Kingston BETA

Let's meet up over drinks! For fresh connections, great conversations, and a community of entrepreneurs, digital creatives, digital nomads, industry professionals, ecosystem builders, and business leaders in the tech and digital sectors...all under the Kingston sky. Kingston BETA Tech Happy Hour When: Wednesday, May 27th, 2026. Where: AC Hotel Poolside Bar. Time: 6:30 pm -9:30 pm. Hosted by Ingrid Riley, Founder of SiliconCaribe, with partners Jamaica Tech and Digital Association, their new President, Raquel Seville, Founder of Dataffluent. #KgnBeta #TechCommunity #TechEvent #TechBusiness #Caribbeantech

XMoney and the Caribbean Finance Ecosystem: Disruption Does Not Wait siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/01/xmo…

A Kenyan Fintech Just Made History in Jamaica siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/01/a-k…

Get ready, next month we're having a Kingston BETA Tech Happy Hour Meetup and a Coworking Day. Stay tuned.

I am hearing that the cutting of flights due to rising jet fuel cost is now beginning to impact the Caribbean, including Jamaica. No big announcements, just quiet elimination of some routes etc

US robotics company AIBotics is set to acquire NovaCore Labs, a Jamaica 🇯🇲 based Google partner specializing in cloud and digital infrastructure, w/ plans to deploy AI service and cleaning robots across the island’s hotels and supermarkets. finance.yahoo.com/sectors/techno…

The paradox of technological progress and environmental stewardship in 2026 bit.ly/41RtBRG

1 / 18 🚨🚨A lot of people read Part 1 and asked the same question in my DMs: "I run an Airbnb. I don't have a registered business. What does this actually mean for me?" This thread is for you. Let's go through the full picture, what the law says, what you owe right now, what changes in 2027, and what happens if you ignore it.

ICTP 396: The economics of AI for the Caribbean region, with Dr Justin Ram bit.ly/4tYImOm #podcast #artificialintelligence #Caribbean #digitaleconomy #economy #ICT

@iamprincenathan How to get funding 1. Swot all the random trivia questions you can find 2. Be able to identify places on a map 3. Be child-birthday-party friendly What else am I missing?

Up to this point I avoided talking about the underlying technology online because who cares about that…people just waan know say di ting can do weh dem need di ting fi do…but the technology was carefully chosen for several reasons.

The Unicorn Hangover: Why the Caribbean (and Africa) Needs Fewer Billion-Dollar Dreams and More Boring Wins siliconcaribe.com/2026/04/16/the…

Caribbean-Founded: How the Next Wave of Global Startups Can Have Island Roots What they get wrong. What we do just right. siliconcaribe.com/2026/04/09/car…

WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS. 6 Jamaican startups US$120K each Now valued at US$3–8M In 3 years, @eaborders' partnership with SiliconCaribe + Kingston BETA. This isn’t a conference. It’s a launchpad. Who’s next? You? BEYOND THE BEACH April 23–25 | AC Hotel, Kingston Early Bird ends April 10 SPurrOpen.com/BeyondtheBeach4 #BTBS2026 #CaribbeanTech

Ingrid Riley: The Original Disruptor Positioning Jamaica for the AI-Driven Digital Economy - businessuiteonline.com/ingrid-riley-t…

Pay for proximity. Success isn’t luck. It’s being in the right rooms. Access = currency. Proximity = opportunity. BEYOND THE BEACH The Caribbean Impact Investment Summit This is the room. @EABordersOrg #BTBS2026

The clock starts now. In 30 days, the Caribbean’s most important room opens. Beyond the Beach Summit brings founders, investors, creatives, and leaders together for 3 days of real connections, deal flow, and conversations that move the region forward. This is where we prove: Caribbean innovation doesn’t just exist, it THRIVES Beyond the Beach. If you’re building, curious, investing, or scaling… be in the room. Early Bird Tickets Going.....! 📍 April 23–25 | Kingston, Jamaica 🎟️ spurropen.com/beyondthebeach4 🌐 beyondthebeachconf.com #BTBS2026 @EABordersOrg

GroceryList – Jamaica hits JMD $500M in revenue 2025, turning remittances into same-day commerce across the Caribbean siliconcaribe.com/2026/03/23/gro… #CaribbeanRemittances #CaribbeaneCommerce

Curaçao Commits $25M to Submarine Cable, Signaling a New Era of Caribbean Digital Sovereignty siliconcaribe.com/2026/03/23/cur… #CaribbeanAi #CaribbeanData

The Digital Nomad Opportunity. What Jamaica can learn from Thailand. siliconcaribe.com/2026/03/21/the…