The region does not need to reproduce Silicon Valley to participate in the artificial intelligence economy. It needs businesses that own valuable technology, solve commercially important problems and can compete beyond their home…
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Businessuite Magazine: Lead AI Investment Investigation – PART 3 The Capital Gap: Will Caribbean Investors Finance the Next AI Giant?
The Caribbean may have the entrepreneurs and ideas to build globally competitive AI businesses. The more difficult question is whether the region’s investment system can provide the capital required to turn those ideas…
Businessuite Magazine: Lead AI Investment Investigation – PART 2 Are the Caribbean’s Listed Companies Ready for the AI Economy?
The region’s largest listed businesses have the financial resources, customer relationships and operational reach to accelerate AI adoption. But will they use artificial intelligence to defend existing earnings, or build new businesses around…
Back-to-Back Honours Add to a Distinguished Career in Healthcare Education for Dr. Alwyn Leiba
When Jamaican-born Dr. Alwyn Leiba was elected Student Government Association president at Miami Dade College’s Medical Campus in 2006, he was a dental hygiene student advocating for his peers. Today, the Kingston native…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: When Trust Requires Surrender
Trusting God sounds simple until life takes a direction we neither expected nor wanted. It is easy to declare our confidence in Him when circumstances unfold according to our plans. But what happens…
Jamaican Couple Brings Tallawah Spirit to Canada’s Dragons’ Den
When Jamaican-born entrepreneurs Faith and Hercules Grant stepped into the spotlight on Canada’s Dragons’ Den, they brought with them more than a line of topical pain relief products. Behind their pitch was a…
Too Short to Fly? The Inspiring Journey of Air Jamaica Captain Marlene Smith
At four years old, Marlene Smith had her sights set on the moon. Growing up in Westmoreland, Jamaica, she was fascinated by a little red rocket at Frome Preparatory School. She climbed into…
The Story of Canute Sadler: From Selling Escallion to Building a Manufacturing Legacy
At eight years old, Canute Harold Sadler planted escallion at his home in Hanover, harvested it and sold everything he had grown. It was his first taste of entrepreneurship and the beginning of…
On This Day: Colin Channer, Jamaican Writer and Co-Founder of Calabash, Was Born
On October 13th, 1963, Jamaican novelist, poet and literary advocate Colin Channer was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Best known for his acclaimed debut novel Waiting in Vain and as a co-founder of the…
Peta Gay Ferguson | When principle comes at a price
There was a time when Jamaica understood that being small did not mean we had to speak small. We emerged into independence without great military or economic power, but with our voice, our…