“Data is a key asset in the digital economy; however, your data must be safe and thus the Department of Information and Communications Technology under the Digital Transformation Policy main mandate is to keep your data safe”. This was stated by the Acting Deputy Secretary of the newly approved Digital Government Wing Mr Russell Woruba. He…
Alofi, Niue – 12 May 2021 – The Government of Niue (GON) today announced that the Niue Manatua Cable is now ready for service in Niue after undergoing several weeks of tests. The Manatua cable is a joint Pacific collaboration project initiated in April 2017 with the signing of an international treaty by the Premier of…
Registered Magistrate, Judicial Department, Republic of Fiji Islands Seini Puamau and her experience as a Fullbright Scholar alumni 2016-2017
(Authored by Kevin Jenkins, originally published by the NZ Herald on 7 March 2021) Excerpt: Award-winner MYRIVR is one example, and another is MakaNet, the only Pasifika-owned and -operated ISP in Aotearoa. Their unique offering is a great price for unlimited fibre, but being Pasifika-owned and -led also makes a difference. Demonstrating cultural understanding with…
Trust and the changes in ICT Pacific Women in ICT feature This story first appeared on IT Society Solomon Islands Since Chung Wah Primary School and even throughout my high school years at the King George VI National Secondary School, the aim was to get into medicine. Then in my last year, the 7th Form,…
Tuvalu conducts its first national cybersecurity capacity review Authors: Mr. Opetaia Simati, Director, Department of ICT, Ministry of Justice, Communications and Foreign Affairs, Tuvalu Dr. James Boorman, Head of Research and Capacity Building, OCSC Dr. Joanne Mihelcic, Research Fellow, OCSC March 2021, Tuvalu, Funafuti. The world has changed. COVID-19 has had a profound and disastrous…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the tourism industry in the Pacific, resulting in the termination or reduced hours for a large portion of tourism workers. In Fiji, over 70,000 tourism workers have been affected – individuals such as Joseph Snodgrass, a former bartender of an award-winning resort in Savusavu and Salote Matanibuka, a former…
A 17-year-old girl tried to take her own life in Sigatoka after one of her TikTok videos garnered negative feedback. The teenager is recovering well, says Fiji’s police who are also calling on parents to monitor their children’s social media use. Police did not say when the incident happened, only saying that it was reported…
Looks like it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy. What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object? In a recent speech in Brussels marking International Data Privacy Day, Apple CEO Tim Cook went on the offensive against Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Cook’s speech seems to be a direct response to Facebook’s recent attack on Apple, in which the world’s…
The intense focus on data technology, data sharing and data science in the Pacific islands as of late has promised a myriad of benefits for island Governments through evidence based decision making and policies. Data is good, we agree. It captures past, current and can assist in ways to influence future trends on key development…