A new chatbot, which uses artificial intelligence to recognise and respond to patois and other languages, will be rolled out next month by a company called AcumenPro Limited will launch a. Branded as…
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GK Jamaican Birthright participants excited about JA’s future with technology
Participants in this year’s GraceKennedy Jamaican Birthright Programme spoke highly of technology’s importance in advancing Jamaica’s development during a recent courtesy call to Flow’s Vice President and General Manager, Stephen Price. Flow is…
Europe signs off on a new privacy pact, allowing personal data to keep flowing to US
The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American…
Fesco aiming to triple cooking gas market share in months
In the three months since its soft launch into the household or liquid petroleum gas market, Future Energy Source Company Limited, which trades as Fesco, says it has secured 2.5 per cent share…
Agro park network adding 1,300 hectares of farmlands, cold storage
Agro-Investment Corporation, the state agency with responsibility for agricultural investment and promotion, is expanding the agro park network by 1,300 hectares that are to be commissioned into service within two years. Infrastructure work,…
Unlocking the glass ceiling
WHEN Stanley Motta listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) in 2018, it bucked a trend in the history of public companies in Jamaica — it had a board which was made up…
Upercart: Transforming grocery delivery and remittance utilisation
Upercart , a Jamaican online grocery store founded by entrepreneur Franz Weathers, aims to transform the delivery and utilisation of remittances for grocery purchases on the island. The service, which intends to provide…
Calls for a stronger Caricom
Fifty years after its inception, the proposed objectives of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) largely remains a pipe dream marred by a failure to deliver on much of the intended outcomes, stakeholders across the…
Caricom at 50
FORMER Prime Minister PJ Patterson said Caricom governments should pursue opportunities to create linkages between tourism and the creative industries to move regional integration forward, but at least one businessman believes economic integration…
Despite slow adopters, telemedicine gaining traction
There is still resistance from traditional doctors and pharmacists and cultural leanings to overcome, but telehealth and telemedicine have been gaining traction in Jamaica, and new investors are entering the market with web-based…