Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 349: Caribbean AI readiness and participating in the global dialogue on AI governance

ICTP 349: Caribbean AI readiness and participating in the global dialogue on AI governance

Posted by | 30 Apr 2025 |

The Caribbean stands at a pivotal juncture as artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a transformative force with the potential to drive development across virtually all sectors. With Dr Craig Ramlal, a global AI expert, who was appointed to the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, and Lika Døhl Diouf, of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, we discuss: key observations regarding AI use and policy in the region; the proposed Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance; key findings on ECLAC’s 2025 AI readiness in the Caribbean study; and the most pressing ICT or AI-related issues Caribbean countries need to address.

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ICTP 348: Caribbean digital resilience and transformation in an era of global uncertainty

ICTP 348: Caribbean digital resilience and transformation in an era of global uncertainty

Posted by | 23 Apr 2025 |

In our April 2025 Community Chat, and with a member of the Caribbean tech community, Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union in Trinidad and Tobago, and Steven Williams of Data Privacy and Management Advisory Services in Barbados, we discuss just one topic: Fostering Caribbean digital resilience and transformation in an era of global uncertainty. In the current economic, trade and diplomatic climate globally, in which Caribbean countries are getting caught in the crosshairs of the manoeuvrings of larger and more powerful nations, we discuss the tech-related issues or challenges to the region, the potential implications and how Caribbean countries might best be able to navigate the situation.

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ICTP 347: Exploring the new generic top-level domain program with Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels

ICTP 347: Exploring the new generic top-level domain program with Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels

Posted by | 16 Apr 2025 |

As the internet becomes more integral to economic development, cultural diplomacy, and public governance, there may be strategic value in having custom generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Active participants in the global Internet Governance space, Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels, are back to discuss ICANN’s New gTLD Program: Next Round, which is currently open. The conversation covered, among other things: the difference between country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and gTLDs; the current state of use of ccTLDs in the Caribbean region; the New gTLD Program and the benefits that could be realised; and the challenges to Caribbean countries and organisations to apply for new custom gTLDs.

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ICTP 346: DAOs and the surprising parallels between DAOs and regional collaboration efforts

ICTP 346: DAOs and the surprising parallels between DAOs and regional collaboration efforts

Posted by | 9 Apr 2025 |

Decentralised autonomous organisations or DAOs are one of the fastest-growing segments of the blockchain space. In this episode we are revisiting an oldie but goodie: our 2022 conversation with Donald O’Brian Porter, the Founder of CaribDAO, who explains, among other things, how DAOs work; the parallels between DAOs and the informal cooperative savings system that has been prevalent in Caribbean countries for decades; how an individual can verify the authenticity of the DAO; and three (3) questions someone should ask before joining a DAO.

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ICTP 345: Can CaribCoin be a digital catalyst for Caribbean prosperity?

ICTP 345: Can CaribCoin be a digital catalyst for Caribbean prosperity?

Posted by | 2 Apr 2025 |

Following up on a 2022 conversation we had about digital currencies in the Caribbean region, Dr. Jan Schröder of CaribCoin, and Rodney Taylor of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union are back to provide an update on CaribCoin, a regional stablecoin backed by Caribbean assets that will provide a faster and more cost-effective alternative for regional cross-border payments that can also foster Caribbean prosperity. Areas touched on during this conversation include: the value proposition of CaribCoin and the role it could play in strengthening the resilience of the region; success and risk factors associated with the integration of CaribCoin;  the safety measures that have been put in place to foster trust in CaribCoin; and what is next for CaribCoin.

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