Ron Redhead Gets Grenada's ICT Portfolio — and Mitchell Bets That a Policymaker-Scholar Can Build the Digital Economy the Country Keeps Talking About

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has confirmed Ron Redhead’s portfolio responsibilities now include Information and Communications Technology, in a personnel move that the PM framed in terms of Redhead’s experience as a policymaker pursuing higher education and what Mitchell described as a well-positioned understanding of why the digital infrastructure conversation matters.

The Grenadian digital-economy conversation has been more aspirational than operational for most of the past five years. Every regional government talks about ICT, e-government, broadband expansion, digital-skills training, and the export potential of remote services. Most produce strategy documents. Fewer produce measurable outcomes. The portfolio assignment to Redhead is the personnel decision that determines whether Grenada moves from the strategy phase to the implementation phase or stays in the strategy phase for another political cycle.

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Ron Redhead Gets Grenada's ICT Portfolio — and Mitchell Bets That a Policymaker-Scholar Can Build the Digital Economy the Country Keeps Talking About