Episode 12
Ep 12: Rodney Taylor, Secretary General of Caribbean Telecommunications Union
May 30, 202224m 41s
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Show Notes
Rodney Taylor, Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, discusses digital transformation and the potential role of the post:
- The emotion of international mail
- Innovation in telecommunications and IT in Barbados
- Digital transformation's critical role in supporting peoples and governments
- Delivering government services digitally
- The CTU's role and mandate, from establishment by CARICOM through to understanding the "metaverse"
- Supporting CARICOM single market and economy through telecommunications
- Key areas of digital transformation the CTU is working on, including accessing government services online
- Opportunities for collaboration with postal operators in digital transformation
- How the pandemic fuelled innovation and development in digital transformation, and partnerships with the post
- Scope for working with other international organisations
- Trends in regional e-commerce
- Inclusion of all social groups in digital transformation
- .post top level domain and cyber security
- Raising awareness of cyber crime and cyber security, and including provisions for cyber crime and data protection in legislation
- International and cross-sector cooperation in internet and data governance