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  • Aerodom launches digital app to improve real-time coordination at Dominican airports

    Aerodom launches digital app to improve real-time coordination at Dominican airports

    In a major step forward for digital transformation in airport operations, Dominican airport operator Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom) has unveiled the Airport Community App, a custom-built digital platform developed in partnership with innovation hub AirportLabs. Designed to streamline real-time communication and cross-stakeholder coordination across the entire airport ecosystem, the tool marks a key expansion of Aerodom’s ongoing digitization efforts that first launched in 2016.

    Unlike most passenger-facing airport apps, this new platform is built exclusively for airport personnel and partner organizations, including frontline operations teams, airline flight crews, ground handling service providers, regulatory authorities, and other on-site service partners. It centralizes a wide range of critical operational data that was previously scattered across multiple fragmented communication channels, from manual phone calls and disjointed digital spreadsheets to separate institutional alert systems.

    Within a single mobile-friendly digital interface, users now have access to up-to-the-minute updates on flight arrivals and departures, gate assignments, aircraft parking positions, and overall flight status. The app also includes an automatic notification system that sends customized alerts to users monitoring specific flights, ensuring they never miss a last-minute change to schedules or operations.

    Aerodom officials note that the primary goal of the app is to cut reliance on outdated, fragmented communication workflows that often slow down response times when unexpected operational changes arise. By pushing synchronized updates to all relevant stakeholders at the exact same time, the platform enables faster, more aligned collective action, reducing the risk of miscommunication that can lead to flight delays or operational disruptions.

    This launch is the next phase of Aerodom’s digital transformation journey, which began eight years ago with the rollout of a new core digital operations platform. That initial implementation included an advanced Airport Operational Database (AODB) and integrated resource management tools, which already improved real-time information sharing across the six airports Aerodom operates as a concessionaire. The Airport Community App extends this digital foundation to the daily on-the-ground communication of every member of the airport community.

    “The digital transformation of an airport is not just about incorporating new technologies, but about ensuring that information reaches the right people at the right time so that they can act in a coordinated manner,” explained Cyril Girot, Chief Executive Officer of Aerodom. Girot emphasized that the app was built to solve a longstanding pain point for airport operations: the disconnect that often occurs when multiple stakeholders work from different versions of the same operational data.

    At launch, the app provides core real-time flight and operational information, but Aerodom has already outlined a roadmap for future updates. Planned features include integrated in-app messaging between stakeholders, dedicated crisis management tools, and other user-centric functionalities that will be shaped by ongoing feedback from frontline users.

    Ultimately, Aerodom expects the platform to deliver tangible improvements across key operational metrics: more transparent information sharing, faster response times to unexpected changes, stronger cross-stakeholder coordination, and a greater overall ability for airport operators to mitigate and respond to operational disruptions.

    The Airport Community App was officially launched on September 9 at Las Américas International Airport (AILA), with key stakeholders in attendance. Representatives from the Dominican Airport Department, General Directorate of Migration, Specialized Corps for Airport and Civil Aviation Security (CESAC), Civil Aviation Board, partner airlines, and airport service companies all took part in the official rollout event.

  • Ex employee of Anthropic and OpenAI says staff ‘genuinely frightened’ for humanity’s future

    Ex employee of Anthropic and OpenAI says staff ‘genuinely frightened’ for humanity’s future

    A British AI researcher with stints at two of the world’s most high-profile AI development firms, OpenAI and Anthropic, has sent shockwaves across the global tech industry after blowing the whistle on widespread internal fear over unregulated AI progress. Jacob Coxon, who recently left his post at Anthropic, took to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to publicly air his alarms that both leading companies are recklessly “gambling with humanity’s future” in their competitive rush to roll out increasingly powerful generative AI models.

    In one viral accompanying post, Coxon made a staggering claim: the engineers and researchers actually building cutting-edge AI systems widely believe the technology could kill all human life by the end of this decade. The post racked up more than 100 million views in just 18 hours, and had crossed nearly 170 million views by the time this report was published, turning a long-simmering debate over AI safety into a global public conversation overnight.

