CTU kicks off workshops on technology-driven innovation
Leading figures in entrepreneurship and information and communications technology in the Caribbean have met on the island of St Lucia for the first of a series of workshops held by the Caribbean Telecommunication Union (CTU) on technology-driven approaches to business, the Trinidad Guardian reported.
Workshops will also be held in Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines over the next two months. The island nations are deploying the Caribbean Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP), which has US$25mn in financing from the World Bank for the three countries involved.
The project also includes a grant for the CTU, which is coordinating the project across the region.
The CTU met with government officials from the three countries and representatives from the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) in early February to share insights into how each country is tackling the region-wide challenge of developing its telecommunications infrastructure.
The first phase of CARCIP focuses on gaps in submarine cable infrastructure and landing stations, domestic backbone networks and national Internet exchange points (IXPs). The project is now in its second phase, which focuses on building regional awareness among governments, private sector and civil society of the potential for innovative and effective use of technology.
CARCIP also seeks to identify opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship through the development of business incubators and technology centers in the Eastern Caribbean.
"CARCIP will improve the efficiency of telecommunications infrastructure development across the entire Caribbean. The lessons we learn here in St Lucia will benefit the whole region," said Junior McIntyre, CARCIP project coordinator for the CTU.
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