promised that digital tools would shrink work weeks and boost efficiency—so why do our days feel busier and longer and our organisation’s overheads higher? We are joined, once again, by longtime friend of the Podcast, IT Specialist, Researcher and Digital Analyst Matthew Cowen to try to cut through the tech hype. In this conversation, we discuss: the efficacy and usefulness of LLMs; the link between technology, productivity and business, and whether technology has truly increased productivity; the growing pushback against all things digital and the rise of the desire for physical things; and whether data centres are the Achilles’ heel of tech.

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ICTP 410: 5G opportunities, AI and competitiveness, and technology and violence trends in the Caribbean

ICTP 410: 5G opportunities, AI and competitiveness, and technology and violence trends in the Caribbean

Posted by | 29 Jul 2026 |

In our July 2026 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Electrical Engineer and University Lecturer Carolyn Ferguson Arnold, who is based in Jamaica, and Andrew Olton, an Information Technology and Project Manager based in Trinidad and Tobago, the panel discusses: The launch of 5G in Jamaica and opportunities for Caribbean cooperation; Beyond Automation: AI and the Future of Caribbean Competitiveness; and AI/technology and trends in violence in the Caribbean.

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ICTP 409: Beyond the hype and beyond adoption for an AI-ready Caribbean, with Rodney Taylor and Dr Craig Ramlal

ICTP 409: Beyond the hype and beyond adoption for an AI-ready Caribbean, with Rodney Taylor and Dr Craig Ramlal

Posted by | 22 Jul 2026 |

AI is reshaping economies, industries and societies. However, the pivotal question the Caribbean region must answer is whether we are truly prepared to harness AI’s potential while managing the challenges it brings. In this podcast episode, we are joined by Rodney Taylor, Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, and Dr Craig Ramlal, Executive Director of the AI Innovation Centre, to discuss the 1st Caribbean Artificial Intelligence Forum and what AI readiness means for the region. Some of the topics covered include: the biggest barriers preventing wider AI adoption across the Caribbean; how the region can avoid increasing digital inequalities as AI adoption accelerates; and what investments are most urgently needed to support the Caribbean’s AI transition.

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