Roundup: for the week ending 17 July 2022
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 11 July to Sunday 17 July 2022.
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Tag: Information Society
What does The Bahamas hope to achieve through its proposed digital assets policy?
On 20 April 2022, the Government of The Bahamas released a draft digital assets policy, through which it seeks to realise considerable economic benefit for the country. We outline the policy and briefly share some initial thoughts and considerations.
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ICTP 197: Understanding the Caribbean digital economy
In our conversation with Chelceé Brathwaite and Yacine Khelladi, we discuss the question “What does it means for a country to have a digital economy?”, along with: the anticipated impact or value of having a digital economy; the implications of digital skills, digital literacy and digital inclusion; and key challenges to Caribbean countries in more fully realising their digital economies.
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ICTP 183: Strengthening the internet in the Caribbean, and developing the local internet economy, with Shernon Osepa of ISOC
The internet is a channel through which considerable opportunities can be leveraged, but it can be argued that it is still underdeveloped in the Caribbean region. In a long-awaited follow-up conversation with Shernon Osepa, of the Internet Society, he shares his thoughts on the state of the internet in the region, along with what he believes are the region’s greatest internet-related challenges, and what should be the region’s priorities moving forward.
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Why Caribbean countries need to make the internet a basic human right sooner rather than later
Noting how crucial the internet has become, especially over the past year and a half, one might be surprised that it has not been formally made a basic right or a utility. In our latest article, we discuss the need for Caribbean countries to designate the internet a basic human right.
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