    The sudden viral attention has reignited long-simmering demands for tighter AI regulation and an industry-wide slowdown in advanced model development, triggering major ripple effects across the tech sector. While calls for greater caution around AI risk are not new, this unprecedented surge in public attention has forced top industry leaders to address the concerns head-on, as global audiences now pay closer attention to AI development than ever before.

    Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei penned an essay titled *We Must Pace the Frontier*, where he echoed the growing anxiety, noting that AI progress has accelerated “drastically faster” than expected since this summer. According to reporting from The Independent UK, Amodei warned that at the current rate of advancement, an unregulated AI swarm capable of hijacking the entire global internet could emerge within as little as 6 to 12 months. His warning follows multiple high-profile AI-related hacking incidents, the first major reported case occurring in July that affected both OpenAI and leading AI community platform Hugging Face.

    In his essay, Amodei laid out a three-part framework to slow AI development responsibly while prioritizing safety. “I believe that if slowing down bought us even an extra year or two before models reach critical levels of capability, and we used that time to advance alignment, we could greatly reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong,” Amodei wrote.

    Remarkably, the call for a paced approach has received public backing from some of the biggest names in the industry. X and SpaceXAI owner Elon Musk replied simply to Amodei’s X post with “Dario is right”. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also publicly endorsed the position, writing on the social platform: “I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we’ve had at OpenAI in recent weeks.”

    A core part of Amodei’s proposal calls for independent safety evaluators to be granted employee-level access to AI development workspaces, to monitor safety protocols and flag risks publicly. For his part, whistleblower Coxon told the BBC that while he strongly supports an industry slowdown, any effective pause will require global coordination—specifically with major AI power China—to prevent a destabilizing international AI arms race that puts all nations at risk.

  • Government seeks to train one million Dominicans in the use of Artificial Intelligence

    Government seeks to train one million Dominicans in the use of Artificial Intelligence

    In a landmark event held at the National Palace in Santo Domingo, the Dominican government has unveiled an ambitious national initiative, RD Inteligente, that aims to upskill 1 million Dominican residents by teaching them how to integrate artificial intelligence tools into their existing professional and academic work. Speaking at the official launch, President Luis Abinader clarified that the program does not seek to turn all participants into AI developers, but rather to help workers across every sector enhance their existing capabilities, boost workplace output, and unlock new economic opportunities for all segments of the population.

    President Abinader outlined the inclusive vision behind the program, noting that it is designed to lift performance across diverse areas of Dominican society: teachers will gain tools to improve classroom instruction, healthcare providers will access cutting-edge AI resources to support patient care, small business owners will learn to leverage AI to expand sales and streamline operations, young job seekers will uncover new employment pathways, and local entrepreneurs will gain the skills to compete in global digital markets from anywhere in the country.

    The training curriculum is structured as a progressive learning journey, starting with foundational AI literacy for beginners and extending all the way to specialized professional certifications in high-demand AI-related fields including process automation, data analysis, and software programming. A key highlight of the initiative is its partnership with global tech leaders Amazon, Google, Cisco, and Microsoft, which will back the program with internationally recognized credentials that hold weight in global job markets.

    Beyond individual skill development, Abinader emphasized that the initiative will deliver broader national benefits: it will support the ongoing modernization of public government services, strengthen the competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and position the Dominican Republic as a leading regional hub for technological innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

    Jimmy Rosario, rector of the Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA), the institution leading the program’s implementation, explained that the RD Inteligente digital platform features 28 customized training tracks designed to align with the specific needs of different professions and industry sectors. The platform’s infrastructure is built to deliver accessible learning to communities across every region of the country, ensuring no group is left behind in the national AI upskilling effort. Rosario emphasized that the true impact of the program extends far beyond technical knowledge, noting that when 1 million Dominicans gain AI proficiency, the transformation will improve quality of life for the entire nation.

