IViki le-Intanethi iGuyana lithuthukisa i-ajenda yokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe baseCaribbean

Emhlabeni jikelele, ukusebenza kwezigebengu ze-inthanethi kudlula kude ubunkimbinkimbi bezinhlaka zomthetho zikazwelonke. Ohulumeni babhekene nengcindezi eqhubekayo yokuhlola izinsongo ze-inthanethi zomhlaba wonke futhi bakhe amasu afanelekile okuphepha ku-inthanethi.

Ngaphesheya kwe-Caribbean, ohulumeni bakha ubudlelwano bamasu nabalingisi besifunda abafana ne-Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG) kanye ne-Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU). I-CaribNOG iwumphakathi omkhulu wesifunda osuselwe kumavolontiya wonjiniyela benethiwekhi, ochwepheshe bezokuphepha kwamakhompyutha kanye nama-tech aficionados.

Muva nje, i-CaribNOG kanye ne-CTU bebephakathi kwabahleli be-Internet Week Guyana, ingqungquthela yezinsuku ezinhlanu yobuchwepheshe ephethwe uMnyango Wezokuxhumana Komphakathi wase-Guyana, ngokubambisana nezinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe njenge-Internet Society, I-Internet Corporation Yamagama Abelwe Nezinombolo (ICANN ), i-American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), kanye neLatin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC).

UCatherine Hughes, uNgqongqoshe wokuqala wezokuXhumana koMphakathi waseGuyana, uthe lo mcimbi wezinsuku ezinhlanu ubuyingxenye ye-ajenda kazwelonke yokwakha amandla ezobuchwepheshe bezwe kwezokuvikela kanye nezinye izindawo ezibalulekile.

"Sikhuthaza ohulumeni baseCaribbean ukuthi bathuthukise ama-ajenda zomthetho futhi bakhulise ukubambisana kwangaphakathi kwesifunda, ukuze kuqiniswe ikhono lokuphepha le-cyber yesifunda," kusho u-Kevon Swift, Inhloko Yezobudlelwano Bamasu Nokuhlanganiswa kwa-LACNIC.

“Njengabenzi bomthetho, ohulumeni badlala indima ebalulekile ekuphenduleni kwesifunda ezinselele zokuphepha ku-inthanethi. Kodwa abakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wabo bebodwa,” kusho u-Bevil Wooding, i-Caribbean Outreach Manager e-American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), kanye nomunye wabasunguli be-CaribNOG.

“Izinkampani ezizimele, abomthetho, abezomthetho kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi nazo zinesibopho sokuqinisekisa ukuthi izakhamizi zalesi sifunda kanye namabhizinisi aphephile futhi avikeleke kakhulu.”

Isonto lonke, abameleli abavela ezinhlanganweni ezibambe iqhaza baphinde babonisa izindlela ezingokoqobo lapho ababambiqhaza bengasebenza ndawonye ukuze baqinise futhi bavikele amanethiwekhi ase-Caribbean.

UStephen Lee, omunye umsunguli we-CaribNOG, uhumushe izindaba ze-cybersecurity emhlabeni wonke ezintweni eziza kuqala e-Caribbean, eveza ezinye zezinselele namathuba ahlobene ngokukhethekile nesifunda.

U-Albert Daniels, uMphathi Omkhulu Wokusebenzisana Kwababambe iqhaza e-Caribbean e-ICANN, uveze umsebenzi waleyo nhlangano ekusekeleni ukuthunyelwa kwenethiwekhi okuphephile emhlabeni jikelele.

U-Shernon Osepa, uMphathi, Wezindaba Zesifunda saseLatin America kanye neCaribbean ku-Internet Society, wayekhona ukuzokwethula ngokusemthethweni i-Internet Society Guyana Chapter, no-Nancy Quiros, uMphathi we-Chapter Development eLatin America naseCaribbean ku-Internet Society, kanye ULance Hinds, Umeluleki Okhethekile kaNgqongqoshe, osebenze njengoMongameli Wesikhashana walesi sahluko.

Kepha bekuwumbuthano wabantu abasha, obusingethwe yi-CTU ngosuku lokuvala ingqungquthela, obeke uphawu lokubabaza ngesonto elinomthelela omkhulu. Abafundi abangaba ngu-400 abavela ezikoleni zamabanga aphakeme eziningana babambe iqhaza ku-ajenda yosuku lonke, ebigcwele amavidiyo, izethulo ezixhumanayo kanye namaseshini e-Q&A, konke okuklanyelwe ukugqamisa izingozi ezibambekayo zokuziphatha okungaphephile ku-inthanethi.

“I-CTU isaqhubeka nokweseka ukuthuthukiswa komkhakha we-Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) esifundeni okuhlanganisa nokugcizelela ukusebenzisa amakhono entsha. Kunomzamo obumbene wokwenza intsha ibambe iqhaza kakhudlwana futhi iqwashise ngezindaba ze-ICT ezithinta yona, ukuhlakulela umqondo wokusungula izinto ezintsha namabhizinisi, nokubafundisa ukuthi bangawasebenzisa kanjani ngempumelelo amandla obuchwepheshe asezandleni zabo, ” kusho uMichelle Garcia, Uchwepheshe Wezokuxhumana e-CTU.

Impumelelo yosuku ibonakale kakhulu ngemuva kwayo. Ngisho nangemva kokuvalwa okusemthethweni, isiphithiphithi esibambekayo sahlala egunjini lomhlangano, inqwaba yabafundi yasala ukuze bazethule kubahleli bephaneli abangochwepheshe, abaningi bathatha ithuba lokubaphendula ngemibuzo yokulandelela eceleni.

Ngayo yonke imibiko, leli Viki Le-inthanethi lizothuthukisa imizamo ye-Guyana yokufeza isithembiso esivalelwe kuleso sizukulwane sabaholi besifunda bakusasa. Manje umsebenzi wangempela kufanele uqhubeke, ukuze kuguqulwe amandla e-Caribbean abe yiqiniso laseCaribbean.