Roundup: for the week ending 6 August 2023
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 31 July to Sunday 6 August 2023.
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Tag: business
ICTP 263: Learning from Nigeria’s experience in strengthening its tech entrepreneurship ecosystem, with Oswald Osaretin Guobadia
With the successful enactment of the Nigeria Startup Act, Nigeria is positioning itself to be not only a hotbed of tech innovation but also the home of tech companies that have a global impact. In our conversation with Oswald Osaretin Guobadia, the Former Senior Special Assistant on Digital Transformation to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, we discuss, among other things: Nigeria’s business landscape; the importance of co-creation; why trying to ‘leapfrog’ can be a misguided approach; and what Caribbean countries can learn from the Nigerian experience.
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Roundup: for the week ending 30 July 2023
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 24 July to Sunday 30 July 2023.
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ICTP 262: Data ethics and the evolving world of privacy and data protection, with Rishi Maharaj
Privacy and data protection have been gaining traction globally, and even across the Caribbean region. Rishi Maharaj, the Founder and Managing Director of Privicy Advisory Services, joins us to discuss privacy and data protection, along with the emerging concept of ‘data ethics’. Our conversation explores, among other things: the difference between data protection and data ethics; the challenges he has observed as organisations reframe themselves to become more privacy and data protection-centric; and his thoughts on the class action lawsuit filed against OpenAI alleging that it engaged in theft by scraping data and content from internet users.
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Roundup: for the week ending 23 July 2023
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday...
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