Business View Caribbean | September 2022

9 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 9 C oming off the unprecedented, deadly and economically disastrous COVID-19 pandemic, more and more Caribbean nations have made concrete ventures into technology fields, slowly fulfilling the widely- touted plot to diversify respective economies throughout the region. “The digital world and its related trades — e-commerce and digital services, IT, cryptocurrency, telehealth, digital animation, virtual reality and now even video games — have made their way to these stunning shores, and POST-COVID, IS THE CARIBBEAN BECOMING A TECH HUB? with a promise to provide stable, high-paying jobs,” notes Joseph Boll, CEO of Caribbean Employment Services Inc., a market-leading digital talent acquisition service. “Increasingly, we are seeing more businesses launched in these fields and more local residents being employed in these sectors in their respective hometowns. At the same time, we are seeing more efforts from governments to ensure residents are adequately trained to take advantage of jobs in these sectors when and as they become available.” OPENING L INES