Tag: innovation

ICT 351: The art of the possible – AI in the Caribbean, with Dr Curtis Charles of the UWI Five Islands Campus

ICT 351: The art of the possible – AI in the Caribbean, with Dr Curtis Charles of the UWI Five Islands Campus

Posted by | 14 May 2025 |

Thanks to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Caribbean and other developing countries have the potential to accelerate their development and economic diversification, as well as increase competitiveness through technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things. With Dr Curtis Charles, of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Five Islands Campus, and a key driver of the UWI Five Islands AI Research Conference, we discuss: the upcoming 2025 AI Research Conference scheduled for the end of June; the AI-related opportunities that Caribbean countries should more aggressively pursue; ways in which Caribbean countries can to truly capitalise on the opportunities AI brings; and where Caribbean countries should be putting their AI investment dollars.

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ICTP 346: DAOs and the surprising parallels between DAOs and regional collaboration efforts

ICTP 346: DAOs and the surprising parallels between DAOs and regional collaboration efforts

Posted by | 9 Apr 2025 |

Decentralised autonomous organisations or DAOs are one of the fastest-growing segments of the blockchain space. In this episode we are revisiting an oldie but goodie: our 2022 conversation with Donald O’Brian Porter, the Founder of CaribDAO, who explains, among other things, how DAOs work; the parallels between DAOs and the informal cooperative savings system that has been prevalent in Caribbean countries for decades; how an individual can verify the authenticity of the DAO; and three (3) questions someone should ask before joining a DAO.

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ICTP 340: Microfluidics to increase crop yield and wealth creation for farmers, with Dr Yvane Agard-Abbot

ICTP 340: Microfluidics to increase crop yield and wealth creation for farmers, with Dr Yvane Agard-Abbot

Posted by | 26 Feb 2025 |

Without a doubt, Caribbean farming is fraught with a broad range of challenges. Chief among them is that most of the farms are smallholdings, often in difficult locations and with relatively poor soil, which can affect yield, quality, sustainability and profitability. In our conversation with Dr Yvane Agard-Abbot, the Founder of HydroFluidics, a Deep Tech/Agritech startup, she discusses, among other things: how Microfluidic Technology can address some of the problems in the Caribbean region’s agriculture sector; the problem HydroFluidics is trying to solve; and the next steps in bringing her solution to farmers.

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ICTP 338: Boosting data-driven insights for Caribbean financial markets, with Raquel Seville of Dataffluent

ICTP 338: Boosting data-driven insights for Caribbean financial markets, with Raquel Seville of Dataffluent

Posted by | 12 Feb 2025 |

The Caribbean region ranks lowest in statistical performance compared to other regions, and studies have estimated the value of Open Data alone could contribute between 1% and 2% to the national GDP of Caribbean countries. The ‘Data Queen’ herself, Raquel Seville, is back to discuss her new start-up, Dataffluent, which is offering financial and investment insights on underserved markets, including those in the Caribbean region. During our conversation, she discusses, among other things, the problem Dataffluent is trying to solve; what it is like to be a woman in tech AND a woman in finance; the challenges of training AI models for us in developing countries; and the advice she would give to other young tech start-ups.

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