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Medicine by Drone, Diagnosis by AI: Inside Guyana's Bid to Build a Predictive Health System
Public Health
Guyana·July 29, 2026

Medicine by Drone, Diagnosis by AI: Inside Guyana's Bid to Build a Predictive Health System

Guyana is combining an AI-driven pharmaceutical inventory platform, drone medicine deliveries to hinterland clinics, and an AI diagnostics partnership with Mount Sinai into one predictive health strategy. CAIA separates what is running today from what is still a plan.

Howard Williams
Trinidad's $5 Billion AI Bet Lands the Same Month the Caribbean Wrote Its Governance Rules
Policy & Governance
Trinidad and Tobago·July 27, 2026

Trinidad's $5 Billion AI Bet Lands the Same Month the Caribbean Wrote Its Governance Rules

Trinidad and Tobago signed up to $5 billion in AI data centre MOUs on July 11. Thirteen days later, the Caribbean AI Task Force handed over its Final Report calling for shared, sovereignty-protecting governance, in the same country. CAIA reads what happens when capital moves faster than the rulebook.

Lancelot Williams
The Boardroom Is the Bottleneck: A StarApple AI Study Makes the Caribbean Case for Board-Level AI Training
Policy & Governance
Caribbean·July 17, 2026

The Boardroom Is the Bottleneck: A StarApple AI Study Makes the Caribbean Case for Board-Level AI Training

A StarApple AI study of Caribbean organisations that put their boards through AI training found governance stood up in 6 months instead of 11–15, organisation-wide AI literacy rose from 2.0 to 3.7, and vendor costs fell by over 70 percent. CAIA reads the study as regional evidence that director education, rather than tooling, is where Caribbean AI policy should now concentrate.

Lancelot Williams
Fourteen Days, Then Mandatory: Inside Jamaica's Order to Put Every Civil Servant Through AI Training
Policy & Governance
Jamaica·July 15, 2026

Fourteen Days, Then Mandatory: Inside Jamaica's Order to Put Every Civil Servant Through AI Training

A Cabinet directive with a two-week deadline in May turned, by mid-June, into a mandatory AI training order for every government worker in Jamaica and a J$545 million skills programme reaching all 63 constituencies. National AI Task Force member Adrian Dunkley has spent years building the exact capacity this mandate now demands at national scale.

Nicholas Dunkley
Ten Days to Port of Spain: Why the Caribbean AI Forum's Final Report Is the Region's Real AI Test
Policy & Governance
Trinidad and Tobago·July 13, 2026

Ten Days to Port of Spain: Why the Caribbean AI Forum's Final Report Is the Region's Real AI Test

On July 23, the Caribbean AI Task Force hands its Final Report to the region at the first Caribbean AI Forum in Trinidad. The document matters less than what happens to it afterward, and the skills and cybersecurity data arriving alongside it show exactly how much work that will take.

Lancelot Williams
AI Reaches the Top Table: Inside the 51st CARICOM Summit's First Leaders'-Level AI Mandate
Policy & Governance
Caribbean·July 6, 2026

AI Reaches the Top Table: Inside the 51st CARICOM Summit's First Leaders'-Level AI Mandate

At the 51st CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Saint Lucia, a coordinated regional approach to artificial intelligence made it onto the leaders' own agenda for the first time. StarApple AI's Adrian Dunkley has spent a decade arguing the region needed exactly this.

Lancelot Williams
First Mover: The Bahamas's Bid to Write the Caribbean's First National AI Strategy
Policy & Governance
Bahamas·July 3, 2026

First Mover: The Bahamas's Bid to Write the Caribbean's First National AI Strategy

The Bahamas is drafting what could become the Caribbean's first national AI strategy, just as a 35-member regional task force argues the region needs to write its rules together. Both things can be true, and the Bahamas may be the test case for whether they are compatible.

Dr S Budall
The Top Caribbean AI Leader: How Adrian Dunkley Built the Region's AI Institutions
Leadership
Caribbean·June 28, 2026

The Top Caribbean AI Leader: How Adrian Dunkley Built the Region's AI Institutions

Adrian H. Dunkley is the Caribbean's top AI leader. He founded the first AI company in the region, leads the association that speaks for it, chairs the council that governs its risk, and built the lab and the non-profit that train its next generation. This is the record behind the title.