    José Ignacio Paliza, Minister of the Presidency, added context to the government’s strategic approach, stressing that artificial intelligence is no longer a distant future technology but a present-day disruption reshaping how people work, learn, launch ventures, and solve critical challenges. The RD Inteligente program forms a core pillar of the Dominican Republic’s broader National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (ENIA), a national framework focused on accelerating innovation, building widespread digital capacity, and developing the skilled tech workforce required to compete in the 21st century knowledge economy. Paliza also noted that the country has already made significant progress on complementary AI initiatives, including the ongoing establishment of the national Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CEIA-RD).

  • Abinader launches “RD Inteligente” AI program to train one million Dominicans

    Abinader launches “RD Inteligente” AI program to train one million Dominicans

    On a Thursday event held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader officially unveiled RD Inteligente, an ambitious national artificial intelligence literacy initiative designed to close the digital skills gap by training 1 million local residents in foundational and practical AI applications. This government-led project, implemented through the Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA), centers on democratizing access to AI education across all segments of Dominican society, positioning the country to adapt to the shifting demands of a fast-growing digital global economy.

    At the launch ceremony, Abinader emphasized that AI literacy should not be an exclusive skill reserved for specialized technology professionals. Instead, he argued, AI tools and knowledge should be available to every citizen, regardless of their occupation or background. “We don’t want to turn a million Dominicans into programmers. We want a million Dominicans to be better at what they already know how to do,” the president explained, framing the program as a tool to enhance existing professional capabilities rather than retrain the entire workforce for new tech roles.

    RD Inteligente is designed to serve a broad cross-section of Dominican society, with outreach targeting groups ranging from secondary and tertiary students, job seekers, and small business owners to public sector employees, working professionals, K-12 educators, national security and defense personnel, parents, and the general public. The curriculum will focus on applying AI to core areas of daily life and work, including formal employment, academic learning, and small business entrepreneurship.

    José Ignacio Paliza, Dominican Minister of the Presidency, noted that artificial intelligence has transitioned from a distant futuristic concept to a transformative current technology that is reshaping how people across the globe work, learn, launch new ventures, and address everyday challenges. Paliza highlighted the progress the Dominican Republic has already made under its existing National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (ENIA), including the development of the local Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CEIA-RD). He added that growing interest from major global technology firms such as Google and NVIDIA serves as clear confirmation of the country’s expanding potential as an attractive hub for tech investment, innovation, and specialized AI talent development.

    Ultimately, the program’s broader mission is to strengthen national digital competitiveness, foster more inclusive economic growth, and build a robust knowledge-based economy that can leverage AI to benefit all Dominican citizens, rather than leaving large portions of the population behind in the global AI transition.

  • Antigua and Barbuda Software Developer Launches Chantel Alert Public Safety App

    Antigua and Barbuda Software Developer Launches Chantel Alert Public Safety App

    A new centralized mobile platform aimed at boosting community safety and public communication has hit the digital market, launched by a local educator and software innovator from Antigua and Barbuda.

    Erwin McPherson, the founder of Antigua-based tech firm McNova Solutions, has officially unveiled Chantel Alert, an application built to aggregate critical public updates and emergency notifications directly to residents’ smartphones. As of this week, the app is available for free download on the Google Play Store for all Android devices, with the iOS-compatible version currently in final development and scheduled for release in the near future.

    Unlike scattered alert systems that push notifications through separate channels, Chantel Alert consolidates multiple categories of time-sensitive and important information into a single, easy-to-navigate interface. The app’s content covers a wide range of community needs: active emergency alerts, official missing person bulletins, real-time severe weather updates, public safety advisories, government public notices, and general local news.

    Under the platform’s structure, official government ministries and public agencies will gain direct access to push out critical communications to app users, cutting through communication delays that often hinder public outreach during crises. Beyond official entities, the app also opens registration to local news outlets, small businesses, non-governmental organizations, and other community groups, allowing them to share relevant updates with engaged local audiences.

