I flew into Punta Cana expecting two days of connectivity policy. Useful context, adjacent to what I actually build. That was wrong. The Caribbean Digital Transformation Accelerator, hosted by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, turned out to be a compressed education in the machinery that decides whether an AI company in Georgetown can ever operate at regional scale. Cables, spectrum, procurement law, concessional finance, and the political economy binding them together.
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We cannot make more time. It is the one honest constraint every professional shares, no matter the field or the title. Yet over two Saturdays this July, more than one hundred professionals here in Guyana spent their mornings learning how to reclaim much of it. That was the whole idea behind The Intelligence Worker, the opening workshop in the national AI-Ready Professional series, which I designed and delivered. It was offered completely free to every participant, courtesy of the Industry and Innovation Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister.…
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Over the past several months I had the privilege of partnering with Guyana's Ministry of Education to deliver Preparing for Your AI Future, a seven-part series built to move everyday Guyanese from AI-curious to AI-capable. My conviction going in was simple: artificial intelligence is the m...
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Every so often, you get to witness a story unfold that perfectly captures why we (at V75 Inc.) do what we do. It’s in these moments that the true value of our work comes into brilliant focus. Lately, I’ve been reflecting on our journey with TrueSelph, Evolve Business Solutions and the IDB Lab, and I...
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It's not just about implementing software; it's about nurturing a framework that ensures meaningful digital progress for the entire country. In our conversation about the critical role of building a robust technology ecosystem for Guyana's future, Deenauth Mohabeer and I kept coming back to one vi...
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In this episode of Developer Stories, Deenauth Mohabeer openly shares his remarkable professional journey - from being a struggling high school student in Guyana to becoming a respected tech leader and Director at V75 Inc. He highlights key turning points, especially his spontaneous last-minute deci...
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Born and raised in Guyana, Christopher Clarke, was afforded a few years in a different environment during which time he has worked with giants like Microsoft and Amazon, completed his PhD at the University of Michigan, specializing Human-AI Interaction and Personalized AI Models and made a name for...
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Guyanese tech expert and CEO of V75 Inc., Eldon Marks has issued a powerful call to action for authorities to create an environment that not only nurtures but incentivizes local talent to remain in Guyana and contribute to growing the country’s tech industry. In this week’s episode of the...
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Apart from the brief remarks given in this micro-documentary about techpreneurship as part of the EU's push for Women in STEM, I'd like to highlight where it was shot and who was featured in this intriguing find from my recent past on YouTube. In 2016, I cofounded a coworking s...
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Today, I had the immense honor of sitting alongside key figures in industry and government: Allistair Routledge, President of ExxonMobil Guyana; Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, Chief Investment Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment; Hon. Vickram Bharrat, Minister of Natural Resources; and Kiana Wilburg,...
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