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ICTP 306: Readying the workforce for AI, matching local tech expertise with the local job market, and STEM exams in the Caribbean

Posted by Michele Marius | 12 Jun 2024 | Podcast Episodes

In our June 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Aldin Crosdale, an IT Internal Auditor in Jamaica and the Community Manager for the Jamaican Developers Community/Caribbean Tech Connect, and Halle Johnson (Mr.), a Systems Administrator at the University of The West Indies Five Islands Campus in Antigua and Barbuda, the panel discusses: How do we ready our workforce for the coming changes that AI will bring? Challenges in selling and producing local ICT products and services; and CXC’s intention to discontinue certain STEM subjects, is it a good or bad thing?

ICTP 304: Innovation in 2024 and how to foster the mindset of curiosity, with Lorenzo Hodges of Plain White Table

Posted by Michele Marius | 29 May 2024 | Podcast Episodes

Thanks to technology, especially generative artificial intelligence (AI), getting into the hands of consumers, the business landscape and our societies have been evolving faster than ever. Lorenzo Hodges of Plain White Table is back again to continue the conversation we started in 2019 on innovation in organisations. Now five years later, Lorenzo shares his thoughts on, among other things: the impact of the pandemic on innovation; the importance of asking the right questions; the mindset business leaders ought to possess to encourage innovation among their teams; the connection between digital transformation and innovation; and the impact of AI on innovation.

Snapshot: 2024 update of fixed broadband internet rates across the Caribbean region

Posted by Michele Marius | 24 May 2024 | ICT/Tech

The recently published research from The Cable (UK) on fixed broadband rates from over 200 countries worldwide, which includes over 30 Caribbean countries, is examined. We also compare the current findings with those from the previous exercise.

ICTP 302: Data and digital illiteracy, the digital challenge of national data collection, finance, young people and the digital economy

Posted by Michele Marius | 15 May 2024 | Podcast Episodes

In our May 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Allison James, a Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Information Privacy Professional at KPMG based in Barbados, and Rojane Rose, a Product Owner at MC Systems in Jamaica, the panel discusses: data and digital illiteracy in a world of data privacy and cybersecurity; the digital challenge of national data collection; and technology, the future of finance and empowering young people for the digital economy.

A house built on sand: Why social media should not be the only way to market your business and generate sales

Posted by Michele Marius | 5 Apr 2024 | ICT/Tech

Social media has become a powerful way of connecting businesses with potential customers, but it is not – and should be – the only way. We discuss some of the disadvantages of using social media for business and briefly outline other channels that could also be used.

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ICTP 306: Readying the workforce for AI, matching local tech expertise with the local job market, and STEM exams in the Caribbean

ICTP 304: Innovation in 2024 and how to foster the mindset of curiosity, with Lorenzo Hodges of Plain White Table

Snapshot: 2024 update of fixed broadband internet rates across the Caribbean region

ICTP 302: Data and digital illiteracy, the digital challenge of national data collection, finance, young people and the digital economy

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