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Creative Tech Lab

is an open collaboration tool that brings together diverse individuals interested in designing the future of the creative industries.

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We want to expose
creative entrepreneurs to
digital technologies

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The CTL supports innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems by getting the right people together (such as artists, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, influencers and civic leaders) in order to collaborate, experiment, and prototype innovative solutions that solve problems faced by the creative industries and grow creative enterprises.

I.e. creating new, innovative outputs and improving productivity and growth amongst creative entrepreneurs and creative firms.

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Stage 1 Planning and Preparation

In this stage, you establish the CTL foundation by exploring themes, selecting bootcamp formats, building a coordination team, mobilizing the ecosystem, securing vendors, and implementing effective communication strategies to ensure a successful launch.

Stage 2 Operations

In Stage 2, practicality takes the lead. The CTL establishes its online presence on www.creativetlab.com, creates a landing page, and readies itself to receive applications, ensuring a seamless operational framework.

Stage 3

This stage focuses on the bootcamp which is a 100-hour bootcamp bridges creatives and developers, catalyzing entrepreneurship, partnerships, ecosystem growth, and innovation exposure.

Stage 4 Post-bootcamp Activities - Incubation

During the concluding phase, you must select a pivotal strategic institution incubator for CTL 2.0, which can leverage sector expertise, foster startup growth, facilitate connections, and provide customized support to ensure lasting impact and development.

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13 Completed Projects

Concept
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Participants engage in hands on exploration and development of innovative digital technology such as web-based applications, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality.

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Cohorts

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58

Creatives

38

Technologists

Community

CTL community brings together all developers and creatives from all cohorts

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Tenille Clarke

creative

Managing Director and Principal Publicist of Chambers Media Solutions

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Valmiki Maharaj

creative

Caribbean innovator

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Kyle Maloney

creative

entrepreneur

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Renata Sankar

creative

project manager

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Nadya Shah

creative

Culture Specialist, Creative Producer and Artist

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Danielle Boucaud-Henrique

creative

multi-disciplinary strategy and operations consultant

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Nigel Roach

creative

Event Architect/Producer/Specialist

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Solange Govia

creative

Operations & Marketing Manager

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Clivin Victor

creative

multi-media artist

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Candace Guppy Sobion

creative

event management

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Jules Sobion

creative

CEO and Commander-In-Chief of Caesar's Army Limited

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Derrick Lewis

creative

co-founder of CarniCon

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Shawn De Freitas

creative

Co-founder and CEO of Dingole LTD

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Lamar Pollard

creative

music producer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Ryan D'Arcy

creative

Tourism Technology and Tourism Marketing

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Ceola Belix

creative

communications professional

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Darryl Gervais

creative

songwriter and producer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Hasani Wattley

creative

Chief Operations Officer and Co-owner of Caesar’s Army

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Attillah Springer

creative

writer and producer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Rachael Collymore

creative

creative strategist, publicist, talent consultant

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Anya Ayoung-Chee

creative

Fashion Designer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Mark Pereira

technologist

software developer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Clayton Bunraj

technologist

mobile developer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Keshon Sandy

technologist

developer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Kyeal Lawrence

technologist

Information Technology Expert

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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David Hamilton

technologist

songwriter

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Karlex Dominique Boursiquot

technologist

computer engineer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Max Valentin Lilavois

technologist

computer engineer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Danii Mcletchie

technologist

project manager and social entrepreneur

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Makesi Algernon

technologist

carnival game developer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Luke Harris

technologist

co-founder of Carnicycle

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Keegan Simon

technologist

Creador de gustos, artista y comerciante

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Matthew Williams

technologist

software engineer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Fabrice Ted Fabre

technologist

computer engineer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Johnny Duverseau

technologist

web developer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Moreno Jn Baptiste

technologist

computer engineer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Narindra Balkissoon

technologist

full stack developer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Michael Soo Ting

technologist

developer and a creative

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Irwin Williams

technologist

professional software developer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Tracy Hackshaw

technologist

ICT and Digital Economy Strategist

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Anil Ramnanan

technologist

software developer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Dingiswayo Smenkh-ka-ra

