Supporting digital adoption and integration across businesses, communities, and youth

Explore Our Program Pillars

Readiness Indicator
A baseline assessment that gauges an organization’s digital maturity, highlighting strengths and gaps to kickstart digital transformation.
AI Ethics
Ensures that digital transformation is guided by responsible and ethical use of AI. It focuses on transparency, fairness, privacy, and accountability to build trust and align AI use with organizational values and societal impact.
Capacity Building & Incubator
Boosts digital literacy and drives technology adoption through training, workshops, an incubator program, and hands-on support. Focus areas include AI, cybersecurity, fintech, blockchain, IoT, data analytics, cloud computing, and automation, tailored to sectors such as tourism, finance, logistics, creative industries, public services, education, and entrepreneurship.
Innovation Challenge
Brings together businesses, government, educators, and tech talent to solve real-world problems. Through collaborative sprints, participants apply AI, IoT, blockchain, and automation to create practical, scalable solutions in sectors like tourism, public services, finance, and education.
Youth AI Accelerator
Stimulates ethical AI adoption in youth and empowers upcoming talents in innovation through mentorship, hands-on projects, and exposure to real-world challenges.
Demo Day & Expo
A platform for companies and startups to showcase their tech solutions, featuring live demos by Innovation Challenge participants and highlighting the impact of digital transformation.
Island Readiness Research
Conducts applied research on the island’s digital readiness, providing data-driven insights to guide policy, innovation, and investment in digital transformation.

CayaTech is coming in 2026.

CayaTech Official Launch

CayaTech is a forthcoming national initiative focused on Aruba’s digital future.

Conceived as a cross-sector movement, it brings together business, government, education, and the wider community around a shared ambition: preparing people and institutions for a rapidly evolving digital world.

This launch marks the start of a broader movement. From January 2026, stakeholders across industry, public institutions, education, and innovation will be invited to actively shape and participate in what comes next.

Stay Tuned for January, 2026!

CayaTech signals the beginning of a long term transformation for Aruba.

Want to take a front-row seat in the movement?

Receive early access to updates and engagement opportunities in 2026.

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Vision & Mission

Our Vision

To position Aruba as a regional leader in inclusive, ethical, and regenerative digital transformation by empowering businesses, communities, and youth to drive sustainable innovation through technology, while building a connected ecosystem that supports collaboration, capacity building, and the continuous development of future-ready solutions.

Our Mission

To accelerate Aruba’s digital readiness by bridging critical gaps in digital literacy, innovation capacity, and ethical AI adoption. Through hands-on learning, strategic partnerships, real-world applications, and the cultivation of a thriving digital ecosystem, CayaTech equips organizations and individuals to lead, collaborate, and thrive in a connected, future-ready economy.

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Why cayatech

Unlike traditional initiatives, CayaTech is a living platform in Aruba that brings leaders into direct engagement with the realities of digital transformation, emphasizing shared responsibility, real-world application, and long-term direction.

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Our approach

CayaTech uses an immersive, hands-on method that tackles all key aspects of digital transformation, strategy, tech, data, people, and more, like never experienced on the island.

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Measurement & Benchmarking

CayaTech creates a shared understanding of Aruba’s digital readiness, offering clear insight into where organizations and sectors stand and where progress matters most.

CayaTech Lead Team

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Mary-Ann Falconi

Impact Hub Aruba

Mary-Ann is Program, Assessment, and Research Lead.

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Solange Noordzij

Impact Hub Aruba

Solange is CayaTech Program Coordinator

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Laurens Ras

The Tribute Digital

Laurens is coach specializing in AI integration.

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Viviana Lopez-Paz

MLTPL Choice

Viviana is CayaTech Facilitator & Coach

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Deon Bislik

MLTPL Choice

Deon is CayaTech Facilitator & Coach

Partners & Sponsors