AFTER an intensive two days of idea generation and software creation, the 17 technologists that participated in the inaugural ‘Hack Solve’ event have managed to create a software prototype that will seek to boost civic engagement in Guyana. The Nexus Hack-Solve event was hosted at the Arthur Chung...
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FOR two and a half days, 17 innovative minds will participate in the Nexus Hack-Solve to create an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution to a national problem and create a prototype programme for possible local consumption. The Nexus Hack-Solve event will be hosted at the Arthur...
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Advancing ICT Education through digital exhibitions THE walls that have existed which affected the evolution of Guyana’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector are crumbling as more and more companies, groups and organisations join the Government in transforming the country’s techno...
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Young Guyanese seeking to break into entrepreneurship in the digital industry will be afforded the opportunity to place their ‘offerings’ on display at a Developers Exhibition (Dev X) from August 4 – 31, 2017. The event will allow for both online and face-to-face participation with the latter being...
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Version75 Solutions (V75), the team that recently won the first Hackathon held in Guyana, strongly believes that software development can become a viable and thriving industry in this country. Speaking with this publication yesterday, V75 team member, Eldon Marks, said that there is a sustainable...
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Having endured 48-hours of intense coding, Version75 Solutions on Sunday emerged as the winners of the first ‘Hackathon,’ which was organised by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre last weekend. Also known as a Hack Fest, or a Code Fest, hackathons are m...
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While serving as the Head of Department (HOD) of Computer Science at the University of Guyana between 2010 and 2012, I conceptualized and spearheaded two installments of an expo out of the Department to address the gap between academia and industry. Under the caption of "Optimizing Our Tomor...
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