Category: Podcast Episodes

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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ICTP 336: Social media and mental health, data residency, and big tech versus developing countries

ICTP 336: Social media and mental health, data residency, and big tech versus developing countries

Posted by | 29 Jan 2025 |

In our January 2025 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Esmeralda Levens-Wijngaarde of Blyce in Curaçao, and Niko Kluyver also of Curaçao and CyberVade, the panel discusses: the impact of social media on mental health in the Caribbean; data residency in the Caribbean; and big tech and developing countries: can there be some rebalancing of power?

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ICTP 335: Building our multistakeholder digital future, with Jacqueline Morris

ICTP 335: Building our multistakeholder digital future, with Jacqueline Morris

Posted by | 22 Jan 2025 |

The Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum (TTIGF) is just around the corner, and worldwide, it is among the first Internet Governance events of the year. With Jaqueline Morris, a longstanding player in the global Internet Governance space and the current Chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group Board, which is the organiser of the TTIGF, she discusses, among other things, how TTIGF came about, how the internet has been evolving and emerging trends, and the biggest internet or Internet Governance issues to which we should be paying particular attention.

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ICTP 334: Stablecoins and financial freedom for all, with Jarryon Paul of Sunshine

ICTP 334: Stablecoins and financial freedom for all, with Jarryon Paul of Sunshine

Posted by | 15 Jan 2025 |

In our first episode for 2025, we are starting a new series in which we showcase Caribbean tech entrepreneurs and startups that are doing incredible things in or for the region. Our first guest is Jarryon Paul, the Founder of Sunshine, a stablecoin exchange based in Trinidad and Tobago. In this conversation, we learn more about Jarryon and his entrepreneurial journey to date, which started when he was 10! Further, we discuss Sunshine, the problem it is trying to solve, and why stablecoins may be more important (and even valuable) than fiat currency. Jarryon also shares his thoughts on some of the regional payment options that are under consideration and being piloted, along with where he hopes to see Sunshine in the not-too-distant future.

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