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ICTP 369: AI for digital transformation and innovation, women’s empowerment in ICT, and AI and the changing job market

ICTP 369: AI for digital transformation and innovation, women’s empowerment in ICT, and AI and the changing job market

Posted by | 24 Sep 2025 |

In our September 2025 Community Chat, and with youth members of the Caribbean tech community, Data Scientist and Researcher, Julie Koon Koon of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Co-CEO of Orbtronics and Rifbid, Keeghan Patrick, of Saint Lucia, the panel discusses: whether the use of AI for digital transformation and innovation is evident in the Caribbean region; women’s empowerment in ICTs; and the changing job market due to AI and the implications for new and imminent graduates. 

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ICTP 368: Digital addiction trends, signs and what to do about it, with Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Rodney Stewart

ICTP 368: Digital addiction trends, signs and what to do about it, with Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Rodney Stewart

Posted by | 17 Sep 2025 |

The internet and social media are powerful and indispensable tools in daily life, but at the same time, they can be harmful to our mental health. With Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Rodney Stewart, who we first had on the Podcast in 2019, we discuss the mental health challenges that have been emerging due to extensive digital technology use, including: the types of mental health challenges people have been experiencing since we last spoke; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on internet use and our mental health; whether our digital life will become more important than our real life; and key signs that someone has a problematic relationship with social media or the internet.

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ICTP 365: Cyberlibertarianism, ubiquitous video recording devices, and digital colonialism

ICTP 365: Cyberlibertarianism, ubiquitous video recording devices, and digital colonialism

Posted by | 20 Aug 2025 |

In our August 2025 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Financial and Impact Innovator, Digital Economist and Digital Transformation Expert, Telly Valerie Onu, who is based in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and  IT Specialist, Researcher and Digital Analyst, Matthew Cowen, who is based in Martinique, the panel discusses: Cyberlibertarianism; the impact of ubiquitous ready-to-hand video recording devices on our societies, and digital colonialism.

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ICTP 364: Evolving internet governance for an inclusive digital future, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

ICTP 364: Evolving internet governance for an inclusive digital future, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Posted by | 13 Aug 2025 |

 Nigel Cassimire, the Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union and Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), joins us once again to provide an update on the Internet Governance space and the 21st staging of the CIGF, which will be held from 20—22 August 2024 in Varadero, Cuba. During our conversation, we discussed: how Internet Governance and the conversations on IG have been evolving; the most prominent or topical issues in the IG space currently; the likely focus areas of the upcoming CIGF; and whether there are any specific issues the Caribbean region ought to be focusing on.

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