Following the Call for Expression of Interest that was launched in the framework of the AgriHack Talent Caribbean, the following eight Hubs have been selected. They include formal technology innovation centres, software company, university labs, as well as public and research institutes supporting entrepreneurship and ICT for development in the Region. They are charged with staging national hackathons or competitive coding selection events. The winning teams from the national events will move on to the regional finals that will be held during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) to be held in Suriname from 6 – 12 October 2014. An incubation process will follow for winners to fine-tune their products and favour actual roll-out. You will find below brief notes on institutions selected:
- Slashroots Foundation (Jamaica)
Slashroots is a civic tech non-profit that leverages technology to create solutions to social problems endemic to the Caribbean region. SlashRoots works with governments, development organizations and civil society to improve public service program design and delivery, with a focus on open innovation and user-centred design. http://www.slashroots.org
- The Community Hub Corporation (Trinidad and Tobago)
The Community Hub is an operating Tech hub which empowers youth and communities by leveraging ICTs, art, entrepreneurship and environmental programming. Partners include Fujitsu Caribbean Ltd, Digi-Data Systems Limited, Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago, Columbus Communications Trinidad Ltd (Flow) and the Basel Convention Regional Centre for the Caribbean Region. http://www.mycommunityhub.org
- Create Caribbean (Dominica)
Create Caribbean Inc. is a research institute committed to Caribbean development projects using digital tools. It partners with the Dominica State College to implement its research and teaching agenda. http://createcaribbean.org/
- Quintessence Consulting Inc (St Kitts)
Quintessence Consulting Inc promotes the growth and development of emerging and growth stage companies by providing access to financing, connections and consulting as well as supporting transformation of organisations.
- National Council for Science and Technology (Barbados)
The National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) was set up in 1977 under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and Planning mainly to coordinate local activities in Science and Technology(S&T). The main functions, which it was asked to perform at the time, were: to collect, collate and review information concerning S&T; to coordinate scientific research and development in S&T and to foster scientific research http://www.ncst.gov.bb
- Software Engineering Lab, Department of Computing, University of West Indies (Jamaica)
The Software Engineering Lab is a research, innovation and incubation centre in a University community. We have staff and students specializing in various areas of Computing with keen interest in entrepreneurial opportunities in Computing
- Telesur Multimedia Innovation Laboratory (Suriname)
The Telesur Multimedia Innovation Laboratory (TMIL) is an initiative of Telesur (leading telecom operator in Suriname) and is implemented in collaboration with the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (ADEKUS). TMIL should become THE place for entrepreneurial and creative talent in Suriname.
http://www.tmil.sr
- Noviate Creative Labs Limited (Trinidad)
Noviate Creative Labs is a company of Web and Mobile Application developers. We design and develop solutions for Individuals, Businesses, Governments, Non-profits organisations, Education institutions and Researchers to solve real problems.
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