PwC Donates $100,000 To Volcano Relief Efforts
PwC in the Caribbean and the PwC Charitable Foundation have collectively donated $100,000 to disaster relief and recovery efforts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
A spokesperson said, “On 9 April 2021, the La Soufriere volcano erupted, sending ash and gas plumes miles into the sky and affecting neighbouring islands. The disaster has displaced about 20,000 people and left the population of 110,000 people without clean drinking water or electricity.
“PwC firms operating in the Caribbean contributed a total of $60,000. The funds were raised by the partners and staff of PwC firms in The Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, East Caribbean [Barbados and St. Lucia], Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
PwC firms and foundation donate $100,000 to volcano relief efforts
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Caribbean business and public sector remain behind in digital transformation
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Disparity in technological usage in the region
Article by January 30, 2021
Caribbean businesses have set bold ambitions for digitisation, but PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC’s) Caribbean Digital Readiness Survey 2021 reveals a wide gap between organisations out in front and those struggling to make headway.
Most respondents believe that they’re meeting or exceeding targets on integrating new technologies into business processes, and products and services (42 per cent on target and 28 per cent ahead). But that leaves more than a quarter in the Caribbean region who acknowledge that they are behind target. Moreover, only 15 per cent the leaders in their industry (“transcenders”).
Key findings include: More than 80 per cent of businesses in our survey are focusing their digital strategy on modernising their brand with new capabilities ahead of doing what they’ve always done faster and more efficiently (62 per cent); Almost three-quarters (73 per cent) of re