Facebook has announced plans to invest in building and growing the developer community in Guyana through the launch of a local chapter of the Global Developers Circle (DevC). Developers Circle from Facebook is a program for developers all over the world to connect, learn and collaborate. Chapters are community-driven, free to join and provide a platform for members to share …

Released as an open-source software in 2009, Bitcoin is often credited as the world’s first cryptocurrency and is best defined as a digital currency that only exists electronically. Bitcoin is decentralized, meaning it doesn’t have a central issuing authority or political institution that controls the amount of bitcoin in circulation. But the Bitcoin platform is far from anarchy. Bitcoin uses …

Oasis500 is an ICT, digital media and mobile business accelerator and investment company based in Jordan. The services of Oasis500 includes entrepreneurship training, mentorship guidance, incubation, acceleration and additional follow-up investment funds if required. Entrepreneurs that have passed the training and pitching stages are now eligible for funding based on specific metrics and criteria set by a designated in-house jury, …

Now with over two years of progress and showing promise. The development objective of the Sustainable Youth Employment in Digital and Animation Industries (YEDAI) Project for Jamaica is to support youth employment in the digital and animation industries in Jamaica. The project comprises of five components. The first component, skills and capacity to enhance employability and entrepreneurship will build capacity …

So you have that big idea and have decided to go into business. Here are five things that will help to position you for success: 1 Business card You will meet potential investors, customers are even partners. It is important that they have a way of reaching you. The simplest way is to give them your business card. A basic …

In a recent panel discussion on E-commerce and the services Industries held in Barbados, the concept of e-Residency was raised by Mr. Jeremy Stephen, one of the panelist. The concept seemed interesting so we went about finding some more information on the subject. E-residency is a transnational digital identity available to anyone in the world interested in administering a location-independent business online. …

Ford is investing usd $1bn in Argo AI, over the next five years to help startup achieve its goal to deliver a fully autonomous vehicle by 2021. Argo AI was founded last by Bryan Salesky and Peter Rander who previously worked at Google and Uber respectively on the self-driving vehicle projects.”We know rapidly evolving technologies and fierce competition require us …

From barter to cash to checks to online banking, money is an evolving technology that has been part of human history for thousands of years. While cash is expected to remain a significant payment instrument in the near future, factors such as “contactless” pay systems, increasing mobile penetration, and high costs of cash (ATM fees for individuals, cash storage for …

devX is Guyana’s first month-long, online & offline digital industry exhibition. From August 4th – 31st, 2017, devX comes off with an online showcase ( www.devxevent.com ) coupled with an exciting series of events at the Giftland Mall and weOwn space in Guyana. The devX organizers are a collective of digital industry professionals and University of Guyana, Computer Science faculty and students …