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How Caribbean youth are turning digital content into business

Role-Models are Essential

When you talk with Caribbean youth about the possibilities and hope that working online offers, you have to give them real-life examples to hang their dreams on and help them to understand that it can be done and that others are doing it. So in my previous article on digital literacy, DuttyBerry and Wally British, two youths (a male and a female) who are earning money from their digital content were highlighted. In this article I will feature a few more youths.

Trinidadian designs mobile app for prestigious Hilton hotel group

CALIFORNIA, United States, Thursday May 28, 2015 – Trinidad-born entrepreneur and mobile specialist, Anthony Phills, has designed a mobile app for Hilton Worldwide, a leading global hospitality company, spanning the accommodation sector from luxury and full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and focused-service hotels

The Hilton HHonors 2.0 mobile app is now available in the Google Play Store.

Working with Hilton’s D3 and Mobileforming as lead Android designer, Phills redesigned the HHonors from the ground up.

“AgriKari”. Market place and platform to exchange information on agriculture

Young people are critical to the future of the agriculture sector, the young voice rubric gives a glimpse on what some of the young people contribute to the sector.

An interview with Jeanvier Jong Loy, determined young Surinamese developer.

Can you tell us about yourself? What inspired you to start the UniCode NV venture?

I am Jeanvier Jong Loy. I live in Suriname, South America. I am a 30-years-old software/web/mobile app developer and studying for a degree in Software Engineering.

Barbados Internet Exchange established

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 21, 2015 – Three local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Barbados Internet Exchange (BARIX).

Representatives of Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited, Digicel (Barbados) Limited and Columbus Barbados were all signatories to the document.

Jamaica to host regional hackathon

JAMAICA will be hosting a regional "hackathon" which aims to employ the use of technology in finding solutions to real-life problems and to enhance growth in critical sectors.

A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is an event where computer programmers and others involved in software and hardware development collaborate intensively on software projects.

Making the announcement Tuesday, Junior Technology Minister Julian Robinson said the event, to be held in two weeks, will focus on the areas of energy conservation, tourism and agriculture.

St Lucia tightens cyber security after hacking of SVG site

CASTRIES, St Lucia, Wednesday May 6, 2015 – Concerned about the recent attack on the official website of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government, the administration of Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony is taking steps to strengthen its own cyber security.

In a statement issued yesterday, the government said the incident in the neighbouring island appeared to be part of a trend of increasing reports of cyberattacks of various kinds regionally and internationally.

Caribbean Broadband Development and Spectrum Requirements

Broadband roll-out in the Caribbean has become one of the most important Information and Communication Technology (ICT) issues in the Caribbean. This is a subject that is high on the agenda of CANTO as well as Caribbean telephone companies, governments, regulators and consumers. Broadband is seen as being critical to the economic and social development of the Caribbean region. This is however, not only important for the Caribbean region but the entire global community.

Celebrating Girls in ICT - Girls Can Do It Too!

Port of Spain, 29/4/15  - Over 130 girls of the Bishop's Centenary College were introduced to the limitless possibilities for women in ICTs to commemorate International Girls in ICT Day. The initiative is backed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) member states to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the burgeoning field of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The theme for 2015 was: "Girls and Women and Innovation".

CSM, private sector engagement, Cuba feature prominently at COTED

Action to ensure that the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) is placed on a more efficient footing to benefit Community nationals; the importance of standards and consumer protection; and the role of the private sector in Regional development, were among the key matters Trade Ministers took decisions on when they met in Georgetown, Guyana, 23-24 April, 2015.

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