technologist

computer engineer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Eliothson Eleazar Fontin

technologist

developer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Ermano Nicolas Joseph

technologist

developer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Lindy Michel

creative

Editor/videographer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Freud Roberto Stimphil

technologist

software engineer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Holy-Elie Scaide

technologist

web and mobile developer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Jean Sauvenel Beaudry

technologist

Developer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Jerry Lowens

technologist

developer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Constant John’s Herbert

creative

Singer/songwriter

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Kafka M. Laurent

technologist

Programmer analyst

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Louinord Innocent

technologist

Computer Engineering

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Kemissa Trecile

creative

DJ

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Michel Sam Alce

technologist

Photographer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Ralph Charlemagne

technologist

Developer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Jirona Joseph

creative

Artist

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Sibylle DENIS TOUAT

creative

Visual artist

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Charlier David

creative

Artist

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Louis-Jeune Anthony

creative

Artist

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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LOHIER Meteyer Constant

creative

Graphic Designer, Digital Manager and Lawyer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Pierre Lucson Bellegarde

creative

writer, director and producer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Francois Jean Paul

creative

Communications Manager

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Duvenson METELLUS

creative

Creative in visual arts

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Carla Parris

creative

Entertainment and Sports Lawyer

Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago - 2021

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Angie Bell

creative

marketing specialist and a cultural consultant

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Jerry Boursiquot

creative

Illustrator and graphic designer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Lucenie Saintus

creative

Librarian and music teacher

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Midjina Orival

creative

Founder of Créélégance

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Nehemie Francesca Gustave

creative

Managing Director, Haitian Vocational Guidance Center

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Olivier A. Ganthier

creative

Haitian Pop artist illustrator and designer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Peter Barthelemy

creative

Creative

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Rolaphton Mercure

creative

Actor

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Samuel Sanon

creative

music producer

Creative Tech Lab Haiti - 2020

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Yanique DaCosta

creative

Creative Director

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Nicaro Coke

creative

Digital Consultant

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Erica Louise Richards

creative

Educator & Cultural Practitioner

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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nykalia stewart

creative

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Andre Millwood

technologist

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Javoniel Trowers

creative

Creative Entrepreneur

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Ajoeanna Brown

creative

Startup Founder/Entrepreneur, Brand Designer & Data Analyst

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Shanice Natty

creative

Digital Marketer

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Ruth-Ann Briscoe

creative

Journalist, Writer, Digital Marketer

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Leonel Sevilla

creative

Master in Human Resources Management of the UTH

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Pablo Redondo

creative

Video Production / Social Media Management

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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HENRY JAVIER PINTO FLORES

creative

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Gerson Melek Sibrian Romero

technologist

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Gabriela Sanchez

creative

Graphic Designer

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Orlando Campbell

technologist

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Luis Fernando Fuentes Baquedano

technologist

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Roberto Machado

technologist

Computer Engineering Student ┃Designer

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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José Alonzo Peña Palma

technologist

Computer Science Engineer

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Juan Gabriel Velasquez Zúniga

creative

Graphic Designer

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Astrid Jackeline Perdomo Almendarez

technologist

Computer Engineering

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Hafster Maxs Manuel Pineda

creative

Computer Engineering

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Seyly Ninoska Méndez Barahona

creative

Industrial Engineer

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras - 2023

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Terneille Burrows

creative

Music & Film Executive

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica - 2019

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Outcomes at a glance

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica

This was the first CTL that the IDB’s Competitiveness, Technology, and Innovation Division (CTI) piloted and involved 45 competitively selected persons (25 male and 20 female) from Bahamas, Jamaica, Suriname, and Guyana.
For the first time in the Caribbean, developers (i.e., coders and web designers) teamed up with creative artists (in this case, musicians) to partake in an engaging four-session design sprint aimed at addressing musicians’ compensation and monetization of intellectual property. The prototypes created and tested by the teams included the following:

  • Team Green – Know your Splits: The Team Green prototyped a mobile application designed to help collaborators easily manage the setup of new song splits.
  • Team Red – Notification Experience: Team Red focused on an application that coordinates the agree/dispute process around song splits.
  • Team Yellow – Airplay Dashboard: Team Yellow prototyped an application that would allow artists to keep track of the performance of their songs based on airplay data.

