Technology

Plastic Bank, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization, is committed to improving the lives of impoverished people around the world and simultaneously brings an end of plastic pollution on the earth. To prevent the flow of plastic to the ocean, Plastic Bank rewards people who hand over recyclable plastic waste with cryptocurrency or Blockchain secured digital tokens. To do this, Plastic Bank provides a consistent, above-market rate for plastic waste, thus incentivizing its collection. Individuals who gather plastic can trade it for money, items or services. This is the way they teach people to learn the value of plastic. IBM and Cognition foundry have joined Plastic Bank on this issue to design an innovative solution, creating a secure and smooth reclamation process. The joint platform allows waste collectors to choose their payment token, either with a US dollar token or a native token. These tokens can be traded with the basic supplies directly from Plastic Bank.

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The Haiti Tech Summit is the largest gathering of entrepreneurs, innovators, and influencers in the Caribbean. This festival will highlights the importance of startup ecosystems to either create or disrupt industries across all disciplines, from agriculture to tourism, tech and more.

For 2018 global summit, the central theme will be around catalyzing startup ecosystems in emerging markets.

Dates:
- Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 9:00 AM
- Sat, Jun 23, 2018, 6:00 PM

Location:
- Decameron Beach Resort
- Cotes des Arcadins
- Haiti

For more information:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-haiti-tech-summit-tickets-35347000831?aff=es2

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Haitians Who Blog is an online community of Haitian content creators including, bloggers, vloggers, writers/authors, poets, and podcasters. Haitians Who Blog conduct monthly meetup in your respective city where bloggers can connect, share their ideas, and collaborate. The community focuses on promoting content creators while encouraging businesses to recruit content creators of Haitian descent.

Grab your notepad/laptop and gather your friends to learn more about the content creators in the Haitians Who Blog community.

Date and Time
Sat, April 28, 2018
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Location
FIU South Campus
11200 Southwest 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199

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Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement, a collective of more than 50 organizations representing thousands of Black people from across the country originating out of the African-American community created in response to the sustained and increasingly visible violence against Black communities in the U.S. and globally. The movement began in 2013 by Alicia Garza with two of his sisters, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media when an American George Michael Zimmerman responsible for the fatal shooting of a 17 year old boy Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida was acquitted of second degree murder. The BLM received national recognition following the killing of an 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Alicia Garza and his two sisters, originators of the hashtag, expanded their project into a national network of over 30 local chapters between 2014 and 2016.

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Tech Summit is an effort to accelerate the United Nations' sustainable development goals. Haiti Tech Summit brought thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, digital marketers and innovators under one roof together to address humanity's greatest challenges. The Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) is an organization created with the aim of accelerating startups from emerging markets; it is the first and largest digital accelerator network in the world with a mission to digitize offline startup ecosystems. GSE is the 'event sponsor' of Haiti's 2017 Tech Summit Festival.

The Haiti summit was a historic event with the participation of 100 global speakers flying from the top startup capitals of the world such as Silicon Valley, Dubai, New York, and London. Some of the most popular world Tech startups and important media participating in the summit include Uber, AirBnB, Google and "Inc Magazine", "Ebony Magazine", "Black Enterprises", and "Forbes".
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The summit has been organized with three primary objectives. (i) As an annual meeting point the participants and entrepreneurs can discuss and exchange their ideas and practices at regular intervals. (ii) It serves as a central platform for showcasing advances in the rapidly growing technologies and (iii) To assist in the formation of an annual partnership program towards achieving UN's 17 sustainable development goals (such as, No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health, Quality Education, Gender Equality, etc.) to transform our world.

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On Tuesday and Wednesday and Ednesday of this week, the place to be was at the Royal Decameron Indigo Beach Resort & Spa in Haiti where social entrepreneurs, influencers and startup innovators kicked off a two-day technology summit.

The Haiti Tech Summit brought into the country over 100 speakers representing Google, Facebook, Uber and Airbnb. The summit will cover topics such as how to launch a startup, the importance of smart cities and branding, hoping to transform Haiti into a hub of innovation.

The sold-out event at the Royal Decameron Indigo Beach Resort & Spa had more than 450 attendees.

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University Of Ottawa Donating Android Tablets to Help Haiti's Children with Speech Difficulties

There are many children who do not develop their speech and language skills on their own as expected; often they need effective support to develop them. The University of Ottawa's Brain and Mind Research Institute has decided to donate 14 Android tablets to help Haitian children with speech development difficulties. The tablets will be loaded with speech development apps that would help to improve mouth and tongue motor skills so that the children can communicate basics like colors, sounds, etc. 'Team Canada Healing Hands (TCHH)' will bring those android tablets loaded with speech development apps to PAZAPA Center, based in Jacmel that serves the entire Southeast Department of Haiti. PAZAPA Center has been helping Haitian Children with special needs since 1987. It supports their treatment, education, and development and when the kids get more communicative, the center integrates them into the community-at-large. It is undoubtedly a great appreciable and encouraging rehabilitation arrangement on devices which were originally developed to help stroke victims.

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Fondation Connaissance et Liberte, doing business at 143 Christophe Avenue, was chosen as the site to introduce an open source software, Integrated Management System and Access to Information School (SIGES).

SIGES comes in French, Haitian, Creole, and English versions. It can be used at primary, secondary, professional, and technical levels, in cities as well as in the countryside. LOGIPAM is the Haitian IT company, which developed the software for business and public institutions.

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On Monday, June 1, 2015, the officials of the non-profit organization 'Earth Spark International' inaugurated the first micro network distribution of renewable microgrid energy system which will provide electricity to 430 households and businesses in the town of Les Anglais (South Department). This network has been named as "Eko Pwop (Elektrisite Kominotè Pwop)". To generate the pollution free power supply, Earth Spark International has installed an automated hybrid system, including about 90 kilowatts of solar panels, 400 kWh of battery capacity, and an emergency generator. The company has also installed a grid throughout the city, including a medium-voltage line to meet the future increased demand.

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Recently, the National Council of Telecommunications (CONATEL) has expressed its deep concern on the number of complaints received from the parents about telecasting some pornographic films by some of the television channels during unauthorized hours, which have harmful effects over the young minds. CONATEL wants to remind the owners and managers of these media about the existence of a Regulatory Act published in the official newspaper 'Le Moniteur, Wednesday, 7 August 2013, by the decision of the Executive Body of the National Telecommunications Council (vide Memo No: OE-CNT-DEC-20130002), which deals with penalties under such mentioned circumstances. The said Act dictates that: (a) No broadcasting station will broadcast any program between 5:30 am and 10:30 pm, the content of which is not suitable for viewers below the age of 17, who are watching not under the supervision of a parent or guardian; or (b) The content of which is totally banned for viewers below the age of 17 irrespective of the accompaniment of the parent or guardian's guidance.

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