    McPherson outlined that his core vision for Chantel Alert goes beyond simply delivering notifications: he aims to build a cohesive digital connection between official institutions, media outlets, local businesses, and the general public of Antigua and Barbuda, creating a more informed and safer community for all residents. He has issued an open call for all Android users across the twin-island nation to download the app and test its features ahead of the iOS launch.

  • Abinader supports PUCMM semiconductor lab after first university microchip

    Abinader supports PUCMM semiconductor lab after first university microchip

    In a landmark step for the Dominican Republic’s emerging technology sector, President Luis Abinader has formally thrown his support behind a new initiative from the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) to establish a collaborative semiconductor laboratory open to all higher education institutions across the country. The endorsement comes on the heels of PUCMM’s achievement of developing the nation’s first fully university-created microchip, a breakthrough that has already paved the way for expanded domestic innovation in the semiconductor space.

    This cross-university lab proposal is directly aligned with the Dominican government’s national priorities laid out in Decree 324-24 and the country’s National Strategy for the Promotion of the Semiconductor Industry, known as Enfis. The core goal of the national strategy and the new lab initiative is to build a pipeline of highly skilled, specialized local talent to grow the domestic semiconductor industry from the ground up.

    PUCMM’s debut microchip was the product of end-to-end work by the institution’s own faculty, current students, and alumni. The team oversaw every stage of development, from initial electronic architecture design and simulation through final manufacturing and performance validation. Built using 180-nanometer GF180MCU manufacturing technology, 50 fully functional units of the microchip have been produced and validated to meet strict global industry standards.

    President Abinader made the endorsement official during the national event titled “STEM Transforms RD: Innovation to Build the Future”. He emphasized that the semiconductor project fits directly into the administration’s long-term 2036 National Development Strategy, which centers on growing high-value industries, expanding technology adoption, and creating higher-wage professional opportunities for Dominican workers.

    PUCMM Rector Father Secilio Espinal revealed that the university is already moving forward with its next research milestone: developing a second microchip integrated with neural processing capabilities. This new chip will enable exploration and development of artificial intelligence applications directly at the hardware level, opening new doors for AI innovation in the country.

    The successful development of PUCMM’s first microchip relied on global collaboration with key industry partners. Major international technology firms including GlobalFoundries, Synopsys, and Keysight provided critical support across manufacturing processes, design software tools, professional training, simulation infrastructure, and final performance testing.

    In addition to the semiconductor breakthrough, PUCMM announced a key institutional milestone at the same event: its Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering programs have earned new ABET accreditations, the gold standard for global engineering program recognition. With this addition, the university now counts four internationally accredited engineering programs across its campus, strengthening its position as a leading hub for STEM education in the Caribbean region.

  • Amazon Web Services to train 50,000 Dominicans in AI and cloud computing

    Amazon Web Services to train 50,000 Dominicans in AI and cloud computing

    In a landmark announcement made during the 7th Santo Domingo Chamber Hub 2026, Amazon Web Services has unveiled an ambitious new skills development initiative that will deliver 50,000 no-cost AI and cloud computing training scholarships to Dominican citizens, with all programming set to be completed by 2028.

    The program, branded AWS Entrena República Dominicana, was jointly announced by AWS Latin America Vice President Paula Bellizia and Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader. Open to all Dominican residents aged 18 and older, the initiative welcomes applicants across a wide range of backgrounds: from university students and working tech professionals to independent entrepreneurs, startup founders, and leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises. All training modules will be delivered 100% online at no charge to participants, developed specifically to address the rapidly rising demand for advanced digital skills across the Dominican economy.

    To deliver the program, AWS has partnered with a broad coalition of domestic stakeholders, including the Santo Domingo Chamber of Commerce, multiple national government ministries and public institutions, the Dominican Banco de Reservas (Banreservas), the Office of Information and Communications Technology (Ogtic), the National Institute of Vocational Training (Infotep), and the National School of the Judiciary.

