Roundup: for the week ending 8 December 2024
A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 2 December to Sunday 8 December 2024.
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Tag: innovation
The power of being niche: why specialisation beats growth at any cost
Whenever business leaders want to highlight the importance of being innovative and not being disrupted, casualties such as Kodak and Blackberry are often mentioned. However, many of these businesses are still alive and well but have pivoted to cater to niche markets.
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ICTP 324: Video game development, the benefits and opportunities in the Caribbean region
Although we have all played video games, video games developed by Caribbean developers appear to have little or no visibility. Moreover, there is no video game development industry in the region to speak of, and the underpinning ecosystem remains underdeveloped. However, by 2023, the size of the global video games industry is expected by valued at half a trillion US Dollars! We circle back to a 2021 conversation we had with video game developers, Glen Henry, of Spritewrench Studios, and Graham Reid, of GrahamOfLegend, where they discussed the state of game development and the potential and opportunities in the Caribbean region, including: the economic benefits for Caribbean countries; the region’s strengths and weaknesses; the business of video gaming development; and advice for individuals who want to get into game development.
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ICTP 320: Strengthening the digital backbone of the Caribbean region, with Giovanni King of the Caribbean Datacenter Association
Whether we realise it or not, data centres are the backbone of our online experience. All the digital services we enjoy use data centres to store, manage and process all of the data, interactions and transactions generated. Giovanni King, the CEO of Blue NAP Americas and the Chairman of the Caribbean Datacenter Association discusses, among other things: the kind of services or facilities typically offered at a data centre; the current demand for data centres in the Caribbean region; key challenges and opportunities for Caribbean data centres; and the potential impact of technologies such as AI, IoT, or blockchain on the future of Caribbean data centres.
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ICTP 318: Stepping out of your comfort zone and living as a digital nomad
Do you have what it takes to be a digital nomad? We revisit a 2022 conversation we had with the following intrepid travellers: Juleen Gentles, who is from Jamaica, but spoke with us from Ghana; Marsiya Issah who is from Ghana, but had been living in Barbados; and Andres Phillips, who is from Barbados, but had recently ended a 10-month stint in Colombia and Mexico. During the episode, Andres, Juleen and Marsiya share: their journey to becoming digital nomads and some of their experiences on the ground; their experience and the challenges regarding internet access and language barriers; and some advice to those who might be thinking of becoming digital nomads.
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