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THE TRUST FOR THE AMERICAS AND FORTINET TEAM UP TO INCREASE CYBERSECURITY TRAINING

2021/12/13

The Trust for the Americas has partnered with Fortinet®, a global leader in comprehensive, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, to reduce the gap of trained professionals in the cybersecurity industry in Latin America and the Caribbean, by offering Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE) courses at The Trust’s DIA Innovation Labs. The alliance will provide DIA Lab participants with training in four key areas: AI-Driven Security Operations, Dynamic Cloud Security, Security Driven Networking, and Zero Trust Network Access.

Jamaica - Trinidad & Tobago

DIA LAB TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GRADUATES FIRST COHORT

2021/10/20

The DIA Lab in Trinidad and Tobago celebrated its first graduation ceremony, in which 46 young Trinbagonians were recognized for completing the DIA training program, focused on digital and entrepreneurial courses.

Trinidad & Tobago

SOLUTIONS TO LOCAL CHALLENGES PROPOSED AT NCB ICON LAB’S LATEST IDEATHON

2021/10/01

The “Shaping the post pandemic Jamaica” Ideathon created a collaborative space to generate innovative solutions to address challenges that affect communities in the Caribbean country after COVID-19.

Jamaica

CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA PARA ORGANIZACIONES DOMINICANAS QUE QUIERAN IMPULSAR LA INNOVACIÓN EN EL PAÍS

2021/09/20

The Trust for the Americas financiará con hasta $80,000 dólares a una institución que capacite y fomente la innovación y emprendedurismo en 200 jóvenes dominicanos.

República Dominicana

JAMAICAN ENTREPRENEURS RECEIVE FUNDING IN THE DIA LAB PITCH TANK COMPETITION

2021/08/23

The Pitch Tank Competition is one of the main components of the project "Urban Labs for Youth Innovation in Jamaica”, implemented by The Trust for the Americas, through the DIA program (Democratizing Innovation in the Americas) and the financial support of Citi Foundation.

Jamaica

CARIBBEAN YOUTH ADVANCES POST-COVID RECOVERY EFFORTS WITH INTERNATIONAL HACKATHON

2021/07/29

The virtual competition invited tech-savvy innovators from Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago to develop new ideas that support the COVID-19 recovery response.

Belize - Jamaica - Trinidad & Tobago

PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRTUAL HACKATHON COMPETITION AND WIN UP TO USD 800

2021/07/13

The invitation is open to tech-savvy innovators from Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, to develop new ideas supporting Open Government initiatives.

Belize - Jamaica - Trinidad & Tobago

Kickstarting The DIA Youth Innovation Lab in Trinidad and Tobago

2021/06/08

The Youth Innovation Lab in Trinidad will impact 200 young people in 2021, providing state-of-the-art innovation and technology training, access to collaboration spaces and more, promoting STEM education and entrepreneurship.

Trinidad & Tobago

The Global Community Day Ideathon, an opportunity to nurture Caribbean innovation and volunteering

2021/06/24

Citi Global Community Day Ideathon created a collaborative space to generate innovative solutions to address challenges that affect communities in the Caribbean.

Jamaica - Trinidad & Tobago

The Trust for the Americas and IDB Lab will strengthen Jamaican youth competencies

2021/04/06

The upcoming project in Jamaica with the Inter-American Development Bank is focused on unleashing the potential of low-income youth to facilitate access to better job opportunities.

Jamaica

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