Silicon Caribe

07/08/2026

FRESH POST

The AI Garage: The Uncle Who Knows Cars and the Friend Who Remembers Deadlines

"How CyarGPT and AutoTrustJa are quietly covering every stage of car ownership in Jamaica – without ever competing."

https://bit.ly/3RR5YHB

29/07/2026

FRESH POST
AI Gave Caribbean Creators the Business Infrastructure They Never Had. Here’s How to Build With It.

Read the Rest here https://bit.ly/4wpsW7v

Every Caribbean creator has heard some version of the same compliment. “You should be huge.” Millions of views. Real cultural pull. Brands sliding into the DMs asking for a “collab” […]

27/07/2026

FRESH POST

The Caribbean’s Next Big Export Isn’t Music or Tourism. It’s Attention.

For decades, the Caribbean has exported the things the world already recognises.

Music. Tourism. Athletics. Food. Culture.

Those industries have shaped the region’s global identity and generated billions in economic activity.

But there’s another export quietly emerging... "

Read the full story
https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/07/27/the-caribbeans-next-big-export-isnt-music-or-tourism-its-attention/

More than 300 million people follow Caribbean creators. The region’s most valuable digital export may no longer be culture itself-but the global attention it commands. For decades, the Caribbean has […]

15/07/2026

THIS FRIDAY!

Our Founder Ingrid Riley is joining the Caribbean AI Summit for a Fireside Chat on how entrepreneurship has evolved over the past 19 years, lessons from building SiliconCaribe & Kingston BETA, and why AI is opening a new era of opportunity.

🗓️ July 17 | ⏰ 10:30 AM EST
💻 http://CaribbeanAiSummit.com

09/07/2026

FRESH POST

Jamaica Is Finally Opening the Door to Crypto Regulation.
We’ve Been Knocking since 2018.

https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/07/09/jamaica-is-finally-opening-the-door-to-crypto-regulation-we-were-knocking-on-it-in-2018/

Here’s what it means, and how we got here. Jamaica’s financial sector just reached a defining milestone, as initially reported by the Jamaica Observer. On June 11, 2026, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) opened public consultations on a proposed licensing regime for Virtual Asset Service P...

27/06/2026

FRESH POST

Forget Building The Caribbean’s Next MrBeast. Build The Company That Creates Twenty Of Them.

"When Forbes released its 2026 Top 50 Creators List, most people focused on the creators.

MrBeast.
Khaby Lame.
Charli D’Amelio.
Steven Bartlett.

I looked at the list differently.
I wasn’t asking, “Why isn’t there a Caribbean creator on it?”
I was asking something else.
Who built the businesses behind these creators?
Because none of them became nine-figure entrepreneurs on content alone.
Behind every creator empire is an invisible layer of infrastructure."

Read the rest here: https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/06/26/forget-building-the-caribbeans-next-mrbeast-build-the-company-that-creates-twenty-of-them/

When Forbes released its 2026 Top 50 Creators List, most people focused on the creators. MrBeast. Khaby Lame. Charli D’Amelio. Steven Bartlett. I looked at the list differently. I wasn’t asking, “Why isn’t there a Caribbean creator on it?” I was asking something else. Who built the busines...

22/06/2026

Digital Trends
She Built the Bank Account Caribbean Freelancers Were Never Supposed to Have https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/06/22/she-built-the-bank-account-caribbean-freelancers-were-never-supposed-to-have/

A new borderless banking platform just launched, and in its first week, hundreds signed up without a single ad. For millions of freelancers, remote workers, and digital creators across the Global South, the internet opened the door to global opportunity. But there has always been a problem hiding be...

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...