Encouraging better engagement and communications is one of the big focuses of the CTA’s programmes in the region. It’s encouraging to see a number of innovative and interesting initiatives backed by them and other groups emerging in the region and starting....

Several months ago we were invited to meet a special person by Diana Francis, specialist in the IICA Centre for Strategic Analysis for Agriculture in the Office in Trinidad and Tobago. So we met – and after an hour and a half of fascinating and stimulating conve....

Investment into research and development in the region by both the public and private sectors is at very low levels, well below 1% in most Caribbean countries. However, in order for the region’s nations to be able to progress economically and socially, we have t....

A few years ago we met Andrew Jemmott and Anton Shepherd who were the founders of a small ICT business in Barbados. What really impressed us at the time was their high level of ICT skills that they were applying in innovative ways to create new experiences for clients....

At a time when traditional agriculture in the Caribbean continues to struggle as a sector, leading edge developments around the world are giving rise to some very interesting and potentially quite disruptive innovations and value propositions. Some are far more holist....

Governments and large corporations tend to think big when it comes to designing projects and developing solutions. But we are now moving into a time in the world where smaller smarter solutions are the answer and ‘think big’ is losing its relevance (and pr....