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(Sept. 2024) A region encompassing 13 sovereign states, the Caribbean has great potential for technological innovation and economic growth.
But many of its young people need further training in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
“Growing up in the Caribbean, it is very difficult to get STEM opportunities,” Shergaun Roserie tells Huawei Editor-in-Chief Gavin Allen in a new Transform Talks. “When I went to my first global tech competition in Washington, D.C. and saw the chasm between my digital skills and those of my international peers, I knew that when I returned to my country, I needed to make a difference.”
Roserie, who recently won a fellowship sponsored by Huawei and the ITU, took action by founding Orbtronics, a Caribbean-based organization that provides engineering consultancy and digital literacy training.
Some of the training is aimed at people ages 11 to 16. But it can be tailored to adult professionals as well. The goal is to upskill them in the areas of programming, AI, and robotics.
After they complete the program, graduates are funneled into the Orbtronics Innovation Hub, a co-working facility that puts them together with tech entrepreneurs.
“Ideally, this cross-pollination will create valuable opportunities for these youth, and for the tech companies that take part in the program,” Roserie said.
