Silicon Caribe

12/06/2026

FRESH POST
The Caribbean Fintechs Saw It First!
Jamaica’s banking shake-up isn’t a coincidence.
It’s a confirmation.

https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/06/12/the-caribbean-fintechs-saw-it-first/

Jamaica’s banking shake-up isn’t a coincidence. It’s a confirmation. By the time a 137-year-old Canadian bank decides to take its Jamaican subsidiary private – buying out minority shareholders at a 13% premium – you have to ask: what do they know that the rest of us are still catching up t...

27/05/2026

TODAY!

Build the relationships before you need them.

A Kingston BETA Community Event is a room full of ambitious builders, thinkers, and doers shaping the future of tech, business, and digital culture. Come curious. Come generous. Be in the room.

Join us at Kingston BETA later today.
Join me and co-host Raquel Seville, President of JTDA.

17/05/2026

FRESH POST

How Digital Access Fuels Jamaica’s Desire, Data, and Doors coming off the Hinges.

Digital access didn’t change what Jamaicans want. It changed what they’re willing to pay for and who gets to collect. This is a cultural audit of how online access is fueling Jamaica’s economics of desire. Jamaica has always operated on a kind of magnificent hypocrisy. Church on Sunday. A rich...

11/05/2026

We're doing it again, Kingston BETA House co-working pop-up is BACK!!

The Experience
Join a room full of digital entrepreneurs, creatives, remote workers & startup builders working on cool things. Think Soho House energy, a curated space designed for productivity, thoughtful introductions, and great connections.

📍 Mezzaluna's Restaurant Private Room
🗓️ Thursday, May 28th | 12 pm–6 pm
Come for Lunch Specials | Bring your charged work devices.

Lock in your spot → spurropen.com/kbhouse
Come work solo but together.

03/05/2026

Let's meet up over drinks!

For fresh connections, great conversations, and a community of entrepreneurs, digital creatives, digital nomads, industry professionals, ecosystem builders, and business leaders in the tech and digital sectors...all under the Kingston sky.

Kingston BETA Tech Happy Hour
When: Wednesday, May 27th, 2026.

Where: AC Hotel Poolside Bar.
Time: 6:30 pm -9:30 pm.

Hosted by Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe, with partners Jamaica Tech and Digital Association, their new President, Raquel Seville, Founder of Dataffluent.

17/04/2026

Don't mind us. Just here giving you the umpteenth reason to come to Beyond the Beach -Caribbean Impact Investment Summit next week, Friday and Saturday.

A CANNOT-MISS PANEL
The Caribbean Creative Economy is no longer an emerging story; it's an investment thesis.

On April 26 at 3:00 PM, Beyond The Beach: The Caribbean Impact Investment Summit brings together three visionary practitioners for a panel titled "Culture Is The Asset Class: The Caribbean Creative Economy Is Open for Business -New Models, New Money, New Opportunities Right Now."

Here's who's on the stage:

🎬 Scott Dunn — Managing Director, Dream Entertainment Group

⚖️ Candice Stephenson — Ceo of PoshRebel Entertainment & BelentLaw

💡 Abishai Hoilett — CEO, BebbleRock

The panel will be moderated by Andrea Dempster-Chung, CEO of Kingston Creative, a leading voice in the regional creative economy movement.

This session is a must-attend for investors, founders, policymakers, and anyone serious about understanding where the Caribbean's next wave of value creation is coming from.

Culture is THE Asset Class.

🔗 Secure your spot. Grab the last of the tickets spurropen.com/beyondthebeach4

17/04/2026

Fresh SiliconCaribe article by Ingrid Riley

"Unicorns Aren’t Heroes. They’re Signals.

Here’s the uncomfortable part.

Unicorns are not inherently bad. But they are often a symptom of a system designed to concentrate wealth, not distribute it.

A handful of founders and investors get very rich.
Meanwhile, the broader economy? Still struggling with basics."

Read the rest below:

Last week, I made the case that the next wave of global startups can – and should – have Caribbean roots. Not in spite of our geography, our informal networks, and our cultural nuances, but because of them. These aren’t liabilities to overcome. They’re our edge. They shape how we build relat...

17/04/2026

The Caribbean sits at the intersection of global capital, diaspora wealth, and high-impact investment opportunities. As economies rethink their growth models, a new investment thesis is emerging: the Caribbean may be the most investable small region in the world.

This Panel is on Friday, April 24th, 2026.
At the fourth annual Beyond the Beach Summit staged by in partnership with

Last remaining tickets can be had at SpurrOpen.com/BeyondTheBeach4

14/04/2026

The Beyond the Beach Caribbean Impact Investment Summit is just around the corner and this year, it features two pitch stages you won't want to miss.

Taking place at the AC Hotel in Kingston, the summit brings together investors, innovators, and changemakers from across the Caribbean and beyond.

Here's what's on the pitch agenda:

> Kingston BETA Startup Stage
Friday, April 24 | 3:45 PM
Curated startups pitch live to a panel of investors and industry experts, with structured feedback and audience Q&A. It's raw, real, and one of the most electric sessions at the summit.

👉 Applications are still open, the deadline is this Thursday, April 16.
Send your info and pitch deck to: [email protected]

> Resolution Project: Social Venture Pitch Stage Finals
Saturday, April 25 | 1:15 PM
Presented by The Resolution Project USA, this stage spotlights young social entrepreneurs competing in the finals of their global program. Powerful ideas. Real impact.
(Applications are now closed.)

> Presale tickets are US$99 but only until this Friday, April 17. Then Prices go Up! If you've been on the fence, now is the time. Secure your spot at:
https://lnkd.in/etCUB-7C

Conference site: BeyondTheBeachConf.com

Whether you're an entrepreneur, creative, business leader, investor, or simply someone who believes in the power of Caribbean innovation, this is a room worth being in.

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09/04/2026

Caribbean-Founded: How the Next Wave of Global Startups Can Have Island Roots

There’s no shortage of opinions about our Caribbean tech ecosystem. But I am tired of reading the outsider “expert” takes on our startups, our trajectory, our supposed limitations.
So I flipped the script to offer up a different narrative.

A 7-minute read. There’s no shortage of opinions about our Caribbean tech ecosystem. But I am tired of reading the outsider “expert” takes on our startups, our trajectory, our supposed limitations. They analyse the Region through imported frameworks, flatten the Region into data points and def...