In this our final Community Chat and final episode for 2023, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Yacine Khelladi, of the Caribbean ICT Stakeholders Virtual Community (CIVIC), and Matthew Cowen, of dgtlfutures, the panel discusses the ICT/technology trends and developments that were evident across the Caribbean region in 2023, and what might be in store in 2024.
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In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the importance of a robust national broadband plan cannot be overstated. Although most Caribbean countries have prepared a national broadband plan, in most instances, they are outdated. But when the deployment of national broadband infrastructure projects is being considered, it is crucial to have an updated and relevant national broadband plan.
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As CARICOM Member States move closer to a Single Market and Economy (CSME), the role of the private sector will become increasingly important to manifest all the benefits anticipated from this massive regional transformation. With Dr Patrick Antoine, the Chief Executive Officer and Technical Director of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO), we discuss the CPSO and CSME, including: How businesses, especially small and micro businesses, benefit from the work of the CPSO; What is the Twenty-Five by 2025 Initiative, and can the stated target be achieved by 2025; How he sees ICT facilitating the realisation of the Twenty-Five by 2025 target; And why haven’t Caribbean organisations more fully integrated technology into our operations.
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Freedom House recently published its latest report on freedom online, which noted that global internet freedom continues to decline year on year. We thus highlight some of the signs that our freedom online has been diminishing.
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In the first episode of our new series, Tech in Africa, we discuss with the Secretaries General of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), John Omo, and of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), Rodney Taylor: the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between their organisations with a view to strengthening the partnership between them; how digital diplomacy works between countries and regions of diverse sizes, economies and challenges; projects or initiatives that could be implemented that leverage the MoU; and outputs or outcomes the ATU and CTU would like achieved by the end of the current term of the MoU.
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