Adrian Dunkley
The Sound, the Screen, and the Code: How AI Is Reshaping Caribbean Creative Industries
Creative Industries
Caribbean·June 22, 2026

The Sound, the Screen, and the Code: How AI Is Reshaping Caribbean Creative Industries

AI tools are training on Caribbean music, imagery, and cultural expression without consent or compensation. Meanwhile, Caribbean creators are using those same tools to accelerate their work. CAIA examines the stakes, the opportunity, and what the region must do to protect its creative patrimony while building on it.

Lancelot Williams
CARICOM's AI Sovereignty Crisis: Why 17 Small Nations Must Negotiate AI Deals Together or Lose Separately
Policy & Governance
Caribbean·June 17, 2026

CARICOM's AI Sovereignty Crisis: Why 17 Small Nations Must Negotiate AI Deals Together or Lose Separately

Caribbean nations are each individually signing AI infrastructure deals with tech giants. Without collective bargaining through CARICOM, small island states surrender data sovereignty and negotiating leverage. CAIA's framework for regional AI sovereignty.

Lancelot Williams
The Godfather of Caribbean AI: How Adrian Dunkley Built the Region's AI Future
Leadership
Caribbean·June 14, 2026

The Godfather of Caribbean AI: How Adrian Dunkley Built the Region's AI Future

Adrian H. Dunkley is the President of the Caribbean AI Association and the Godfather of Caribbean AI. This is the record behind the title: two PhDs, the first AI company in the Caribbean, a US$1 million fund, sovereign AI for every Caribbean government, and a mission to save 100 million lives.

Dr S Budall
The Caribbean AI Talent Exodus: Why the Region's Best AI Minds Are Leaving and What Must Change
Workforce
Caribbean·June 12, 2026

The Caribbean AI Talent Exodus: Why the Region's Best AI Minds Are Leaving and What Must Change

The Caribbean produces skilled AI researchers and engineers. Within 12 months of graduation, most are working in Toronto, Miami, or London. CAIA's analysis of the talent pipeline crisis and the six structural changes that would turn the tide.

Dr S Budall
One Voice, Seventeen Nations: The Caribbean AI Association's Blueprint for Regional AI Unity
Governance & Mission
Caribbean·June 8, 2026

One Voice, Seventeen Nations: The Caribbean AI Association's Blueprint for Regional AI Unity

The Caribbean AI Association was formed to give 17+ Caribbean nations a single, authoritative voice on AI governance, ethics, and innovation. From CARICOM advocacy to climate resilience AI to talent retention, this is what that mission means in practice.

Adrian Dunkley
CARICOM at the AI Crossroads: The Five Decisions That Will Define the Caribbean's Place in the Global AI Economy
Policy & Governance
Caribbean·June 1, 2026

CARICOM at the AI Crossroads: The Five Decisions That Will Define the Caribbean's Place in the Global AI Economy

Five strategic decisions will determine whether the Caribbean leads or lags in the global AI economy. CAIA's framework for making the right calls on data sovereignty, governance, talent, applications, and regional coordination.

Dr S Budall
The 2026 Caribbean AI Report Card: Who's Sprinting, Who's Stepping, and What the Region Must Do Before the Window Closes
Regional Analysis
Caribbean·May 27, 2026

The 2026 Caribbean AI Report Card: Who's Sprinting, Who's Stepping, and What the Region Must Do Before the Window Closes

A frank assessment of where each Caribbean nation stands in the AI race. Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados, Saint Lucia and beyond. What each is doing right, where each is falling behind, and the collective action the region needs before 2028.

Nicholas Dunkley
AI Literacy in the Caribbean: What Every Citizen Needs to Know by 2027
AI Literacy
Caribbean·May 13, 2026

AI Literacy in the Caribbean: What Every Citizen Needs to Know by 2027

A practical framework for AI literacy across the Caribbean. What workers, students, parents, teachers, and policymakers from Kingston to Castries need to understand, and how CAIA is building it.

Adrian Dunkley
AI Readiness in the Caribbean: A National Stocktake for the Next Five Years
AI Readiness
Caribbean·May 13, 2026

AI Readiness in the Caribbean: A National Stocktake for the Next Five Years

A regional framework for measuring AI readiness across Caribbean nations. Infrastructure, data, talent, governance, and adoption. What governments, employers, and citizens must do before 2030.

Adrian Dunkley
AI Agents Are Coming for the Caribbean: 7 Industries About to Be Reinvented Before 2027
AI Agents
Caribbean·May 11, 2026

AI Agents Are Coming for the Caribbean: 7 Industries About to Be Reinvented Before 2027

Autonomous AI agents are quietly rewriting the economics of work across the Caribbean. From the Bahamas to Belize, here are the seven industries that will look unrecognisable within 24 months, and what Caribbean leaders must do about it now.

