By Karen Abrams
Karen Abrams is a Consultant for the Tech Industry. Her specialty is encouraging the participation of under-represented groups in creating technology startup ventures. She holds a MBA degree in Marketing.
As I engage in more discussions with Guyanese influencers about how we achieve a more technologically advanced Guyanese society, I’m often confronted with responses that detail the myriad of reasons why Guyana is not moving forward on ICT or STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) in a progressive, organized, committed way. More often than not, the responses include lack of reliable and inexpensive Internet infrastructure, fibre optics network challenges, illiteracy, lack of government’s commitment and lack of community or family resources.
In reality, there is no perfect time to embrace a STEAM focus in society, especially developing societies like ours. The whole point of the current global technology startup movement is to empower regular people to identify problems and fill those
