Mark Lyndersay

Mark Lyndersay is a writer and photographer based in Trinidad and Tobago. He wrote 1,800 editorial leaders for Guardian Media Limited between 2001 and 2016 and now provides leaders for the T&T Newsday. He writes features and reviews for several publications. His column, BitDepth has examined personal technology issues continuously over the last 27 years. As a photographer, he divides his time between commercial assignments, editorial photography, annual reports and personal projects like Local Lives, which examines the backstory of life and culture in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Ministry of Tomorrow

"...the colonies were to manufacture not a nail, not a horseshoe. They were to produce raw materials only, which were to be sent to England, to enable downstream manufacturing operations, to provide jobs, to expand."

Huawei wants Tech4All

"Students are moving from being listeners to actors and players. Universities are shifting from being managers to coordinators and supporters."

TT Chamber champions micro-enterprise

“Innovation should start from the inside out. You must identify the one distinct advantage you have and own it.”

How C&W and Flow met the covid19 challenge

When crises hit, people tend to step up. We've seen that again during the Covid-19 crisis.

Disappointing start to Recovery plan

“Having regard to how much financial resources TT has put behind the ICT space, we are nowhere near as advanced as we should be.” - Allyson West

Samsung gears up for new Galaxy push

Local vendors and suppliers were unable able to introduce customers to the newest iteration of the S20. The product sat in stores behind shuttered doors.

De Gannes wants Digital for Everyone

It’s the kind of Marshall McLuhan conceptualising that could easily become boring, but the banter between De Gannes and his hosts makes a potentially challenging subjects seem rather obvious and straightforward.

ECCB charts a digital future

“It is still prohibitive for us to do business with each other because we are paying significant transfer fees.”

Jamaica hosts cashless public market powered by WiPay

"As with all new advances there were some early challenges, but with that out of the way, people were spending with our purveyors and farmers."

Banking under covid19

To make capital more accessible, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) reduced the discount rate by 4.5 percentage points to two percent to provide low-cost, short-term credit.

Digicel partners with Iliad for network sharing in French WI

As we continue our journey towards becoming a digital operator, we recognise that sharing infrastructure in a multi-operator marketplace provides the foundation to offer better network services.

What’s next…

Forty years ago, the OECS boss noted; Dr Eric Williams put food security on the Caricom agenda. Now the region is facing a food import bill estimated at no less than $8 billion.
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