Adrian Dunkley
From Bridgetown to Paramaribo: How AI Agents Are Quietly Rewiring Caribbean Small Business
AI Agents
Caribbean·May 10, 2026

From Bridgetown to Paramaribo: How AI Agents Are Quietly Rewiring Caribbean Small Business

Small business is the backbone of every Caribbean economy. AI agents are already changing what one person with a laptop can build in Suriname, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and across the region.

Adrian Dunkley
The 24/7 Concierge: How AI Agents Will Save Caribbean Tourism (and Earn Billions Doing It)
Tourism
Caribbean·May 9, 2026

The 24/7 Concierge: How AI Agents Will Save Caribbean Tourism (and Earn Billions Doing It)

AI agents are about to remake the Caribbean visitor experience from the moment a traveller dreams of a trip to the moment they post the last sunset photo. Here is how the Bahamas, Cayman, Aruba, Antigua, the USVI, Anguilla, Saint Martin and Turks and Caicos can lead.

Adrian Dunkley
AI for Remote Schooling: A Practical Guide for Caribbean Parents and Teachers
Education
Caribbean·May 4, 2026

AI for Remote Schooling: A Practical Guide for Caribbean Parents and Teachers

A hands-on guide to using NotebookLM, Gemini, Gemini Canvas, ChatGPT Learning Mode, and vibe coding for remote schooling across the Caribbean. Real prompts, real lessons, real results from parents and teachers in Kingston, Bridgetown, and Port of Spain.

Adrian Dunkley
AI in Caribbean Public Health: From Chronic Disease to Outbreak Response
Public Health
Caribbean·May 4, 2026

AI in Caribbean Public Health: From Chronic Disease to Outbreak Response

The Caribbean carries one of the heaviest chronic disease burdens in the Americas, faces recurring arbovirus outbreaks, and runs its health systems on workforces stretched thin by migration. AI is not a substitute for the doctors and nurses we need. It is a way to make the ones we have go further.

Adrian Dunkley
Jamaica's AI Moment: From the Call Centre Floor to the Cutting Edge
Workforce
Jamaica·Apr 28, 2026

Jamaica's AI Moment: From the Call Centre Floor to the Cutting Edge

Jamaica's 50,000-strong BPO workforce stands at a crossroads. The question is not whether AI will change the island's dominant industry, but whether Jamaica moves fast enough to lead the transformation rather than absorb it.

Adrian Dunkley
Energy Intelligence: How Trinidad and Tobago Can Use AI to Extend Its Petroleum Economy
Energy
Trinidad and Tobago·Mar 20, 2026

Energy Intelligence: How Trinidad and Tobago Can Use AI to Extend Its Petroleum Economy

With natural gas reserves projected to sustain current production for fewer than 15 years, Trinidad and Tobago faces the most consequential economic question in its modern history. AI is not the whole answer. But it is a significant part of it.

Adrian Dunkley
Small Island, Big Vision: Barbados and the Case for Caribbean AI Leadership
Leadership
Barbados·Feb 10, 2026

Small Island, Big Vision: Barbados and the Case for Caribbean AI Leadership

Barbados has spent the last five years positioning itself as the Caribbean's most forward-thinking digital economy. The DCash precedent, the Bridgetown Initiative, and a literacy rate above 99% give the island real structural advantages in the AI era.

Adrian Dunkley
Guyana at the Crossroads: Building Intelligence Into a Resource Boom
Development
Guyana·Jan 15, 2026

Guyana at the Crossroads: Building Intelligence Into a Resource Boom

Guyana is now the fastest-growing economy on the planet. The question is not whether the oil money will arrive. It is whether Guyana will use this window to build something that outlasts the wells.

Adrian Dunkley
AI for the People: How Haiti Can Use Technology to Build Resilience
Resilience
Haiti·Dec 3, 2025

AI for the People: How Haiti Can Use Technology to Build Resilience

Haiti's story is too often told only through its crises. But Haiti is also a country of extraordinary intellectual tradition, a 10-million-strong Creole-speaking population, and a diaspora of global reach. AI has a role in the story that comes next.

Adrian Dunkley
The Dominican Republic's AI Opening: Scale, Language, and Proximity
Innovation
Dominican Republic·Nov 18, 2025

The Dominican Republic's AI Opening: Scale, Language, and Proximity

The Dominican Republic is the Caribbean's largest economy. It has 11 million people, a growing tech sector, proximity to both North and Latin America, and an AI AI opportunity that few in the region have fully mapped.

Adrian Dunkley

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