Creative Tech Lab Haiti

It involved approximately 100 hours of online information sessions (regarding design thinking, data science, augmented reality, among others) and prototype building days. It included partners such as Facebook, Google, local Government, and the American Chamber of Commerce (which financed a 3-month incubation for the 4 finalist teams). Following 227 applications, 30 finalists were selected and four prototypes built (check out the virtual pitch and closing event here). The prototypes created and tested by the teams included the following:

  • VILAJ: A virtual space where creators can co-create on the blockchain. Find out more here.
  • AUTODIDACTE: An online education platform using 3D modeling.
  • SPEKTAK: A cinematographic and event platform for streaming in subscription video on demand that produces and broadcasts (blockchain application). Find out more here.
  • TOLO NETWORK: An online gaming education platform for kids.

Check out this video about the CTL Haiti.  More details on its launch available here.


Creative Tech Lab Trinidad and Tobago

This CTL aimed to connect creatives and developers and stimulate innovation and creativity that would lead to the co-creation of innovative online carnival experiences that support the digital economy of Trinidad and Tobago. It included partners such as LoopTT, Facebook, and Cariri’s Idea Advisory Services (IAS) program, and it was led by Cariri and the IDB Lab. The prototypes created and tested by the teams included the following:

  • cARnival: An augmented reality experience and mobile crypto wallet. It puts Trinidad and Tobago’s carnival culture in the global cybereconomy dubbed the “metaverse” while providing employment opportunities and creative ways to bring foreign exchange.
  • Capture Carnival: A one-stop-shop to capture carnival experiences, rewards, and user insights through a mobile app.
  • Artist-ID: An app and platform for promoting events and for connecting artist, promoters, fans, sponsors and anyone in the carnival ecosystem.
    Check out the quick Artist-ID Walkthough for CTL Pitch here and visit the platform here.
  • TTPhoenix Carnival: A VR application for experiencing carnival in the virtual realm.
    Check out this short documentary of the CTL TT and find more out information and details here.

Creative Tech Lab Jamaica and Honduras

The fourth edition of the Creative Tech Lab (CTL) was an opportunity for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to further test its now 4-year old bootcamp for creatives and developers implemented by Banj. This new edition was implemented simultaneously in two countries and in 2 different languages and turned out to be another success. CTL Honduras and Jamaica was a testament that the pilot that was created in 2019, grew into a digital bootcamp during COVID-19, had become a scalable tool to support Creatives and Developers from our region in finding viable ways to leverage technology to play a more integrated role in transforming the future of the creative industries while generating revenues from creative  talent.

CTL Honduras and Jamaica took a significant leap forward by engaging a diverse group of 22 participants, consisting of 60% men and 40% women. A result orchestrated in collaboration with esteemed partners, including the Technological University of Honduras (UTH Avanza) and the Kingston Creative Hub, a dynamic co-working space for artists in Kingston, Jamaica.

That CTL brought together 7 developers and 15 creatives who went through more than 70 hours of intensive training on the creative ecosystem, copyright, cryptocurrency, and marketing strategy culminating into the presentation of 5 projects:

  • Innersight which uses a web portal to collect qualitative text and voice data using transcribers for testimonials about creative arts programs to feed a dashboard that displays social impact metrics.
  • Eventide™ an innovative software solution that is revolutionizing graphic design and event marketing. It offers intelligent templates, AI-driven design insights, cost estimation, collaboration tools, automated marketing, and performance analytics.
  • MIA proposes a project to transform cities into smarter, more connected places, focusing on three main pillars: active citizen participation, smart parking and urban planning.
  • Honduras en Bits unifying art and nature, this platform leverages blockchain technology to collect NFTs representing Honduras' natural beauty and cultural richness, enabling collectors to support local artists and environmental initiatives.
  • Arkist, a global digital platform committed to safeguarding copyrights and securing investments for artistic work owners through innovative, secure technologies, compliance with international standards, and a dedicated marketplace for protected exchanges.

Interested in launching your own Creative Tech Lab ?