Technology offers Caribbean youths a brighter future
In the video above, young Caribbean talents gather in technological convention named Digital Jam 3.0. Digital Jam 3.0 is a Jamaican government collaboration with the World Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, private sectors, and big companies like Microsoft to “promote Caribbean youth employment via opportunities in the virtual economy [1].” Young technological minded people are encouraged to attend the convention to display their talents and ideas and to introduce them to contemporary tech trends. Digital Jam 3.0 creates a technological environment to foster greater interaction between Investors, start-up companies, the latest techs, and a broader Caribbean youth.
In the video, they discussed some technological trends such as how the video game industry was worth over 13 billion US dollars in 2013 and continues to grow. They also talked about how the app development and web industry is also continuing to advance with “quite a dynamic market [2].” The idea is to prepare these youthful talents in the Caribbean to put them in a favorable position to capitalize on the technological market. The long-term goal of Digital Jam 3.0 is to empower the youth and facilitate them to contribute to the economy and on an individual level, enable the youth to explore the tremendous potential within the digital world. Digital Jam 3.0 is making contributions to bridge the technological gap in the African Diaspora by transforming the youth into an alternative source of economic growth for the Caribbean through technology.