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Monday, 29 November 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\nBitt to Deploy Stablecoin in Central America<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Barbados<\/em> \u2013 Global fintech company, Bitt, will deploy a stablecoin for a government-owned national bank in Central America by the end of 2021\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caribbean <\/em>\u2013 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says the Caribbean and all other member states have adopted an historic agreement that defines the common values and principles needed to ensure the healthy development of artificial intelligence (AI)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caribbean <\/em>\u2013 Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Philip Davis, CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and tech community leaders will gather at SiliconCaribe\u2019s first annual Future of Caribbean Money (FOCMNY) event on December 8 and 9\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caribbean <\/em>\u2013 THE dynamic and expansive nature of the Internet makes it easier for consumers of information and services to communicate and do business\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) said Claro Dominicana has committed to extending its mobile network to 11 localities throughout the Dominican Republic, equivalent to around half of the country’s population, as part of the concession contract signed in the wake of the 5G spectrum tender held last month\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Guyana <\/em>\u2013 HerVenture; the mobile learning app launched last September, as part of efforts to help female entrepreneurs in Guyana grow their businesses, is moving rapidly towards its target of reaching 3000 Guyanese women in business\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The 2021 NCB Foundation scholarship recipients are all pursuing degrees in digital programmes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Buju Banton teams up with CrimsonTide Ltd. to continue his legendary work by entering the NFT space with an Artwork titled \u201cIndigenous\u201d listed at 7 ETH\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Indications that the police had faced “challenges” in obtaining call data records integral to the ongoing trial of 33 alleged members of the St Catherine-based Klansman gang from the two mobile service providers riled trial judge Chief Justice Bryan Sykes on Monday morning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Managed IT services provider tTech Limited is reporting an unaudited after-tax profit of $6.7 million for its third quarter ended September 30, 2021, a 21.8 per cent increase over 2020’s $5.5 million\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Americans are spending freely and going back to store shopping, knocking out some of the momentum in online sales from last year when Americans were making many of their purchases exclusively via the Internet\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Caribbean <\/em>\u2013 Natalie Bannerman speaks to Peter Hobbs, group director of international and wholesale business at Digicel Group, about the company\u2019s Deep Blue One subsea cable and what it means as part of Digicel\u2019s digital-first roadmap\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Natalie Haynes, says Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) implementation is consistent with the Government\u2019s overall financial inclusion strategy\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 BIG data can help to improve efficiency across many spheres of the domestic energy sector, Energy Minister Stuart Young said on Tuesday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 MINISTER in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young has identified “corruption in the status quo” as a major reason for resistance to technological change in the workplace\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Scotiabank has revealed that it plans to consolidate two of its New Providence branches into its main branch in the first quarter of 2022\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caribbean <\/em>\u2013 As we get closer to the end of 2021 executives everywhere finalise budgets and strategies for the year ahead. It’s usually a crazy, busy time that, for some, equals high stress and lots of negotiations with their team on what should be the highest priority\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 At least three local electronic retailers are admitting that the global shortage of semiconductor microchips has affected the availability of certain electronic items this holiday shopping season\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Twenty-nine Jamaican students from The University of the West Indies (UWI) and University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) graduated from Huawei’s Seeds of the Future programme in 2021\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 New research from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that as many companies have boosted workforce productivity and performance during the novel coronavirus pandemic, cultural and leadership speed bumps have arisen that are inhibiting the creation of strong workforce strategies\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Information technology support firms Ingenuity Technologies and Intcomex has partnered with the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to deliver digital solutions to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Education Minister Fayval Williams has reasserted her support for blended classroom learning and has lobbied that administrators maintain that option in the new year, even as more schools reopen for face-to-face classes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Students from several rural schools across the island are to benefit from a donation of 100 tablets by the Toll Authority of Jamaica\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Sixteen parents from the community of Mayaro graduated with certifications in Digital Literacy, Microsoft Word and Microsoft excel last Saturday. The programme was developed by the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) for parents whose children are engaged in e-learning\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 Sebas Bastian raised nearly $19m from investors to finance the acquisition of an e-commerce platform that he yesterday said will become an \u201cAmazon like\u201d presence in The Bahamas and region\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The Government is pressing ahead with the National Broadband Initiative, which aims to have every household and every community connected to the Internet\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Guardsman Armoured, the company best known for transporting cash to and from financial institutions and businesses in its secure vehicles, has been renamed Beryllium, signalling its greater focus on high-risk finance and technology services\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Wipay is eyeing a bigger role in the digital payment market with its Scan2pay technology, using QR codes to make payments\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sint Maarten<\/em> \u2013 Antek IT Solutions hosted a breakfast event on Thursday, December 2nd to showcase the latest advancement from Gamma IT Solutions the developer of the most popular Payroll HRM application in the Dutch Caribbean\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Digicel is a communications and entertainment provider with operations in 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Unicef and CAF Development Bank of Latin America have partnered to donated 460 laptop devices to the Ministry of Education\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Data could be the new oil for this country says Finance Minister Colm Imbert\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Barbados <\/em>\u2013 The Barbados Police Service will soon transition to a digitized information system along with the police forces in several other Caribbean countries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caribbean \u2013 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States(OECS) Commission has welcomed the first cohort of entrepreneurs to its incubation and acceleration programme:Technology Competitiveness hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TECHIE)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Guyana <\/em>\u2013 With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in disruptions to working and attending school physically, online services have become important\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Guyana <\/em>\u2013 From today, residents and businesses in Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara are expected to access GTT\u2019s Fibre internet service\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Beryllium Limited, the newly created entity which takes over from Guardsman Armoured Limited in both name and business, is seeking to expand its services portfolio to include business processing outsourcing (BPO)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Marlene Street Forrest, managing