Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 276: Achieving 25 by 2025 and how ICT can be leveraged to deeper regional integration, with Dr Patrick Antoine of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation

ICTP 276: Achieving 25 by 2025 and how ICT can be leveraged to deeper regional integration, with Dr Patrick Antoine of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation

Posted by | 1 Nov 2023 |

As CARICOM Member States move closer to a Single Market and Economy (CSME), the role of the private sector will become increasingly important to manifest all the benefits anticipated from this massive regional transformation. With Dr Patrick Antoine, the Chief Executive Officer and Technical Director of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO), we discuss the CPSO and CSME, including: How businesses, especially small and micro businesses, benefit from the work of the CPSO; What is the Twenty-Five by 2025 Initiative, and can the stated target be achieved by 2025; How he sees ICT facilitating the realisation of the Twenty-Five by 2025 target; And why haven’t Caribbean organisations more fully integrated technology into our operations.

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ICTP 275: Digital inequality in Caribbean tech, domain name trademark protection, and being cyber-ready

ICTP 275: Digital inequality in Caribbean tech, domain name trademark protection, and being cyber-ready

Posted by | 25 Oct 2023 |

In our October 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Christelle Vaval, a lawyer in Haiti, and Steven Williams, of Data Privacy and Management Advisory Services in Barbados, the panel discusses: Digital inequality in Caribbean tech entrepreneurship; Trademarks protection in domain names; Are we still underprepared for cyberattacks?

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ICTP 274: Cybersecurity awareness, and why we need to tackle it from both the micro and macro perspective, with Dr Keith Nurse and Kristerbella Sookdeo

ICTP 274: Cybersecurity awareness, and why we need to tackle it from both the micro and macro perspective, with Dr Keith Nurse and Kristerbella Sookdeo

Posted by | 18 Oct 2023 |

Continuing with our recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we have another instalment in our longstanding Expert Insight series on cyber threats and security, but with a twist! Joining us are Dr Keith Nurse, of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts Trinidad and Tobago and Kristerbella Sookdeo, of Fortinet, to chat about cybersecurity awareness. Among other things, we discuss: the common cyber threats or incidents in the Caribbean region; the current state of cybersecurity awareness; the implications of the “financialisation of the global economy” on the security landscape; and how to tackle the rate of change in the security space and the continual need to build awareness.

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ICTP 273: Successful digital transformation, with Christopher Reckord and Trevor Forrest

ICTP 273: Successful digital transformation, with Christopher Reckord and Trevor Forrest

Posted by | 11 Oct 2023 |

Digital Transformation. An overused term that still seems to be misunderstood. With Christopher Reckord and Trevor Forrest, the authors of the new book “Successful Digital Transformation: Your World, Your Business, Your Life… Reimagined”, we discuss the key elements in a digital transformation process that must be addressed to guarantee success, along with: whether Caribbean leaders are thinking big enough for their organisations and the impact on the digital transformation effort; why MSMEs may actually benefit the most from digitally transforming their business; and how organisations can better embrace innovation, which is critical to successful digital transformation.

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ICTP 272: Expert insights update on cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, with Dale Joseph of CARICOM IMPACS

ICTP 272: Expert insights update on cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, with Dale Joseph of CARICOM IMPACS

Posted by | 4 Oct 2023 |

Worldwide, October is commemorated as Cyber Security Awareness Month. As part of our longstanding Expert Insight series on cyber threats and security, we get a truly regional perspective on the subject. With Dale Joseph, of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), we discuss, among other things: what has been going on in the wider Caribbean region, with regard to cybersecurity threats and incidents; the priority areas of the CARICOM Cyber Security and Cybercrime Action Plan; the degree to which CARICOM IMPACS engages the private sector; and fostering more cybersecurity intelligence-sharing and collaboration in Caribbean countries.

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