    Bellizia emphasized that growing a robust pipeline of homegrown digital talent is a foundational requirement to boost the Dominican Republic’s global competitiveness, drive long-term productivity gains, and foster a culture of local innovation. She pushed back against framing AI as a distant future technology, noting that artificial intelligence tools are already reshaping business operations across every sector in the region today.

    Sharing regional industry data, Bellizia pointed out that three-quarters of all companies across Central America and the Caribbean currently integrate chatbots or generative AI assistants into their customer and internal workflows, while 13% have already deployed purpose-built AI agents to handle core strategic business functions. Across Latin America as a whole, 26% of organizations have already recorded measurable economic value generated from their AI adoption. Bellizia also highlighted two local Dominican success stories: domestic tech firm Qik and retail giant Grupo Ramos, both of which have leveraged cloud infrastructure and AI to streamline operations, boost fraud detection accuracy, and lift overall team productivity.

    This new Dominican initiative forms a core part of AWS’s broader regional commitment to train 2 million new digital professionals across Latin America by the end of 2028. For the Dominican Republic, stakeholders project the program will play a critical role in closing the country’s growing digital talent gap, equipping thousands of local workers and businesses with the technical capabilities needed to thrive in an increasingly digital global economy.

  • Grenada has passed its digital transformation law

    Grenada has passed its digital transformation law

    On August 31, Grenada took a landmark step in its digital government journey, as the Digital Transformation Agency Act No. 10 of 2026 received official assent. For years, the Caribbean nation has explored incremental digitization of public services and laid early groundwork for a dedicated Digital Transformation Agency (DTA), but the new legislation finally codifies this ambition into a formal statutory framework. Yet as policymakers and observers note, establishing a formal agency is only the first step – true transformation of government operations will hinge on effective execution far more than the text of the new law.

    For many Grenadians, interacting with government agencies has long been a fragmented, frustrating experience. Citizens often have to navigate disconnected institutions one by one, repeat personal information across departments, and sort out conflicting processes when no single body takes ownership of a public service. The root of this issue lies in siloed public sector technology systems, with different agencies operating on incompatible frameworks that force residents to bridge the gaps themselves. Against this backdrop, the DTA’s mandate extends far beyond simply uploading existing forms to government websites. Its core mission is to drive coordinated system design, integration and adoption across the entire public sector through national enterprise architecture standards, which prioritize interoperability and uniform protocols. If successfully implemented, this would eliminate the common grievance of residents being forced to resubmit information the government already holds, just because two agencies cannot share data. Even with the new legal framework in place, however, legacy system incompatibility cannot be fixed overnight. Years of work will be required to build, integrate, secure and maintain updated infrastructure, alongside sweeping changes to long-standing government processes.

    As a small island state, Grenada faces unique economic constraints that make coordinated digital strategy all the more critical. Individual ministries developing their own disconnected technology standards, procuring unaligned systems and managing cybersecurity independently would drain limited public resources far faster than a centralized approach. The DTA’s enterprise architecture initiative is designed to align all government bodies with shared national digital priorities and uniform security and operational standards. That said, over-centralization carries its own risks if the new agency lacks sufficient capacity to deliver. A DTA understaffed, short on technical expertise or slow to process project approvals could become the very bureaucratic bottleneck it was meant to eliminate.

    A key priority that cannot be sidelined in the push for digital government is equitable access. For residents with reliable high-speed internet, modern devices and digital literacy, digitization will undoubtedly streamline interactions with the state. But for community members without access to these resources, moving services online could create new, unnecessary barriers to accessing the support they need. This means transformation cannot stop at putting government services online – accessibility accommodations, expanded connectivity, digital literacy training and targeted support for marginalized groups must be baked into the strategy from the start. Grenada’s broader national digital program has already taken initial steps to address these gaps, rolling out initiatives to expand device access, lower the cost of internet connectivity and boost public digital skills. This aligns with the core principle that “digital first” should never mean “digital only”; technology should expand access to government services, not create new exclusionary barriers.

