Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 341: Delving into the policy recommendations for AI in Jamaica with Christopher Reckord

ICTP 341: Delving into the policy recommendations for AI in Jamaica with Christopher Reckord

Posted by | 5 Mar 2025 |

In February 2025, the Government of Jamaica made publicly available the National Artificial Intelligence Policy Recommendations prepared by the National Artificial Intelligence Task Force. We are joined by the Chairman of the Task Force, Christopher Reckord, to discuss the policy recommendations made, including: the unique, Jamaica-specific considerations that shaped the recommendations; the priority action items Chris hopes will be executed; and why other Caribbean countries should go through the trouble of creating a national AI policy.

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ICTP 340: Microfluidics to increase crop yield and wealth creation for farmers, with Dr Yvane Agard-Abbot

ICTP 340: Microfluidics to increase crop yield and wealth creation for farmers, with Dr Yvane Agard-Abbot

Posted by | 26 Feb 2025 |

Without a doubt, Caribbean farming is fraught with a broad range of challenges. Chief among them is that most of the farms are smallholdings, often in difficult locations and with relatively poor soil, which can affect yield, quality, sustainability and profitability. In our conversation with Dr Yvane Agard-Abbot, the Founder of HydroFluidics, a Deep Tech/Agritech startup, she discusses, among other things: how Microfluidic Technology can address some of the problems in the Caribbean region’s agriculture sector; the problem HydroFluidics is trying to solve; and the next steps in bringing her solution to farmers.

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ICTP 338: Boosting data-driven insights for Caribbean financial markets, with Raquel Seville of Dataffluent

ICTP 338: Boosting data-driven insights for Caribbean financial markets, with Raquel Seville of Dataffluent

Posted by | 12 Feb 2025 |

The Caribbean region ranks lowest in statistical performance compared to other regions, and studies have estimated the value of Open Data alone could contribute between 1% and 2% to the national GDP of Caribbean countries. The ‘Data Queen’ herself, Raquel Seville, is back to discuss her new start-up, Dataffluent, which is offering financial and investment insights on underserved markets, including those in the Caribbean region. During our conversation, she discusses, among other things, the problem Dataffluent is trying to solve; what it is like to be a woman in tech AND a woman in finance; the challenges of training AI models for us in developing countries; and the advice she would give to other young tech start-ups.

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ICTP 337: Turbocharging Trinidad and Tobago’s ICT exports sector via D’Hub, with Devindra Ramnarine

ICTP 337: Turbocharging Trinidad and Tobago’s ICT exports sector via D’Hub, with Devindra Ramnarine

Posted by | 5 Feb 2025 |

In response to the goal of doubling the ICT sector’s contribution to Trinidad and Tobago’s GDP, the Developers Hub, more commonly known as D’Hub, offers training, access to tools, as well as income and networking opportunities to local developers and citizens interested in ICT. With Devindra Ramnarine, a Digital Transformation Adviser at the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Trinidad and Tobago, and one of the main architects of D’Hub, we discuss this innovative platform, including, the problem D’Hub is trying to solve; the specific government or societal challenges that are being addressed via D’Hub; how D’Hub can be made sustainable; and whether the model can be replicated in other Caribbean or developing countries.

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