{"id":160634,"date":"2021-10-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=160634"},"modified":"2021-10-17T16:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T21:53:28","slug":"roundup-for-the-week-ending-17-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2021\/10\/roundup-for-the-week-ending-17-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 17 October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 11 October to Sunday 17 October 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Digicel (Barbados) in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training continues to provide support to over 37,000 Barbadian students and teachers with free access to the government’s suite of eLearning platforms over Digicel\u2019s mobile network\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caribbean <\/em>\u2013 As the world observes October as Cyber Security Awareness Month, it is essential to engage the senior community in conversations about cybersecurity\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Guyana <\/em>\u2013 A total of 9,609 laptops were procured by the E-Government Unit at a cost of $1.6 billion with the intent that it will be distributed to teachers across the country\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nMonday, 11 October 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Online ease: Digicel continues to make gov’t’s e-learning sites free<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Clickbait danger; seniors at risk<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Laptops bought for teachers were of poor quality \u2013 NDMA Head<\/h4>\n\n\n\n