Caricom lauds Grenada’s leadership in ICT

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has lauded Grenada for leading by example in using ICT to create an enabling environment to pursue its social and economic development goals.

The secretary-general made these remarks at the Caricom Secretariat Headquarters where he received the credentials of Grenada’s new Ambassador to the Community, Patrick Antoine, a press statement said.

In commending Grenada’s drive towards increased use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), LaRocque cited the country’s decision to become the first English-speaking Caribbean country to develop its own Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in 2011. Grenada, he said,