Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 238: Fintech in the Caribbean region, from an Economist’s perspective, with Dr Justin Ram

ICTP 238: Fintech in the Caribbean region, from an Economist’s perspective, with Dr Justin Ram

Posted by | 8 Feb 2023 |

With Developmental Economist, Dr Justin Ram, we discuss the impact fintech could have on the Caribbean region and economy, and among other things, Justin offers insights into: how we might foster more tech entrepreneurship; whether the FTX collapse is sending the wrong signals to the world about the fintech industry in the Caribbean; the real opportunity for CBDCs in the region, and with respect to fostering digital transformation; and the fintech initiatives and projects the region should be implementing that could have a real impact.

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ICTP 237: Revisiting tech innovation in the Caribbean region and at TTLAB in Trinidad and Tobago

ICTP 237: Revisiting tech innovation in the Caribbean region and at TTLAB in Trinidad and Tobago

Posted by | 1 Feb 2023 |

Circling back to earlier conversations we had on innovation in 2019, we caught up with Professor Patrick Hosein of The University of the West Indies and of TTLAB, the research laboratory he created in Trinidad and Tobago. Accompanied by two members of the TTLAB research team, Inzamam Rahaman and Nicholas Chamansingh, we discussed, among other things: TTLAB and some of its current projects; what might be the Caribbean region’s value proposition when compared to Silicon Valley; ChatGPT; and why AI will not replace humans anytime soon.

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ICTP 236: AI and machine learning, the IT profession, and are we going sour on big tech?

ICTP 236: AI and machine learning, the IT profession, and are we going sour on big tech?

Posted by | 25 Jan 2023 |

In our January 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Chartered Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor, Allison James, and Matthew Cowen of dgtlfutures, the panel discusses: The transformation of the IT profession; Is the world going sour on big tech? Where do we see Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning going?

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ICTP 235:  Leveraging fintech for the social good, with Miguel Adwin of Fimi Market Inc.

ICTP 235:  Leveraging fintech for the social good, with Miguel Adwin of Fimi Market Inc.

Posted by | 18 Jan 2023 |

Continuing with our series on fintech in the Caribbean region, we talk with Miguel Adwin of Fimi Market Inc., which is championing an important social good: inclusion. In our conversation Miguel shares, among other things, his entrepreneurship journey that resulted in Fimi Market; how the Caribbean can better leverage emerging technologies; what opportunities we should be focussing on, and some of his longer-term plans and goals for Fimi Market.

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