The Caribbean region is a step closer to making a single ICT space a reality.
This, as members of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), the Bahamas Government, and Cloud Carib signed an MOU towards achieving this at the CTU ICT Week conference last Wednesday.
The MOU signifies CTU member states’ and Cloud Carib’s dedication to the region’s vision for a single ICT space, and the focus on achieving that vision with each member state before 2030.
The CTU explained that a single ICT space within the region would foster economic, social, and cultural integration for the betterment of Caribbean citizens.
As part of the initiative, Cloud Carib will deliver services aligned with Sovereign Cloud, Data Residency, Data Sovereignty, Mission Critical Services, and Cybersecurity in support of the CTU member states’ digital transformation initiatives.
Rodney Taylor, Secretary General of the CTU said: “We’re looking forward to signing the MOU with Cloud Carib, a member of the CTU, with regionally deployed ICT infrastructure we’re trying to simplify approaches that we’re taking across the region to move our regional governments forward.”
Cloud Carib Chief Executive Officer Scott MacKenzie said: “We, all members of the CTU, should be driven to protect future generations. And how we build protection for future generations is by driving a hyper competitive market and envisioning not the services of today, but those that will protect the future generations yet born.”
He continued: “This MoU is simply one member’s commitment to the member states, that there is a company dedicated to the region’s vision of a single ICT space and our business is focused on realizing that vision with each member state before 2030.
The CTU is our vehicle of collaboration and if this event has proven anything to me, it is the commitment of member states to realise the vision and not only discuss and debate change, but act and prove to the citizens and peoples of the region that we can make it happen before 2030.”
CTU’s ICT week conference featured Cloud Carib and other key members within the ICT community covering topics relating to cybersecurity, cloud sovereignty, the digital connectivity gap, and more.
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