    This user-centered principle also applies to Grenada’s business community. Local entrepreneurs deserve to navigate government permitting, registration and tax processes without repeatedly submitting the same documentation to disconnected agencies. No citizen should have to complete an entire transaction online only to be told they must print a form and deliver it in person to a government office. Legal, secure information sharing between authorized departments must become the norm, and as more personal data moves to digital systems, data protection must be treated as a non-negotiable core requirement, not an afterthought. These are not lofty, futuristic goals – they are the practical outcomes that motivated the push for digital transformation in the first place.

    Act No. 10 carries outsized importance because it recognizes that government technology is not just an internal administrative concern. It shapes every citizen’s experience of public services, determines how efficiently public resources are used, and defines the relationship between residents and the state. It is critical to remember, however, that creating the DTA is not the same as delivering transformation. Tough decisions lie ahead around retiring outdated legacy systems, reforming public procurement, strengthening cybersecurity, staffing the agency adequately, integrating cross-departmental systems and expanding equitable access. Leaders will also face pressure to deliver quick, visible results while building long-term infrastructure that will take years to fully integrate and deliver benefits.

    Today, Grenada has both the legislative mandate and institutional framework to advance its digital transformation goals. The coming months and years of implementation will determine whether ordinary residents actually see tangible improvements in their interactions with government. If the DTA succeeds at breaking down silos, integrating systems, protecting personal data and simplifying routine public transactions, the reform will prove transformative. If, however, fragmented bureaucratic processes remain in place with only a handful of additional online forms added to the mix, Grenada will have only digitized its existing bureaucracy without delivering meaningful change. That is the key distinction that stakeholders will be watching closely in the years ahead.

  • FLASH : NATCOM launches a 5G pilot phase in Haiti

    FLASH : NATCOM launches a 5G pilot phase in Haiti

    In a landmark step for Haiti’s digital transformation, National Telecom (NATCOM) officially launched the pilot phase of 5G technology in the Caribbean nation on Monday, September 7, 2026. The launch event, held at Port-au-Prince’s Karibe Hotel, doubled as a celebration of NATCOM’s 15 years of operations in Haiti, and drew a diverse cross-section of attendees from across public and private spheres.

    Marked under the banner “Leading for Better”, the ceremony welcomed senior Haitian government officials, representatives from local public and private sector organizations, international development partners, and leadership delegations from both NATCOM and the Vietnamese Viettel Group, which holds a 60% controlling stake in the Haitian telecom provider.

    In his keynote address at the event, Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé spotlighted NATCOM’s longstanding strategic role in advancing the country’s digital infrastructure modernization, expanding telecommunications access nationwide, and driving greater financial inclusion for underserved communities. He also underscored the deep value of bilateral cooperation between Haiti and Vietnam, and reaffirmed the Haitian government’s unwavering commitment to fostering technological innovation, advancing universal digital inclusion, and attracting targeted investment to upgrade the country’s core tech infrastructure.

    While NATCOM has not yet released an official public list of neighborhoods included in the initial 5G pilot, existing deployment and network coverage data confirms that the first 5G signals are concentrated in high-priority strategic and commercial zones across Haiti’s Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. These initial coverage zones include core business and hospitality districts in Pétion-ville, key administrative corridors and central arteries in downtown Port-au-Prince, and dense mixed-use economic and residential neighborhoods such as Delmas 73 in Delmas.

    As an exploratory pilot phase, the primary goal of this initial rollout is to gather real-world data on 5G technical performance across Haitian terrain, including network stability, signal penetration in dense urban environments, and consumer accessibility. NATCOM plans to use insights from the pilot to refine its network design before expanding 5G coverage to other provincial cities across the country.

