Each week on #TechTuesdays, I serve up some of the week’s most internet Caribbean Tech News, offer analysis, maybe a joke or two on the most important developments in the Caribbean Tech Industry. Stay ahead of the News, Trends, Insight, Opportunities, People and Events that’s driving the rise of Digital Caribbean. Each report is Sponsored by National Commercial Bank of Jamaica.
SUN, SEA + STARTUPS EXCLUSIVE
RUN LIVE App Wins Place in Berlin’s Sports Accelerator
RUN LIVE App- co-founded by two Jamaicans living in Florida as won a place in Berlin’s IeAD Sports Startup Accelerator, plus investments. They won one of the 10 spaces, out of a field of 402 Applicants. Stay tuned for more exclusive details on this development.
Flashback to Kingston BETA- The Hub of Jamaica’s Tech Startup Scene
Podcast Interview: How To Kickstart A Tech Startup Community And Create A Safe Space For Entrepreneurship
As some of you may know, I co-founded Kingston BETA a little bit over 11 years ago and closed the signature and pioneering event series last month after 100 events. Blogger and Podcaster Michelle Marius decided to get inside my head about why I did this, what will I be doing next with SiliconCaribe, my thoughts of Caribbean Tech, Caribbean Women in Tech and a few more things.
Have a listen here
The Kingston BETA EFFECT! — “We Kickstarted A Community…”
The jamaicans.com Interview
I was interviewed by Xavier Murphy, who founded the longest running Jamaican Diaspora Website jamaicans.com about KingstonBETA is the longest-running tech start-up event in the region’s technology sector. How did this event brand from SiliconCaribe kickstart the Tech Startup Scene in Jamaica, attracted over 10,000 attendees, along with 400 tech entrepreneurs from eight Caribbean nations and the Diaspora in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Have a read here
SUN, SEA + SOCIAL MEDIA
Jamaica’s Tourism being driven by technology
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, credits technology with the record number of tourists that arrived in the island last year. Speaking at the recent Global Digital Marketing Summit, that had its main conference room at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston, Barlett also dismissed claims that Jamaica’s fortune was as a result of the damage to other small islands by hurricanes.
According to Barlett, Jamaica’s tourism product have been boosted by the Ministry of Tourism employing a number of technology-based solutions, including using online booking agency, Airbnb, which added another dimension to the tourism product.
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SUN. SEA + BLOCKCHAIN
BARBADOS-BASED BLOCKCHAIN LEADER BITT NAMES BRIAN POPELKA PRESIDENT
Medici Ventures’ blockchain portfolio company Bitt announces the appointment of former Overstock.com executive Brian Popelka as Bitt president. Bitt is a Barbados-based FinTech company developing a digital currency ecosystem in the Caribbean using blockchain and distributed ledger technology.
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SUN, SEA + MOBILE
Woman-developed App for Barbados Crop Over in time for this year!
The D’Junction app, developed in Trinidad and Tobago launched in time for Crop Over 2018 in Barbados. The app’s developer, Ria Karim, a Trinidadian businesswoman, cited examples of technology at use for events around the world, and noted that it is her intention that we in the Caribbean will similarly leverage digital platforms to reach our existing consumers as well as new markets around the world.
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Local innovation features Wi-Fi without Internet connection
A local innovation featuring an interactive, digital experience with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), via smartphones and without need for any Internet connection, debuted for the first time at the Go For The Goals roadshow on the SDG and Vision 2030 in Morant Bay, St Thomas, last week.
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SUN, SEA + CYBERCRIME
LEGISLATORS PASS CYBER CRIME BILL IN GUYANA
The Cyber Crime Bill was passed late Friday by the National Assembly following several hours of debate, after being piloted by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams.2
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INTERNET SCAM ARTISTS TARGET ONLINE BANKERS IN BELIZE
Cybercrime is not very common in Belize, at least not yet. But internet scam artists are making their way into the country and it appears that they are presently out to steal your money through your online bank account. The Management of Heritage Bank has sounded the alarm on this.
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SUN, SEA AND DIGITAL PEOPLE
[ EVENTS ]
CGI Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery
Plenary Session: Technology as a Tool: Improving Disaster Response, Recovery and Long-Term Resiliency in the Caribbean
Where: Miami, Florida
When: August 7th, 2018
More details here
Sun, Sea and Innovation report is Sponsor by National Commercial Bank Jamaica
