A pilot project to improve access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT), is to be implemented at a cost of US$500,000, to be provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This is being done in conjunction with the Government, through the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. The project will focus on the use of TV...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is calling for broad-based support for the Tablet in Schools Programme. The Minister said the programme is a major investment by the Government, one that could lead to the unearthing of talent among the country’s young people and play a key role in their future. “This is the world...

Amendments to the Cybercrimes Act have been approved by Cabinet and the necessary drafting instructions have been issued to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to modify the Act. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, during Wednesday’s (July 9) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Promulgated in...

The Government and the Jamaica Public Service (JPSCo) have signed off on an amendment to the JPSCo Licence. “This will allow the Cabinet to manage the procurement process (for increased capacity) through the Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET). It will also grant the JPSCo the right of first refusal in relation to the replacement of any of its existing generation...

Jamaica’s Information and Communication Technology and Business Process Outsourcing (ICT/BPO) sector has been boosted by the provision of a $56 million (US$500,000) grant, under the Compete Caribbean Programme. The grant has been allocated through the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), which applied for technical assistance support to establish a call centre incubator in the Montego Bay Free Zone...

The 100-day accelerator development period prescribed for technology entrepreneurs under the Start-up Jamaica project, is to enable them to develop their ideas into prototypes in the shortest possible time. Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, says the timeframe was deliberately set to be intense, bearing in mind the fast pace...

An Angel Investor Network will be launched shortly to fund projects under the Start Up Jamaica Initiative after the first 100 days. Start Up Jamaica is an initiative being undertaken by the Government over a five-year period to provide capital, mentorship and technical assistance to young tech-entrepreneurs who have ideas and concepts, but do not have the wherewithal to start...