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		<title>56% Contactless Adoption – Has Jamaica Already Crossed the Digital Payments Tipping Point?</title>
		<link>https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/28/56-contactless-adoption-has-jamaica-already-crossed-the-digital-payments-tipping-point/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 19:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jamaica just hit a milestone that should have every fintech founder and investor in the region paying attention. Contactless payment adoption across the nation has reached 56% &#8211; a signal that the digital payments evolution is gaining momentum. That was the backdrop for Mastercard Day Jamaica, a strategic forum held in Kingston on May 26, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Caribbean Playbook: How Local Tech Leaders Can Use the Nonprofit-to-Investment Strategy to Build Real Wealth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 19:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The last article explained how global VC funds use nonprofits and social impact organisations as strategic market entry vehicles &#8211; building trust, gathering intelligence, developing deal flow, and preparing the ground before deploying commercial capital. Here&#8217;s the more interesting question: why aren&#8217;t Caribbean tech leaders doing this more deliberately, at scale, for themselves? The strategy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Trojan Horse Strategy: Why Global VC Funds Use Nonprofits to Enter New Markets</title>
		<link>https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/25/the-trojan-horse-strategy-why-global-vc-funds-use-nonprofits-to-enter-new-markets/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 18:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When a major venture capital fund enters a new market, it rarely arrives with a term sheet. More often, it comes bearing gifts: a fellowship program, a startup accelerator, a social impact challenge, a digital literacy initiative, a &#8220;foundation&#8221; with an inspiring mission statement, and a sleek website. This is not philanthropy. It&#8217;s a strategy. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Digital Access Fuels Jamaica’s Desire, Data, and Doors coming off the Hinges.</title>
		<link>https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/16/how-digital-access-fuel-jamaicas-desire-data-and-the-doors-coming-off-the-hinges/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ingrid Riley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Digital access didn&#8217;t change what Jamaicans want. It changed what they&#8217;re willing to pay for and who gets to collect. This is a cultural audit of how online access is fueling Jamaica&#8217;s economics of desire. Jamaica has always operated on a kind of magnificent hypocrisy. Church on Sunday. A rich private life, Monday through Saturday. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From Georgetown to the Nasdaq: How Felicia J. Persaud Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Capital with Ai Capital Exchange</title>
		<link>https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/07/from-georgetown-to-the-nasdaq-how-felicia-j-persaud-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-global-capital-with-ai-capital-exchange/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SC Team]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 01:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a particular kind of ambition that gets forged when you leave everything familiar behind and build something new in a foreign country. For Felicia J. Persaud, that journey began in Georgetown, Guyana and it has led her, most recently, to a milestone that few entrepreneurs ever reach: graduating with honors from the prestigious Nasdaq [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AIBotics Moves Into Jamaica with NovaCore Labs Deal, Scaling Real-World Robotics</title>
		<link>https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/01/aibotics-moves-into-jamaica-with-novacore-labs-deal-scaling-real-world-robotics/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I robotics firm AIBotics is locking in its Caribbean entry, advancing its acquisition of Jamaica-based NovaCore Labs, and accelerating real-world robot deployments across the island. This isn’t a pilot economy-it’s live. Robots are already operating in a major supermarket chain and being tested in top hotel properties, pushing automation into high-traffic, revenue-generating environments. NovaCore, led [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Kenyan Fintech Just Made History in Jamaica</title>
		<link>https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/01/a-kenyan-fintech-just-made-history-in-jamaica/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SC Team]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 23:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new chapter in Caribbean fintech is unfolding as Kenyan remittance startup WapiPay secures regulatory approval to launch in Jamaica. The move signals more than geographic expansion it points to a shift in how money flows between emerging markets. WapiPay’s entry positions it to facilitate transfers across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, targeting both diaspora [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>XMoney and the Caribbean Finance Ecosystem: Disruption Does Not Wait</title>
		<link>https://www.siliconcaribe.com/2026/05/01/xmoney-and-the-caribbean-finance-ecosystem-disruption-does-not-wait/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SC Team]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Raquel Seville There is a pattern that plays out repeatedly in the history of technology. An external player, operating from a position of scale and infrastructure that regional incumbents cannot match, enters a market that local institutions have left underserved. By the time the incumbents respond, the customer relationship has already moved. The Caribbean [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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