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ICTP 147: Becoming the next Silicon Valley and realising 5G

Posted by Michele Marius | 24 Mar 2021 | Podcast Episodes

In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Melissa Farara and Oshane Bailey, the panel discusses: What will it take for the Caribbean to become the next Silicon Valley? And what should be the starting point for regulators/competition authorities in this digital age?

ICTP 142: Banj, changing the story of Haiti’s tech start-up space, with Marc Alain Boucicault

Posted by Michele Marius | 17 Feb 2021 | Podcast Episodes

Banj, a co-working space and Google powered accelerator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is the second tech-based business we are focussing on in our series on technology-based social enterprises. We chat with company Founder, Marc Alain Boucicault, about: what drove him to set up Banj; the social impact Banj is having in Haiti; the big dreams he has for Banj and for Haiti; and the advice you would give tech start-ups that also want to be social impact-focussed.

ICTP 140: How a transportation data business is successfully navigating the pandemic, with Khalil Bryan

Posted by Michele Marius | 3 Feb 2021 | Podcast Episodes

In this episode we check back in with one of the tech businesses we featured in 2018: Caribbean Transit Solutions, a location and logistics-based services, headquartered in Barbados. Co-Founder, Khalil Bryan, gives us an update on the state of the company and on his entrepreneurial journey to date.