Tag: innovation

ICTP 287: Becoming a robotics powerhouse, with Professor Ricardo Neil of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Robotics Association

ICTP 287: Becoming a robotics powerhouse, with Professor Ricardo Neil of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Robotics Association

Posted by | 31 Jan 2024 |

The robotics programme in Saint Kitts and Nevis has been growing from strength to strength since we last spoke to Dr. Ricardo Neil in late 2018 and even has expanded to other Caribbean countries. Now the Chairman and Founder of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Robotics Association, Professor Neil discusses, among other things: how the Saint Kitts and Nevis robotics space has evolved; Caribbean-wide trends that might be emerging; some of the challenges or opportunities specific to the region that we ought to consider; and how we could better build a thriving robotics ecosystem in the Caribbean.

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ICTP 284: Deep tech, impact innovation and how the Caribbean region should be leveraging them, with Telly Valerie Onu

ICTP 284: Deep tech, impact innovation and how the Caribbean region should be leveraging them, with Telly Valerie Onu

Posted by | 10 Jan 2024 |

Deep tech and impact innovation are not terms that are readily discussed in the Caribbean tech start-up space but are considered crucial and strategic if the region wants to level up and truly punch above its weight in tech innovation and entrepreneurship. Telly Valerie Onu, of Quintessence Consulting Inc., shares with us key insights on how Caribbean countries can increase the impact of technology on their societies and how tech entrepreneurs can better access the support they need. Among other things, we discuss: what is meant by the terms, ‘deep tech’, ‘convergence economics’ and ‘impact innovation’ and the connection between them; the challenges that developers and start-ups face generally and when working with embedded deep tech; and how the tech community can leverage the opportunities in AgTech and climate financing.

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