A camper presenter on stage beside a large screen showing the SCASPA 'Pilot' digital guide answering where the ferry terminals are located, with a Sources panel stating 'Every factual claim shows where it came from and the date it was verified.'

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) · 2026

Islands of Intelligence

ECCU Generative AI & Python Summer Camp (Buildathon) 2026

How young Caribbean builders shipped working AI against real organisational challenges.

Real clients. Real briefs. Real code. Real failures. Real iteration. Real products. Real judging — and the freedom to fail in public and fix it in front of everyone.

Written by

Ms T. Valerie OnuInstructional Designer, Lead Trainer and SKN Hub Co-Coordinator

Mrs Golda PalmerInstructional Design and SKN Hub Co-Coordinator

8

territories

26

Agile Pods

11

client organisations

20

teaching days

Also as US Letter · or read the print edition in your browser.Interactive PDF, with bookmarks, a clickable contents page and video cards: A4 · US Letter

Chatbot Division · ECCB HQ, St Kitts

The results

  1. W.E.S

    AquaCoders · SVG

    1st place · 73 points

    for NAWASA (Grenada)

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  2. A.I.D.A.

    Island Waves · MNI/AXA/Nevis

    2nd place · 70 points

    for IRD Anguilla

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  3. ASPIRE AI

    Team ASPIRE · SKN

    3rd place · 68 points

    for ASPIRE

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