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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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 8 May to Sunday 14 May 2023.
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As early as July 2023, Jamaica should have a digital marketplace, which it is hoped will drive increased e-commerce and the use of digital payments, especially JAM-DEX, the country’s Central Bank Digital Currency. However, cognisant of the challenges JAM-DEX has been experiencing, the immediate success of the digital marketplace is not assured. We outline five issues that must be addressed before the digital marketplace for JAM-DEX is likely to be a success.
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 1 May to Sunday 7 May 2023.
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In the second instalment in our Expert insights series on cyber threats and security for 2023, and with a new guest, Edward Millington of CariSec Global, he discusses, among other things: what’s been happening in the cybersecurity space and the changes that have occurred in the threat landscape; how countries can better manage threats to their critical infrastructure and services, which are often under-resourced; and where organisations are making cybersecurity investments, versus where they should actually be investing.
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