Could country-code domains be the Caribbean’s most underrated digital export? Thanks to the global AI boom, Anguilla’s .ai domain code now generates nearly half of all government revenue. In our latest article, we explore how Caribbean countries can address some of the existing challenges and potentially tap into global digital markets.
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How is the Caribbean positioning itself for global digital leadership? In our latest episode of the ICT Pulse Podcast, we sit down with Rodney Taylor, the Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), to preview the upcoming CTU ICT Week 2026 in French Guiana. During our conversation, the Secretary General breaks down: the importance of CTU ICT Week; the role satellite networks and space tech can play in non-disaster situations; the need for the Caribbean to speak with a unifying voice ahead of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in November 2026; and the single biggest takeaway he wants a listener or attendee of CTU ICT Week 2026 to leave with.
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Who makes the rules that shape our digital world, and how do we ensure the Caribbean gets a say? In our latest podcast episode, we sit down with Nigel Cassimire, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union and Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), to discuss how the internet governance space has evolved since our conversation in August 2025. Areas our conversation covered included: the outcomes from the Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum; the central themes and target outcomes for the upcoming CIGF; where Nigel falls in the debate on transitioning from “Internet governance” to “digital governance”; and the one unresolved question he would want to see progress on at the CIGF 2026.
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a central pillar of the global internet governance ecosystem. In the latter half of 2025, consultations were held with the Latin American and Caribbean region on the strategic plan ICANN hopes to implement in the region for the period 2026 to 2030. Rodrigo de la Parra, ICANN’s Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean and Managing Director of the LAC Regional Office, joins us to discuss, among other things: ICANN’s strategic plan for Latin America and the Caribbean and some of the considerations underpinning the proposed plan; the differences in how Latin America and how the Caribbean region approach Internet Governance-related issues and engage with ICANN; the recently held “ICANN Near You” event in Guyana; and how someone interested in getting more involved with ICANN could do so.
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In late 2025, the United Nations concluded its 20-year review of the outcomes emanating from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Noting that the Caribbean region has been an active participant from WSIS’s inception in 2003, we invited Nigel Cassimire, the Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, to discuss the findings of the review and resulting resolution, including the initial rationale and objectives of WSIS; whether WSIS is still relevant in today’s digital environment; how the review addressed matters related to AI; and how regional bodies, such as the CTU, can take the global 2025 outcomes and make them actionable in their member states.
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