V75 Inc. a local technology company has teamed up with Professor Jason Mars, creator of Jaseci – a leading artificial intelligence programme – to create Guyana’s own Silicon Valley. Once established, Guyana’s talented young minds will be able to build their own AI products to be marketed and sold to...
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— says Minister Edghill as $6.8M online ticket booking system comes onstream The Ministry of Public Works’ Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD), in collaboration with Mobile Money Guyana (MMG+), launched Guyana’s first online ticket booking system for water transport, ‘Ferry Pass’, on Saturday....
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Earlier this week I got the opportunity to share the stage at CANTO2022 with some of the most impressive tech entrepreneurs in the region as we told our origin stories and brought awareness to the immense value that regional tech entrepreneurs deliver and how they can be best supported by government...
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The roll video recap from Nexus 2022 where I represented Guyana and shared my entrepreneurial journey on stage. A new generation of entrepreneurs is making its way and leaving its mark in the business ecosystem, bringing to the table fresh ideas on what being a successful compa...
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A few years ago, I began an ambitious mission of exploring ways to help reduce the numbers of talented tech graduates that leave Guyana each and every year. I worked with many of these graduates for over a decade while teaching Computer Science at the University of Guyana, and was convinced that t...
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In November of 2020, I built a proof-of-concept of an idea that I’ve had for a few years, originally inspired by the pre-recorded, interactive holograms in Asimov’s I, Robot..You can play around with a version on https://eldonmarks.com. It was missing a critical piece of technology that Jason Mars w...
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Studies show that the US tech sector supports 18M jobs; that’s 12% of their GDP; each tech job created supports almost three non-tech jobs. The periodic exodus of our #regional #talent has already proven that we have what it takes to deliver to tech opportunities around the globe. A shift from expor...
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Most recent talk of Guyana has revolved around its oil and gas boom, which, having turned the country’s fortunes on its head, also provided the thrust behind this small slice of South America becoming the fastest growing economy in the world in 2019. While Guyana’s BPO market is small but advancin...
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In this presentation at the 2021 IDB Lab Forum, I delve into my journey from academia to tech entrepreneurship, transforming Guyana’s tech landscape. I share the why behind V75 Inc., a leading conversational AI company, and Nexus Hub Inc., its non-profit counterpart. These ventures, supported by...
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In a world where technology is constantly evolving, the technological landscape in Guyana can often seem to be at a standstill. Recognizing many of the limitations to developing the sector and also creating an enabling environment for upcoming tech professionals, Eldon Marks would in 2014 develop...
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