Caribbean Digital Sovereignty Now | Bahamas News

Bahamas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 13, 2026 · 2m

Senator Jerome Fitzgerald sounded the alarm at the CANTO conference, warning that the Caribbean risks a new form of colonization—digital. While the region embraces foreign tech, generates data, and pays for services, ownership, profits, and control remain overseas. True digital sovereignty demands more than internet access: it requires controlling where data is stored, who holds encryption keys, and ensuring critical services survive without foreign providers. He questioned the value of regional data centers built on local resources with little return, proposing a Caribbean Digital…