{"id":143817,"date":"2018-12-12T06:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=143817"},"modified":"2018-12-12T06:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:06:30","slug":"ictp-035-caribbean-ict-tech-trend-community-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/12\/ictp-035-caribbean-ict-tech-trend-community-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTP 035:  Caribbean ICT\/tech trends Community Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>With 2018 coming to a close, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Ingrid Riley and Yacine Khelladi, the Community Chat panel discusses the ICT\/tech trends and developments that have emerged, and those it had hoped would have gained more traction, over the past year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/543768345&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This episode is also available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast\/id1373550291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stitcher<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we come to the close of the year, and as has been our custom, we, at ICT Pulse highlight what were some of the big issues of the year. This year, 2018, will be no different, but we have added a new spin: we have members of the regional ICT\/tech community share their thoughts on what was big this year, and what might be missing in the Caribbean region\u2019s tech space.<\/p>\n<p>In this our last Community Chat for 2018, we have two individuals who are no strangers to ICT Pulse, the podcast, and to the regional tech space:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135268\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135268\" data-attachment-id=\"135268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/07\/ictp-013-creating-safe-space-tech-entrepreneurship-jamaica-ingrid-riley\/ingridrileyheadshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ingridrileyheadshot.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ingridrileyheadshot (Source: Ingrid Riley)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ingrid Riley&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ingridrileyheadshot.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ingridrileyheadshot.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-135268\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ingridrileyheadshot.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ingridrileyheadshot.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ingridrileyheadshot.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ingridrileyheadshot.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-135268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ingrid Riley<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingrid Riley, \u00a0the Founder of Silicon Caribe Media, which operates the platform <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconcaribe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silicon Caribe<\/a>, through which Ingrid and her team produce trend reports, guides and watch lists. Ingrid also organized and hosted Kingston BETA, the long-running tech community meet-up held in Kingston, Jamaica, which has been the model for similar events across the region.<\/li>\n<li>Yacine Khelladi, an Economist and International Consultant, who is also the Latin America and the Caribbean Coordinator for the <a href=\"http:\/\/a4ai.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alliance for Affordable Internet<\/a>. Yacine \u00a0also moderates <a href=\"https:\/\/dgroups.org\/groups\/civic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIVIC, the Caribbean ICT Stakeholders Virtual Community<\/a>, a multi-stakeholder, multilingual, regional network, and through those various roles, he should be able to offer a unique perspective on region\u2019s ICT\/tech landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike previous Community Chats, this episode focussed on one topic: ICT\/tech trends across the Caribbean. However, the discussions were guided by the following four questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div id=\"attachment_132788\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132788\" data-attachment-id=\"132788\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/06\/ictp-009-leading-effect-change-caribbeans-ict-space-yacine-khelladi-civic\/yacine-khelladi-world-wide-web-foundation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Yacine-Khelladi-World-Wide-Web-Foundation.jpg?fit=515%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"515,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1472493618&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Yacine Khelladi (World Wide Web Foundation)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/webfoundation.org\/about\/executive-team\/&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Yacine Khelladi&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Yacine-Khelladi-World-Wide-Web-Foundation.jpg?fit=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Yacine-Khelladi-World-Wide-Web-Foundation.jpg?fit=515%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-132788\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Yacine-Khelladi-World-Wide-Web-Foundation.jpg?resize=200%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Yacine-Khelladi-World-Wide-Web-Foundation.jpg?w=515&amp;ssl=1 515w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Yacine-Khelladi-World-Wide-Web-Foundation.jpg?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-132788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yacine Khelladi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What tech areas were big in 2018?<\/li>\n<li>What surprised our panellists, e.g. because it got more (or less!) traction than they had expected?<\/li>\n<li>How is tech\/ICT evolving in the region?<\/li>\n<li>What will be big in 2019?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Ingrid, who has been in the entrepreneurial space for over a decade, and is the eternal optimist, gave some first-hand insights and observations on some of the big and important issues this year. Yacine, the Economist, who is experienced in examining national and regional\/economic impact, really called on all of us to question whether Caribbean countries, and by extension the region, have established proper digital agendas and national development plans and strategies, and consequently, whether we are in a position to truly realise the benefits that ICT has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the discussion we, the panellists, had was interesting and thought-provoking. It was not solely a purely enthusiastic discourse on all of the exciting things that are happening in the Caribbean tech space. It was tempered by a recognition of the things that have not been happening, or are not evident, along with its impact on countries generally, and the region as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear your thoughts!<\/p>\n<p>Do leave us a comment either here beneath this article, or on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICTPulse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ict-pulse-consulting-limited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> pages, or via Twitter, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICTPulse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ICTPulse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Select links<\/h3>\n<p>Below are links to some of the organisations and resources that either were mentioned during the episode, or otherwise, might be useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconcaribe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silicon Caribe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dgroups.org\/groups\/civic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caribbean ICT stakeholders Virtual Community (CIVIC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ICT Podcast Interview, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2L1JAqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICTP 013: Creating a safe space for tech entrepreneurship in Jamaica, with Ingrid Riley<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/a4ai.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ICT Podcast Interview, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2t3XQUG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICTP 009: Leading from behind to effect change in the Caribbean\u2019s ICT space, with Yacine Khelladi<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Article, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/news\/whoopi-wants-to-build-cannabis-wellness-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whoopi Wants To Build Multi-Million Dollar Cannabis Wellness Resort<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>ICT Pulse article, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2qXJasr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5 ICT\/tech trends we are likely to see in the Caribbean in 2018<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>ICT Podcast Interview, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2NsVUxV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICTP 020: Establishing the Caribbean Single ICT Space, with Jennifer Britton of the CARICOM Secretariat<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credits:\u00a0 geralt (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixabay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixabay<\/a>);\u00a0 I Riley;\u00a0 World Wide Web Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Music credit:\u00a0 Ray Holman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 2018 coming to a close, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Ingrid Riley and Yacine Khelladi, the Community Chat panel discusses the ICT\/tech trends and developments that 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