Cloud Carib Limited successfully concluded its participation at CANTO’s 41st Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition, reinforcing its commitment to advancing Caribbean digital sovereignty through secure infrastructure, strategic partnerships, and homegrown technological innovation.
Held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana under the theme “Elevate the Caribbean – From Connectivity to Global Competitiveness,” the conference convened telecommunications executives, government officials, and tech leaders to chart the region’s digital future.
A major highlight of the conference was the signing of a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Cloud Carib and CANTO. Under the agreement, Cloud Carib will invest in the CANTO Innovation Challenge, providing technical infrastructure and managed-cloud support to help winning solutions transition into market-ready applications.
As part of this ongoing commitment, Cloud Carib will continue supporting the team behind Find My Bus, a winning concept from the 2025 Innovation Challenge, by providing the cloud capacity and technical guidance necessary to scale the platform.
“Our partnership with CANTO connects important regional conversations with practical support,” said Jerem Rondina, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Cloud Carib. “By investing in Caribbean innovators and giving them access to secure infrastructure and technical expertise, we can help strong regional ideas become viable solutions.”
The core message of the event centered on viewing Caribbean data, infrastructure, and tech capabilities as strategic national assets, a principle reinforced during an address by The Bahamas’ Minister of Economic Affairs Sen. Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald and echoed throughout the conference sessions.
Cloud Carib’s Senior Director of Public Sector, Eamonn Sheehy, joined industry leaders Giovanni King CEO of Blue NAP Americas and José D. Casillas HUB Advanced Networks on the panel “Data Infrastructure & Data Sovereignty: Owning the Caribbean Digital Future,” moderated by Whitney De Rijp. The panel addressed cybersecurity, talent development, regulatory compliance, and balancing local control with global cloud utility.
“Sovereignty cannot be delivered by one organisation acting alone,” said Sheehy. “It requires governments, telecommunications providers, technology companies and regional institutions to work together to build infrastructure that protects Caribbean data while enabling innovation and economic growth.”
Sheehy also participated in BRAVA’s Ministerial Breakfast, where government and industry leaders considered how the Caribbean can move
from discussing data sovereignty to implementing it. The conversation focused on strengthening cybersecurity, developing local skills, and helping governments make informed decisions across sovereign cloud, on-premise and public-cloud environments.
Alongside partners Blue NAP Americas, BRAVA, and FreeBalance, Cloud Carib demonstrated the power of public-private alignment. Cloud Carib and BRAVA continue to expand access to trusted data infrastructure across key markets, including Bermuda, Guyana, and the Cayman Islands, combining deep local knowledge with enterprise-grade cloud capabilities.
Cloud Carib Sales Director and CANTO Vice Chair, Suppliers and Vendors Committee, Flavia Lima commented, “As the region moves from connectivity toward digital competitiveness, Cloud Carib remains focused on converting dialogue into implementation through infrastructure investment, knowledge sharing, public-private collaboration, and support for Caribbean innovation.”