  • Island Innovators set to help digital transformation agenda gain momentum

    Island Innovators set to help digital transformation agenda gain momentum

    Against a backdrop of accelerating digital shift across the Caribbean, Grenada is stepping into the spotlight as a rising regional center for digital innovation and technological advancement, led by homegrown initiative Island Innovators. The organization is building bridges between creative innovators and key local and regional stakeholders, with a clear mission to move abstract discussions about digital transformation into tangible, on-the-ground action.

    Brendan Heyck, co-founder of Island Innovators, framed the organization’s core mission around intentional connection. “Island Innovators exists to weave together people, groundbreaking ideas, supporting institutions, and high-impact opportunities that can drive the entire region forward,” Heyck explained. “We have seen firsthand what unfolds when the right minds converge around shared, purpose-driven opportunities — our job is to turn those connections into meaningful, lasting change. While our work aims to deliver impact across the Caribbean, Grenada is our home and our headquarters, and we are deeply committed to moving the needle on digital transformation right here.”

    On September 10, Island Innovators will host its landmark Gold Economy Digital & Tech Leadership Assembly at The Flying Fish, located within Mount Cinnamon Resort. The invitation-only event will gather a cross-sector cohort of ICT visionaries, early-stage and established entrepreneurs, corporate enterprise leaders, venture capital and impact investors, public sector policymakers, and institutional stakeholders. Attendees will collaborate to unpack actionable ideas and untapped opportunities tied directly to Grenada’s national digital transformation strategy.

    This assembly builds on the success of Island Innovators’ previous Blue Economy Action Lab, which drew more than 30 sector leaders and delivered tangible outcomes, including formal strategic partnerships and targeted financial investments into emerging regional projects.

    The upcoming event is co-hosted in partnership with two local Grenadian firms, Sonover and Metarelic, alongside regional industry body the Caribbean Digital Finance Alliance. It comes at a pivotal moment for Grenada, as the country advances regulatory and institutional plans to launch its official national Digital Transformation Agency. The assembly is designed to map out clear, implementable pathways for integrating new digital infrastructure into Grenada’s core national economy, unlocking growth across every sector.

    For Island Innovators, the assembly is far more than a standard industry conference. It is a purpose-built platform for cross-sector connection, collaborative problem-solving, and opportunity creation, designed to bring key stakeholders together around initiatives that will deliver real, measurable benefits for both Grenada and the broader Caribbean region. The organization has already expanded its footprint across the Caribbean, building active professional and institutional networks in Trinidad and Barbados, and it is set to participate in an upcoming Innovation Summit in St. Lucia. Notably, the CEO of summit host Obtronics will be in attendance at the September 10 Grenada assembly to strengthen cross-island collaboration.

    Heyck emphasized the far-reaching economic benefits of investing in a robust local digital ecosystem. “A connected, dynamic digital ecosystem opens new doors for entrepreneurship, foreign and local investment, homegrown innovation, skills development, cross-regional collaboration, and global partnerships,” he noted. “It also positions Grenada to lead the next wave of sustainable economic growth across the Caribbean.”

    As Grenada’s national digital transformation agenda gains increasing momentum, the country and its local stakeholders have a unique opportunity to leverage Island Innovators and this inaugural assembly to shape not just how new technology is adopted, but how it can be leveraged to drive inclusive, long-term economic development.

    “Grenada has an extraordinary opportunity to be more than just a participant in the Caribbean’s digital revolution,” Heyck said. “It can become a regional hub where new ideas are tested, cross-sector partnerships are forged, and high-impact opportunities are cultivated. That is the kind of innovative ecosystem we are committed to building here. This gathering is focused on tangible capability mapping and leveraging our collective strengths as part of the Shared Success Network.”

    The September 10 event will center heavily on fostering long-term relationships, building durable partnerships, and unlocking actionable opportunities that extend far beyond the one-day gathering, with the ultimate goal of creating a sustained pipeline of cross-sector collaboration for years to come.