Guyana’s digitization plans – especially for hinterland communities and building entrepreneurship – will be boosted through the CONDOSAT (CARISAT) initiative which aims at enhancing satellite connectivity within CARICOM Mem-ber States, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday said.
This country and several other Caribbean nations are poised to be linked up to a satellite network for the secure sharing of confidential data, as part of a European Union-backed Digital Alliance for Latin America and the Carib-bean, officials said.
“Guyana embraces the potential of Project CONDOSAT (CARISAT) and welcomes the opportunity to explore its capacity to further our national and regional goals,” Phillips yesterday told the launch of the project here and first round of technical meetings being facilitated by the European Union and held at residence of EU Ambassador Rene van Nes, in Georgetown.
The Prime Minister said that as government plans ahead, it remain committed to expanding efforts and has set a number of goals to achieve by the end of this year for the technology, which includes ensuring that 38 remaining communities under its ICT initiative receive internet connectivity.
Plans are on stream to also train an additional 10,000 residents in digital literacy, with a focus on youth, women, and indigenous populations, enhance e-government services to provide streamlined access to essential services and support ICT-based entrepreneurship through micro-grants and business development initiatives, all of which the collaboration with project CARISAT will help to achieve.
