Do you have a great business idea for which you need financing to get it off the ground? Are you in the process of implementing your...
Startup Weekend Jamaica is now confirmed for October 4-6th, 2013 at the PCJ Auditorium, PCJ Building. Jamaica joins the Global Startup Movement this way. Already there...
I was first introduced to JJGeewax at the Developing Caribbean Open Data Conference held earlier this year at the University of the West Indies by Matthew...
JN Small Business Loans Ltd’s crowdfunding platform, ISupportJamaica.com, plans to start distributing loans to business start-ups at the end of August. The ISupport initiative was developed...
AMERICAN tech expert JJ Geewax has set up a business incubator in Jamaica that will invest in local start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs interested in the global...
Work is almost complete on a strategic plan to establish Jamaica’s Venture Capital Programme (VCP), being spearheaded by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ). Project Consultant...
ON the GROUND NEWS REPORT( OGNR) the Citizen Powered News Network officially launched at Kingston BETA, Jamaica’s tech community event held recently at JAMPRO’s headquarters. Tech...
JAMAICA- The providers of mobile wallet technology and Jamaican service providers are already developing partnerships to launch into business as soon as the central bank green...
GRENADA – Grenada’s new Electronic Crimes Act has been getting considerable scrutiny worldwide, especially the criminalising of offensive messages sent electronically or over the Internet. On...
JAMAICA– Jamaican based research and technology firm JL MOBILE, developers of the SmartTab Tablet PC, recently began testing their latest product dubbed “Oromo”. Oromo is a...
Alan Emtage invented the world’s first search engine, but he didn’t earn a single cent from his groundbreaking invention. “I wrote a piece of code that...
JAMAICA- OGNR On the Ground News Report the Citizen Journalism startup will be officially launching some new things at Kingston BETA this Thursday June 27th, 2013...
By David Bain I’m in Grenada as part of a project associated with a new Caribbean Digital Media exam. The aim is to expose our students to...
(Trinidad Guardian) The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will make history in Grenada this week with the recording of its first-ever completely video-based syllabus orientation. The recording is...
Online education is increasingly being seen as an attractive option to fulfill personal and professional learning goals. This post discusses 12 considerations when thinking of pursuing...
Jamaica-JAMAICA National’s microfinance arm will next month launch a crowd-funding website that will allow entrepreneurs to access financing from people all over the world.The global portal,...
JAMAICA – 10 Entrepreneurs to pitch their Tech Ideas at the Next Kingston BETA on June 27th. We have 8 Jamaican entrepreneurs based in Kingston, a...
CARIBBEAN – The proliferation of mobile/cellular phones in the Caribbean provides citizens in the region with a device through which a variety of telecoms services may...
JAMAICA – GOVERNMENT has formed an alliance with a group of ‘ethical hackers’ as part of efforts to beef up the country’s resistance to cybercrimes. An...
