In this episode, co-hosts Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe, and Daniel Smith, Ceo of Keepingly along with guest pundit Bahamian Leroy Forbes Jr discuss:
In this Episode, co-hosts Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe and Daniel Smith, Ceo of Keepingly discuss, ask tough questions and manage a few bouts of laughter.
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Amber CrowdFunding Platform
QuickCart Rides in Beta
Online Farmer's Market
Caribbean Economics in the Metaverse
Will Elon Kill or Make Twitter Sing
In this Episode
Guest: We Interview Gregory Moore: VR, AR, and XR solutions pioneer. Founder of The Jamaica Esports Initiative and Caribbean eSports Federation Alliance
. Windies Direct is further proof of a growing Caribbean Game Maker and eSports Industry.
. Dominica enters an agreement with TRON to adopt blockchain technology.
. SKN Robotics SCene Growing.
. Generative AI startups have Investors salivating - why?
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This Week's Episode:
- While Jamaican Banks, EXIM Bank, DBJamaica fail Jamaican Startups and MSMEs… Stripe Atlas, Stripe Capital, and Shopify are helping them Win?
- Here comes the disruptor. Elon Musk Satelite Broadband Internet company Starlink applies for a license to operate in Jamaica.
-Uber and InDriver duking it out in the Jamaican Market again.
- EduFocal borrows $200m from Mayberry Investments. But Why?
- Two Caribbean Tech Events To Know More About
The Caribbean Island Hopping has begun. We're speaking to the top tech community leaders in the nations driving the development of our startup ecosystem. We're speaking to the pioneers, then the newbies to the game.
This Week, we speak with Selwyn Cambridge, Founder, and CEO of Ten Habit in Bridgetown, Barbados. 13 years in the tech startup ecosystem development game. He talks about his Why, what's changed most with Caribbean Entrepreneurs, key challenges, Ten Habitat's programmes, business model, and his expectations for what's next. Then makes an exclusive reveal on the one thing they are working on right now.
CoHosts Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe, and Daniel Smith, Founder of Keepingly.
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In this Week's Episode
- Kapor Capital Launches New Black-Led $126 Million Venture Fund.
- A Caribbean-led asset management company is set to become the first black-owned contact lens manufacturer in the world.
- Bolt slows to a halt.
- London Bridge Fell Down- Queen Elizabeth 11 dies.
- Jamaican Edtech Startup One-on-One Education… Went IPO on the Jamaican Junior Stock Exchange to raise $358m
- Regional consumers still feel the pinch of roaming telecom charges….while 5G Mobile Technology seems far off for the Region.
- How to Build an online audience and monetise it...Lessons from YouTuber MrBeast's success
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- How is the American recession affecting Venture Funding for Entrepreneurs?
-What’s making Uber Executives fly to Jamaica this week?
- The Digital Wallets Companies Battling for mindshare and market share in Jamaica.
- eCurrency gets the green light in Trinidad and Tobago and a disruptive startup called WAM is happy about that too. -
- Startup Spotlight: GiftMe in Jamaica…about to disrupt remittances?
In this week's episode hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith discuss:
- Jamaican-led Venture Fund gets USD$203m
- Jamaica's Transport AUthority Served Up a Backlash to Uber Jamaica
- Caribbean technology company Cloud Carib Breaks Records.
- Trinidad’s Government mulls over: Digitisation still possible despite challenges
- Is Caribbean Digital Transformation stalled?
- This Week in Caribbean Startups A New Audio Podcast Series is Launched
In this Episode with Co-hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith
- Ingrid goes AWFF about the US Supreme Court Overturning Roe vs Wade and taking Women's Rights back to the dark ages.
- Bank of Jamaica Central Bank Governor, Richard Byles, doesn’t hate Crypto. But.
- IDB study finds ICT capability, financing gaps for women in regional gender study
- Telecommunications Authority (TATT) Digital Inclusion survey raises accountability and policy questions.
- Caribshopper e-commerce marketplace expands to Canada and UK.
- Cryptocurrency ownership and investment culture mainstream amid the current market corrections.
- Caribbean Startups Pitching at Tech Beach Retreat Demo Day
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In this Week's Episode.
