By Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist
There’s plenty to love about Jamaica: the weather, the food, the music, the gorgeous beaches and mountains. But there’s one area where, according to one study at least, Jamaica is lagging behind: information technology.
This shouldn’t necessarily surprise. While some Latin American countries, especially Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, are seeing significant economic and IT growth, investment in the Caribbean is growing much more slowly.
But if you think there’s nothing interesting happening in the Jamaican and Caribbean tech scene, you’d be wrong. As the Kingston BETA tech conference held last month in the Jamaica’s capital demonstrates, there’s a burgeoning tech startup community in the region, and many people dedicated to helping that community grow and thrive. More
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