In our October 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Debbie Jollie, the Stammering Communicator who is based in Trinidad and Tobago, and Technology Architect and Digital Transformation Consultant, Garfield Gordon, of Jamaica, the panel discusses:

* our continuing vulnerability to cyberattacks;

* ESG versus CSR and the effects on ICT; and

* Caribbean consultants becoming true digital nomads.

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Globally, offshore outsourcing is a huge market and growing. By 2030, it is expected to be valued at half a trillion dollars! It is thus highly dynamic and competitive with Caribbean countries trying to maintain and even increase their size of pie.

Wayne Sinclair, the current President of the Global Services Association of Jamaica, formerly the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica, joins us to discuss the state of the industry, including:

* whether Jamaica’s outsourcing industry can continue to grow and remain globally competitive;

* the impact technologies such as AI and Robotic Process Automation are having on the industry;

* what it might take to move up the value chain; and

* his thoughts on the future of outsourcing.

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Although we have all played video games, video games developed by Caribbean developers appear to have little or no visibility. Moreover, there is no video game development industry in the region to speak of, and the underpinning ecosystem remains underdeveloped. However, by 2023, the size of the global video games industry is expected by valued at half a trillion US Dollars!

We circle back to a 2021 conversation we had with video game developers, Glen Henry, of Spritewrench Studios, and Graham Reid, of GrahamOfLegend, where they discussed the state of game development and the potential and opportunities in the Caribbean region, including:

* the economic benefits for Caribbean countries;

* the region’s strengths and weaknesses;

* the business of video gaming development; and

* advice for individuals who want to get into game development.

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Almost without exception, all Caribbean countries are net importers of technology, especially ICT. In other words, we import considerably more of the ICT goods and services we use than we export.

With Vashti Maharaj, the Adviser, Digital Trade Policy, of the Commonwealth Secretariat, we discuss technology as an export and how Caribbean countries can better develop this increasingly crucial aspect of their economy. Some of the areas covered include:

* defining the concept of technology as an export;

* factors hindering the growth of the technology export sector in the region;

* important trade agreements that can benefit Caribbean technology exporters; and

* advice she would give to a Caribbean tech entrepreneur looking to expand internationally.

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According to the research and advisory firm, Forrester, the global digital economy will reach USD 16.5 trillion and capture 17 per cent of global GDP by 2028, but how is the Caribbean region’s digital economy developing?

Management Consultant and International Trade Policy Specialist, Chelceé Brathwaite, returns to the Podcast to provide an update. She discusses among other things:

* the changes or developments that have occurred regarding the concept of the digital economy since our first conversation in 2022;

* the metrics used to measure a country’s digital economy;

* key challenges to Caribbean countries more fully realising their digital economies; and

* priorities should Caribbean countries and/or the region be focussing on to more fully develop their digital economies.

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In our September 2024 Community Chat, and with a member of the Caribbean tech community, Steven Williams of Data Privacy and Management Advisory Services in Barbados, we discuss:

* Can effective cybercrime laws not encroach on freedom of expression?

* Job displacement: has AI already begun reshaping the Caribbean economy?

* Is increased digitisation and online learning what we need to improve student learning and the Caribbean education system?

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Whether we realise it or not, data centres are the backbone of our online experience. All the digital services we enjoy use data centres to store, manage and process all of the data, interactions and transactions generated.

Giovanni King, the CEO of Blue NAP Americas and the Chairman of the Caribbean Datacenter Association discusses, among other things:

* the kind of services or facilities typically offered at a data centre;

* the current demand for data centres in the Caribbean region;

* key challenges and opportunities for Caribbean data centres; and

* the potential impact of technologies such as AI, IoT, or blockchain on the future of Caribbean data centres.

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In the fourth instalment in our Expert Insights series on cyber threats and security for 2024, cybersecurity expert, David Gittens, discusses, among other things:

* the latest developments in the security space;

* why there ought to be a greater emphasis on cybersecurity guidelines in the Caribbean;

* why ransomware is the most pressing threat; and

* why organisations need to invest more in risk assessment.

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