- Uber celebrates 1 year in Jamaica. Releases a bunch of data. But who are the other two new entrants in the rideshare market?
- Crypto Mining is Not Welcomed Here, according to Trinidad's Junior Minister of Finance. The Caribbean Blockchain and Crypto Community have mixed reactions.
- Wipay, the Trinidadian Payment provider about to launch their Mastercard branded payment app from their American digital bank ColorBank?
-VM Innovations Limited, the Fintech Arm of VMBS just launch a Proptech product called PropMan.
- Guyanese developers win first-ever Webby Hackathon award ahead of over 150 countries
- St Vincent and the Grenadines say yes to digital assets and crypto with a Law. and more.
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INgrid Riley, Ceo of SIliconCaribe, and co-host Daniel SMith, Ceo of Keepingly bring a ton of insights to the week's top tech and business news out of the Caribbean and World. They make it make sense for you and your business.
Top Topics This Week
- Jamaica Becomes First Country to Make a CBDC Legal Tender
- Bermuda gets its first digital bank - Barbados
- Silicon Valley of the Caribbean...insert eye roll here. And how Caribbean Nations out to be thinking about innovation instead -WHy Daniel had to run out of his hotel room during our podcast.
- Jay-Z, Jack Dorsey Unveil ‘Bitcoin Academy’ for Brooklyn Public Housing Residents
-Crypto Legislation Mooted in American Senate.
- Zed Labs, a Startup based in Trinidad, did a beta test launch of their payment all WAM on Bitcoin Pizza Day
- This Trend: Traditional Banking Executives Leaving for Fintech Startups.
- Coming up! Events and Lists from SiliconCaribe
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Hear why Ingrid Riley, Ceo of SiliconCaribe, and her co-host Daniel Smith, CEO of Keepingly were away from doing their pod.
AND what are the 3 Caribbean and Global Tech and Business things they had their eye on during that time.
Topics Covered
-The R-word no one wants to talk about. And what it means other than layoffs, high prices.
- Kingston BETA is franchised and more BETA events to come?
- Elon Musk and this business of Remote/Hybrid Work
- So the Stocks and Crypto prices crashed...now what
- What are the top 10 industries that have business and money-making opportunities for Caribean entrepreneurs and investors
- When and Where are we taking TWICT POd on the road.
- What Trend Forums and Conference are coming up
- Which SiliconCaribe Lists are about to drop
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In this Episode Hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith discuss:
News
. Is Uber getting competition in Jamaica?
. Usain Bolt an investor in Esports and what's next?
. Spotify underestimated the Caribbean, now showing even more love.
Future of Caribbean Money ( FOCMNY)
. A Caribbean NeoBank is coming to Barbados
. Is Global e-Commerce falling off But which Caribbean nation is bucking the trend?
This Week in Caribbean Startups
. Is Caribbean Media about to get a shakeup from a Serial Entrepreneur?
. Puerto Rico giving away money to 10 startups.
. Is the iconic event Kingston BETA coming back?
Caribbean Tech Events For Your Calendar
Nothing but Fintech baby!
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In this episode with Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith
00:00 Intro
01:25. Gas Prices Trending Down. Inflation, not so much.
04:00 Jamaica's E-payment market doubles in 2 years
12:10 New incubator, funding programmes coming for 200 Jamaican businesses
20:32 D Cash, the CBDC covering 7 Eastern Caribbean Countries is back up but...
27:45 Future of Caribbean Money segment: Barbados & Binance Partnership Brewing?
33:51 Caribbean Startup of the Week?
41:39 FIntech FWD Event by SiliconCaribe, Microsoft, and Caribbean Blockchain Alliance
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Hosts Ingrid Riley and Daniel Smith discuss:
. Ugh…this Putin War.
. 5 Top Stories covering Women's History Month, CBDCs Down, then Up
. Future of Caribbean Money- ( FOCMNY) It’s safe to say money will never be the same.
. This Week in Caribbean Startups - Who ended a bad marriage and who went public for growth money.
. Events for Your Calendar - Caribbean Fintech and Startup Ecosystem Events coming in April
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