director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Group (JSEG), indicates that the JSE and its subsidiary will continue to emphasise process improvements, adding to what has been done in the last several years\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Regional fintech company WiPay, through its scan to pay app, is seeking to revolutionise the way transactions are done within the thriving delivery service market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saint Vincent and the Grenadines <\/em>\u2013 The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC)has said it will be conducting a National ICT survey in St Vincent and the Grenadines from December 4-20, 2021\u2026 more<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The Election and Boundaries Commission (EBC) will be hosting a small demonstration of the new technology that will be introduced as a pilot project for the Tobago House of Assembly election on December 6\u2026 more<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Flow rolled out its newest initiative on November 26, a new \u2018Store on Wheels,\u2019 part of the Company\u2019s revolutionizing of its retail experience\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The Wallstarr empire recently launched its platform in Trinidad & Tobago and it is already a tremendous success\u2026 more<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 In a country where several businesses still do not allow for LINX transactions, Finance Minister Colm Imbert raised a few eyebrows recently when he gave a target for Trinidad and Tobago to become a cashless society\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Caribbean<\/em> \u2013 C&W Communications (C&W) earlier this week announced that it has joined the Microsoft Direct Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program to bring greater choice and new capabilities of value-added for its business customers\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 At the height of the novel coronavirus pandemic rumours began circulating that there was a possible link between 5G Technology and the cause and spread of the virus, and that 5G had, in fact, entered Jamaica in a clandestine way. Both claims were wrong and unfounded\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 \u00a0The global services sector recently recognised C&W Wireless Business Jamaica as a trailblazer in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector by presenting the company with one of its Industry Pioneer awards\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 KPMG Jamaica has doubled its outsourcing workforce from 250 to 500 in a year, and is still in the process of hiring more people, having co-invested in expanded facilities\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 Almost two years into working from home since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, commentators have said that in reimagining the future of work, there needs to be a clear consensus on how traditional workplace operations are to fit into new normal work arrangements\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Image credits: Mars Hill Church<\/a> (flickr); Future of Caribbean Money<\/a>; Wikimedia Commons<\/a>; Wikimedia Commons<\/a>; Wikipedia<\/a>; Guyana Chronicle<\/a>; Marketing Magazine<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 29 November to Sunday 5 December 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77],"tags":[71,36,205,286,358,48,78,103],"class_list":["post-161112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-businesses","tag-devices","tag-entrepreneurship-2","tag-events","tag-financial-technology","tag-infrastructure","tag-news-roundup","tag-outsourcing","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Newsstand-by-Mars-Hill-Church-flickr.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-FUA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161113,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161112\/revisions\/161113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Caribbean countries adopt first-ever global agreement on the ethics of AI<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSiliconCaribe to host first Future of Caribbean Money event<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Technology now making it easier for seniors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Claro to expand coverage in 11 Dominican localities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
New mobile learning app helping women grow their businesses<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Brown is passionate about technology and the environment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Buju Banton Creates His First NFT Artwork on The First and Largest NFT Platform<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Chief Justice takes telephone service providers to task in Klansman trial<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
tTech records steady growth for third quarter<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Shoppers are back in store, online<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, 30 November 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nDigicel goes digital with Deep Blue One<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Central Bank Digital Currency To Facilitate Financial Inclusion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Big data can help energy sector, Young tells UN-TT forum<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Young: Corruption major reason for pushback on technology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday, 1 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
BYE-BYE, BRANCHES: Scotiabank to consolidate two bank locations in early 2022; another to take on digital model<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Try local expertise too<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Electronic retailers fulfilling demand despite global chip shortage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nHuawei graduates ICT students<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Productivity rises with remote working \u2014 PwC survey<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Tech firms join forces to digitise MSMEs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Technology-based learning here to stay, says Williams<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Toll Authority donates 100 tablets to rural students<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
NESC certifies 16 parents in Digital Literacy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Thursday, 2 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Sebas Raises $19m For E-Commerce Purchase<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Gov\u2019t Presses Ahead With National Broadband Plan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Guardsman Armoured is now Beryllium; to focus on finance\/tech services<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Scan to pay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Sint Maarten launch of Payroll Pro HRM mobile app.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
10 Digicel jobs T&T nationals can apply for now<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
CAF, Unicef donate 460 laptops to Education Ministry<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nImbert sees big data transforming T&T’s economy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Friday, 3 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Police going digital<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
OECS launches Entrepreneurs Incubation and Acceleration Programme- TECHIE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Blackouts\u2019 a bother in Guyana as people need to access online learning, work \u2013 World Bank<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nVreed-en-Hoop linked to GTT Fibre<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Beryllium enters BPO sector<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
JSE to continue technology and process upgrades<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
WiPay transforms delivery services market with scan to pay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
NTRC to launch National ICT survey 2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, 4 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
EBC to demonstrate new data-collection technology in Tobago on Saturday<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Flow introduces a retail \u2018Store on Wheels\u2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
A New Era Of E-commerce<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The Digital Transformation Plan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Sunday, 5 December 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nC&W Communications joins Microsoft Direct Cloud Solution Provider Program<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
5G-Ready?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
C&W Business hailed for pioneering role at BPO awards<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
KPMG outsourcing unit doubles workforce, adds second location<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The future of work reimagined<\/h4>\n\n\n\n