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The Weekly Brief is a curated roundup of noteworthy Caribbean technology/digital-transformation, business/investment, and government/public-sector developments published at the end of every working week (Monday to Friday). Technology & Digital Transformation Ibex cuts Jamaican delivery capacity by 37%, closes two centres Outsourcing provider Ibex closed two of its four Jamaican delivery centres and reduced its Jamaican…

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The Weekly Brief is a curated roundup of noteworthy Caribbean technology/digital-transformation, business/investment, and government/public-sector developments published at the end of every working week (Monday to Friday). Technology & Digital Transformation 🇬🇾 Guyana highlights skills, connectivity and local innovation in “Digital Guyana” push Guyana’s government used the September 7 closing of its 2026 Innovation Challenge to…

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The Weekly Brief is a curated roundup of noteworthy Caribbean technology/digital-transformation, business/investment, and government/public-sector developments published at the end of every working week (Monday to Friday). Technology & Digital Transformation 🇯🇲 Amber Group plans Jamaican IoT network after passing one million deployed devices in AfricaJamaica-headquartered Amber Group says it is targeting an early-2027 rollout of…

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With the FIFA World Cup well underway, I found myself thinking back to the days of the Soca Warriors and Trinidad and Tobago’s appearance at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. This year, another Caribbean nation is making headlines. Curaçao has qualified for its first-ever World Cup, while Haiti has returned to football’s biggest stage…

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The U.S. State Department has introduced a 12-month pilot program requiring citizens of Malawi and Zambia to pay a refundable $15,000 bond when applying for B-1/B-2 (tourist or business) visas. The policy aims to deter visa overstays and targets countries with high overstay rates, weak vetting, or citizenship-by-investment programs without residency requirements. According to 2023…

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