Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 256: The new digital landscape and Caribbean Fiction, e-government in the Caribbean, and becoming a cashless society

ICTP 256: The new digital landscape and Caribbean Fiction, e-government in the Caribbean, and becoming a cashless society

Posted by | 14 Jun 2023 |

In our June 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Communications Strategist, Liselle Yorke, and Tech Consultant, Amit Uttamchandani, the panel discusses: What does the new digital landscape mean for Caribbean fiction? e-Government, and the delivery of government services online in the Caribbean, and What will it take for the Caribbean to become a cashless society?

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ICTP 255:  Exploring fintech in the Dutch Caribbean

ICTP 255:  Exploring fintech in the Dutch Caribbean

Posted by | 7 Jun 2023 |

With Senior Financial Policy Advisor, Emilio Kalmera, and Founder and CEO of Girasol Payments Solutions, Marwan Rozier, they discussed among other things: the state of the fintech scene in Curaçao and Sint Maarten;  the wider tech entrepreneurship landscape; and the biggest challenge that tech entrepreneurs in their home countries are experiencing.

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ICTP 254: Digital Inclusion, and why solving it is beyond telecoms, with Kwesi Prescod and Yacine Khelladi

ICTP 254: Digital Inclusion, and why solving it is beyond telecoms, with Kwesi Prescod and Yacine Khelladi

Posted by | 31 May 2023 |

The recently published ECLAC digital inclusion study has been getting some attention across the Caribbean region, as countries continue to grapple with how to narrow the widening digital divide. With ECLAC digital inclusion study Consultant, Kwesi Prescod and international Economist and ICT4D Consultant, Yacine Khelladi, the findings of the ECLAC study are discussed. However, the conversation then veers to the role of the telecoms regulator and the telcos in addressing digital inclusion, along with the impact of the human, social and economic challenges on digital inclusion and vice versa.

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ICTP 253: Can we make a business case for 5G deployment in the Caribbean?

ICTP 253: Can we make a business case for 5G deployment in the Caribbean?

Posted by | 24 May 2023 |

Marc Kneppers and Sarah McNeill, of TTG in the Cayman Islands, discuss 5G and the company’s innovation grants programme, and answer questions such as: What could be the benefit to Caribbean countries of 5G? Whether Caribbean internet carriers should focus on strengthening their 4G LTE networks before deploying 5G? And how Caribbean countries might still be able to position themselves to experience or leverage 5G, despite the posture of their internet carriers?

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ICTP 252: Becoming a digital society, local context and tech implementation, and digital customer experience problems

ICTP 252: Becoming a digital society, local context and tech implementation, and digital customer experience problems

Posted by | 17 May 2023 |

In our May 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Brittney Samuels and Janice Alexander, of UX Designer Network Jamaica, the panel discusses: What does it mean to become a digital society? The importance of local context when implementing technology in the Caribbean; and the digital customer experience problems in the Caribbean region.

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