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Sep 13, 2026
Sajid VayaniHOST
Did you know from an early age that you wanted to enter into the ICT industry?
Isabel OdidaGUEST
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I did.
Sajid VayaniHOST
Really?
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Sajid VayaniHOST
Family there.
Sajid VayaniHOST
Yes.
Sajid VayaniHOST
Did you know from an early age that you wanted to enter into the ICT industry?
Isabel OdidaGUEST
Yeah, I did.
Sajid VayaniHOST
Really?
Christopher ReynoldsGUEST
This leads us up to the beginning of the 20th century.
Christopher ReynoldsGUEST
And we're now in the ICT era.
Christopher ReynoldsGUEST
It's not just the IT era.
Christopher ReynoldsGUEST
It's the ICT, which is information communication technology.
Christopher ReynoldsGUEST
Everybody's got a mobile phone, if you're interested.
Christopher ReynoldsGUEST
in Afghanistan or other sorts of places, everybody's got a phone.
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Christopher ReynoldsGUEST
Massive changes.
Christopher ReynoldsGUEST
And so you've still got, you know, you still got habits within families that come from that agricultural era.
ElizabethHOST
Thank you for that, Aras.
ElizabethHOST
Perhaps you can share what problem or gap is ArcHub trying to solve within Ireland's ICT and AI ecosystem?
Araz RaoofGUEST
Yeah, well, I think for therapeutics, which I feel more comfortable addressing, that the core issue is always translational.
Araz RaoofGUEST
So we have a number of what we call, it might not be a nice wording, but we call them valleys of death,
ShadaHOST
Which of those do you think is the most critical right now and why do you think so?
Araz RaoofGUEST
Yeah, well, there I'm going to give you a biased opinion, Shada.
Araz RaoofGUEST
Because, of course, I mean, as I mentioned, we have three archives focusing on digital data science, which is called ICT.
Araz RaoofGUEST
The archive for, you know, health tech, really focusing on devices for therapeutic diagnostic and intervention.
Darragh O'BrienGUEST
Well, firstly, that, that's not correct.
Darragh O'BrienGUEST
Data centers are a very po- important port, i- impo- important part, excuse me, of our ICT sector.
Darragh O'BrienGUEST
They're our large industrials.
Darragh O'BrienGUEST
We employ about 200,000 people in ICT, and many of those firms who are heavily invested in Ireland, both domestic indigenous firms and indeed foreign f- foreign direct investment firms that have come here, many of the largest firms of European basis here want to hold their data here.
Darragh O'BrienGUEST
We're at the cutting edge of new technologies in Ireland.
Darragh O'BrienGUEST
I heard your piece earlier on in relation to new AI and Me- and Meta's new, uh, new AI as well.
Darragh O'BrienGUEST
And there are many countries, and there's rightly a discussion around data centers and how they're managed, but we're, we, if you were Germany, you're making cars.
Darragh O'BrienGUEST
You use a lot of energy to make cars.
Winston TackieHOST
Were you impressed by that number?
Peter KorteGUEST
Well, it's oftentimes ICT, the digital economy, ICT, et cetera, financial sector services who drives this.
Peter KorteGUEST
But as much as I like the ICT sector growing, I think we have to look at the numbers in terms of how many people it employs and agriculture and manufacturing.
Peter KorteGUEST
employs a large chunk of our labour force and therefore we should also look at those areas and ensure that they grow at a faster pace than we are seeing.
Winston TackieHOST
Now when you look at the numbers, it appears that the agri-sector and industry seems to be struggling.
Adom KasieboHOST
Thank you very much.
Alhassan IdrisuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
ICT, Information and Communication Technology, is one of the most important sectors in the country.
Alhassan IdrisuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It accounts for 30.9% of the total GDP of the sector.
Alhassan IdrisuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And in those sectors, there is a lot of growth in the economy and in the ICT sector.
Adom KasieboHOST
I would like to thank Dr. Idrisu for this opportunity.
Adom KasieboHOST
I would like to thank Dr. Idrisu for this opportunity.
Michelle MariusHOST
Thank you so much for listening to the ICT Pulse podcast.
Michelle MariusHOST
You can find links to some of the things we talked about on our website, ict-pulse.com.
Michelle MariusHOST
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Michelle MariusHOST
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William HansonHOST
But Miss Crank-
Jordan NorthHOST
And Miss Crank taught ICT
William HansonHOST
... how did she look? Okay.
Jordan NorthHOST
Yeah.
Jeff GametHOST
But I well, actually, I just remembered.
Jeff GametHOST
I do remember seeing old, old prints out of France where they were predicting future communication technology technology.
Jeff GametHOST
And so this would be like early 1900s, I believe.
Jeff GametHOST
And, yeah, they're predicting video phones and cell phones.
Jeff GametHOST
But I well, actually, I just remembered.
Jeff GametHOST
I do remember seeing old, old prints out of France where they were predicting future communication technology technology.
Jeff GametHOST
And so this would be like early 1900s, I believe.
Jeff GametHOST
And, yeah, they're predicting video phones and cell phones.
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