AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoEdTech Boost: Digicel Foundation is expanding its Smart Lab Initiative, signing MoUs to set up and enhance ICT smart laboratories at three teacher training colleges, building on earlier rollouts to primary schools and colleges. Teacher Tech Recognition: Camperdown Primary educator Duval Ebanks wins the inaugural 2026 Flow Foundation ICT Innovation Teacher of the Year award for using technology to improve learning, earning a trip to the CANTO Digital and Telecommunications Conference. AI for Small Business: A look at Claude’s desktop app shows how pointing it at a folder of receipts and bank exports can automate cleanup and bookkeeping tasks. Digital Safety & Gender: UNESCO launched a Caribbean report on AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, warning that online abuse can accelerate “at the speed of a click.” Cyber & Seniors: Jamaica’s tech policy push includes a roadmap for cybersecurity legislation, while Opposition MP Denise Daley warns digital services must not leave seniors behind as banking and government go cashless. Energy & Water Tech: Jamaica’s water resilience plan highlights major wastewater and water-supply investments, while Petrojam’s refinery gasolene unit shutdown points to the tech and maintenance risks in energy infrastructure.
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