I’m feeling very proud and also emotional today. Why? Today, 15 years ago, me and my business partner Susan LeeQuee, staged the first Kingston Beta event for Jamaican and Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurs like us. It went on to spawn over 300 events across 10 Caribbean countries and Diaspora US, UK, and Canada, directly inspiring and […]
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I started writing this to be my TechTuesdays Twitter Thread but it came out a little big bigger. So go ahead and read this thread-style article and then holler at me on my twitter page. What was the Problem? Anyone who has had to take public transportation in Jamaica knows it’s shitty, especially for women…
Tickets to The next Kingston BETA event to be held on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 in Kingston, Jamaica were sold out in less than 24hrs with a long waiting list. It’s the first event since Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe relaunched the 15-year-old iconic tech and startup community event series and handed over the curation…
We just launched a new audio podcast series called This Week in Caribbean Startups with Ingrid Riley, our Founder of SIliconCaribe. It’s a short, weekly narrative show about Caribbean Digital Rockstars and their sun-kissed innovations. In each episode, typically 10mins or less, Ingrid shares stories about all kinds of entrepreneurs who are future-proofing the Caribbean…
by Mark Pereira There have been a number of initiatives in recent months to encourage the growth of the Fintech industry including the funding of a national strategy for digital transformation, a proposal by the Central Bank to improve the payment system in Trinidad and Tobago as well as the continuing work of FinTechTT to…
