Open News, Events, Blogs
The COIWeb aggregates news, opinions and developments from various research sources around the world, including:
- The Open Data Research Network hosted by the Web Foundation,
- World Bank Open Data & ICT4D Blogs
- Open Knowledge Foundation
- GovLabs @ NYU
ICT-Pulse
Broadband expansion, digital government and AI adoption are all important. But technology alone won’t create responsible digital citizens. In this article, we explore why the Caribbean region’s digital future depends as much on people as it does on technology.
The recent discussion about creating responsible digital...
Technology alone will not transform the Caribbean region, and neither is it a silver bullet. What Caribbean countries must do is to think more strategically about their digital transformation: key inputs and strategies ought to be deployed, whilst also being intentional and managing the impact on society. With Dr Karen Abrams, the Co-Founder of...
Everyone agrees that Caribbean MSMEs need to embrace digital technologies to remain competitive. But many small businesses face challenges that go far beyond simply deciding to “go digital.” Our latest article explores why digital transformation requires more than just encouraging businesses to adopt technology.
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Jamaica’s push toward a robust digital economy is not happening by chance. It is being driven by decades of strategic advocacy. Many know the Jamaica Technology and Digital Alliance (JTDA) for flagship initiatives such as the annual BizTech Conference, but its roots run much deeper. Raquel Seville, the current President of the JTDA, joins us for a...
As Caribbean countries continue to charge forward with their national digital identity frameworks, they are finding that the tech infrastructure is only half the battle. The harder, more critical half? Earning public trust. In our latest article, we dive into the foundational elements needed to build secure and resilient ecosystems of digital...
For our 400th episode, we are joined by Development Journalist and award-winning Writer Gerard Best, who turns the tables and interviews the ICT Pulse Podcast Creator and Host, Michele Marius. During their conversation, and among other things, they revisit earlier milestones of the Podcast, discuss the current state of media and information...
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
We discussed with our Nordic members and friends how, across Europe and beyond, policymakers are rethinking the foundations of the digital state and the infrastructure that powers it.
The post Open Knowledge and Critical Infrastructure: a Nordic Conversation first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
Join OKFN and the UN Big Data Regional Hub to learn about our ongoing experiments integrating AI to public open data portals
The post [Webinar] Traceable AI for Public Data: An Open Model for Latin America first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
Early lessons from OKFN’s Brazil and Uruguay pilots on what it takes to make AI-generated answers traceable, useful, and trustworthy
The post MCP for Open Data Portals: Trust Depends on Understanding the Data first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
Together with AGESIC, we are piloting a traceable AI system with Uruguay’s open data catalogue – so that citizens can receive verifiable answers from national data
The post New Uruguay/OKFN Partnership: Scaling reliable AI for open data across Latin America first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.