Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 369: AI for digital transformation and innovation, women’s empowerment in ICT, and AI and the changing job market

In our September 2025 Community Chat, and with youth members of the Caribbean tech community, Data Scientist and Researcher, Julie Koon Koon of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Co-CEO of Orbtronics and Rifbid, Keeghan Patrick, of Saint Lucia, the panel discusses: whether the use of AI for digital transformation and innovation is evident in the Caribbean region; women’s empowerment in ICTs; and the changing job market due to AI and the implications for new and imminent graduates. 

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ICTP 368: Digital addiction trends, signs and what to do about it, with Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Rodney Stewart

The internet and social media are powerful and indispensable tools in daily life, but at the same time, they can be harmful to our mental health. With Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Rodney Stewart, who we first had on the Podcast in 2019, we discuss the mental health challenges that have been emerging due to extensive digital technology use, including: the types of mental health challenges people have been experiencing since we last spoke; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on internet use and our mental health; whether our digital life will become more important than our real life; and key signs that someone has a problematic relationship with social media or the internet.

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ICTP 367: Becoming an African tech ecosystem builder for fashion and sustainability, with Pinaman Owusu-Banahene of ADJOAA

We revisit a conversation we had in 2023 with Pinaman Owusu-Banahane, the Founder and CEO of ADJOAA, a curated multi-brand online marketplace specialising in premium and sustainable fashion and lifestyle products made by African designers and Black-owned businesses. Pinaman shares her journey as a young Ghanaian woman who emigrated but found her way back home again, determined to establish a tech business that would uplift fashion designers and artisans across the Continent to improve their livelihood and promote the use of sustainable practices. During our conversation, Pinaman answers questions on, among other things: why she launched ADJOAA and the problem it is trying to solve; the entrepreneurial and start-up space in Ghana; the successes ADJOAA has been able to realise to date; and the challenges of creating an online marketplace that connects Africa to the World

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ICTP 366: UWI Five Islands AI Conference recap, with Dr Curtis Charles

The recently concluded UWI Five Islands AI Research Conference has become the leading AI event in the Caribbean region. We are once again joined by Dr Curtis Charles, one of the main drivers of the event, for a recap in which he shares, among other things: his overall thoughts on the conference; valuable learnings or takeaways from the event; possible reasons female attendance far exceeded males; and on a separate note, why he has been calling on the region to “creolise AI”.

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ICTP 365: Cyberlibertarianism, ubiquitous video recording devices, and digital colonialism

In our August 2025 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Financial and Impact Innovator, Digital Economist and Digital Transformation Expert, Telly Valerie Onu, who is based in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and  IT Specialist, Researcher and Digital Analyst, Matthew Cowen, who is based in Martinique, the panel discusses: Cyberlibertarianism; the impact of ubiquitous ready-to-hand video recording devices on our societies, and digital colonialism.

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