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framework , pursue cross-border recognition of digital IDs , create a shared repository of digital solutions and develop a region-wide form of national identification .

Trinidadian Minister of Digital Transformation and current President of the CTU General Conference of Ministers , Hassel Bacchus , said : “ Waiting is not an action ; after this , there will be no waiting , we will be doing .”

Waiting is not an action ; after this , there will be no waiting , we will be doing .

The Caribbean is connected by several subsea cables including the Southern Caribbean Fiber , Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program , Eastern Caribbean Fiber System , X Link , American Movil subsea cable and Arvos among others .

In March 2022 , St Kitts ’ primeminister announced plans to build a ‘ state of the art ’ data center on the island .

According to a research report by Report Linker , the data center market in the Caribbean is predicted to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11.37 % between 2022 and 2027 .

A recent report by the Inter-American Development Bank , ( IDB ), has shed light on what it described as a critical issue faced by Caribbean businesses – the

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