New lobby group wants economic reform to embrace technology

TECH NEWS – Jamaica Information Technology and Services Alliance (JITSA) President Mervyn Eyre (seated centre) poses for a photo along with other members of the lobby group’s board.

Recently-formed lobby group, Jamaica Information Technology and Services Alliance (JITSA) warns that the island’s low technology ranking could negatively impact its growth potential.

It wants reforms being implemented under the Internatioanl Monetary Fund (IMF) programme to embrace technology.

“A number of existing strategic initiatives lack integration and proper execution, and have relied on old, capital intensive approaches to ICT deployment,resulting in project outcomes that do not meet changing global expectations,” said JITSA President Mervyn Eyre in a statement issued along with a 30-page opinion entitled A Case for ICT Reform as an Enabler of Economic Reform, which was published by the group last month. More