In our April 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Jordanne Elliott, a Project Manager in Jamaica, and Friend of the Show, Liselle Yorke, a Communications Strategist, originally from Tobago but based in the United States, the panel discusses:    •  Tech career insights, and the future of work in the Caribbean;   •  Content creation for persons with disabilities; and   •  Using the Internet to preserve our history.   The episode, show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found on the IC ..read more

For the past few years, most Caribbean countries have been sitting on the sidelines of conversations on 5G, as there were no immediate plans for it to be deployed. However, within the past year, Paradise Mobile has launched operations in Bermuda, with the Cayman Islands next in line, and more Caribbean countries to come. Zlatko Zahirovic, the Chief Technical Officer and a Co-Founder of Paradise Mobile, joins us to discuss, among other things:    *  how Paradise Mobile has been able to launch viable 5G operations in the region;   *  whether Paradise Mobile is a technolo ..read more

Natural disasters and other emergencies are not situations that can be completely avoided, but like insurance, it is good to have access to the requisite support in times of need. As we approach the 2024 North Atlantic hurricane season, we thought it opportune to reshare a conversation we had with Sylvester Cadette, of the International Telecommunication Union, in 2021 on the Tampere Convention in which we discussed, among other things:     *  the Tampere Convention, what it is and why more Caribbean countries ought to accede to it;   *  the challenges that are likely ..read more

In the second instalment in our Expert insights series on cyber threats and security for 2024, and with Obika Gellineau, the Cyber Services Manager of KPMG in Trinidad and Tobago, he discusses, among other things:    *  the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) data leak;   *  AI-related security risks of which we should be aware;   *  the biggest cybersecurity challenges faced by businesses today; and   *  three key things organisations should be doing in 2024 to improve their network/IT security posture.   The episode, sho ..read more

In this our March 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Lendon Telesford and Perro Perry Holloway, the panel discusses:   *  the digital inclusion of persons with disabilities (generally) and the inclusion of persons with disability in the workplace with technology; and   *  the slippery slope between crime prevention and mass surveillance.   The episode, show notes and links to some of the things mentioned during the episode can be found on the ICT Pulse Podcast Page (www.ict-pulse.com/category/podcast/)    Enjoyed the episod ..read more

Ultra-personalisation was identified as a trend to watch in the early 2010s and it has become increasingly evident and integral in the delivery of a broad range of services, including online education.   In our follow-up conversation with Ricardo Allen, the Founder and CEO of One on One Educational Services, he shares with us, among other things:   *  what has been happening at One on One since our last interview in 2020;   *  how the company has been leveraging AI in its operations;    *  what it is like to move from a scrappy start-up to a publicly tra ..read more

Innovation. Virtually everyone hopes they are considered innovative, and organisations and our societies at large also want to be seen as being innovative, but there are several myths surrounding innovation that ought to be debunked. We revisit our 2019 interview with Lorenzo Hodges, of innovation strategy firm, Plain White Table, in which he discusses, among other things:     *  the biggest misconception people have about innovation;   *  how innovation can be systematised in organisations; and   *  critical elements that must be in place for innovation ..read more

A few years ago, blockchain technology was considered transformative – the best thing since sliced bread – but today, we have not been hearing much about it at all. With Cleve Mesidor of the Blockchain Foundation, we discuss:   *  the current state of blockchain technology,   *  how it can be leveraged in the Caribbean region, especially to improve the lives and livelihoods of ordinary citizens, and   *  what countries ought to be doing to capitalise on the opportunities and efficiencies blockchain technology facilitates.   The episode, show notes and links t ..read more

In the first instalment in our Expert insights series on cyber threats and security for 2024, and once again with Sean Slattery of Caribbean Solutions Lab, he discusses, among other things:    *  the changes in the threat landscape that occurred in 2023;   *  the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the security space;   *  ethical considerations surrounding cybersecurity, particularly in areas like privacy and surveillance;   *  possible implications of nation-state-sponsored cyberattacks; and   *  three things organisations should b ..read more

In our February 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Media and Business Strategist, Nerissa Golden, of Goldenmedia LLC, and ICT Consultant and head of PromoTIC in Haiti, Gregory Domond, the panel discusses:   *  Governments and their use of influencers and content marketing as part of their communications strategy;   *  telecommunications networks and infrastructure resilience assessments and the lessons Caribbean countries can learn from the recently concluded assessment exercise in Haiti; and   *   regulating digital media ..read more