Haiti Tech Summit goes virtual as insecurity grows, thousands expected online

Several headliners, including heads of state, were slated to speak at the fifth edition of the Haiti Tech Summit next month. But as the country’s political chaos and kidnapping crisis deepened, the event’s organizers decided to instead hold the event virtually on Dec. 10.

“I’ll be honest, I cried,” said Christine Ntim, founder of the Haiti Tech Summit, about the political unrest. “It takes a lot to bring people together from around the world with the message that this country has so much potential. But everything else is telling you otherwise. That’s demoralizing.”