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Datasur Newsletter April 23, 2025

Unlock Your AI Superpowers: Work Smarter, Not Harder

On April 9, Datasur, in collaboration with AethiQs and Clear Innovations, hosted an inspiring AI workshop at Torarica, specifically tailored for the Surinamese business community. Professionals from a wide range of sectors came together to explore the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on operations, efficiency, and innovation.

From Global Trends to Local Solutions
The workshop provided participants with a clear overview of rapidly evolving AI technologies through practical examples, interactive sessions, and meaningful dialogue. The key message was clear: AI is not a hype – it’s a lasting development that will continue to influence every business. Tools like ChatGPT have already become indispensable in modern workflows, yet their use raises important questions about privacy, data security, and control. This is why the workshop also explored how Suriname can develop its own AI solutions, tailored to local contexts and sensitive to sector-specific challenges.

Empowering Surinamese Companies with AI
It was shared that several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) have already been signed with international partners to bring AI services to Suriname.
“We aim to continuously equip Suriname with impactful digital solutions,” shared Anvit Ramlakhan, CEO of Datasur. “There are real privacy concerns when using tools like OpenAI. Our goal is to help the business community develop, explore and adopt local AI solutions that meet their needs.”

Throughout the workshop, organizations reflected on questions such as:

  • Which internal processes can be streamlined or optimized with AI?
  • Where do the biggest opportunities lie?
  • How do we approach implementation and change management?

These discussions helped map out current challenges and opportunities, encouraging businesses to start shaping their AI strategy.

Leadership Requires Vision and Curiosity
Vijay Gangadin, Funding Partner AethiQs, emphasized that business leaders don’t need to be tech experts to start working with AI.
“You don’t need to have all the knowledge yourself, but you do need the vision and agility to ask: how can AI help my company?” His message: keep learning and don’t fear innovation. “A world without AI no longer exists.”

From Awareness to Action
The workshop was met with great enthusiasm. It clearly highlighted the need for continued knowledge sharing and support in the AI space. The next step is to help businesses turn insight into action. Whether through customer-focused solutions, automation of internal workflows, or data-driven decision-making—AI can be a powerful driver of growth and efficiency.

Stay connected as we continue to support Surinamese companies in unlocking the potential of AI. For more information on how Datasur can assist you, please contact our Sales Department.

New Career Opportunities at Datasur!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Datasur is expanding, and we are currently looking for passionate and skilled professionals to strengthen our team. If you’re driven, reliable, and eager to make an impact, we encourage you to explore our open positions below.

Now Hiring:

Financial Affairs Freelancer

We are seeking a detail-oriented Financial Affairs Freelancer who is passionate about numbers, precision, and financial integrity. If you’re an independent professional with a strong background in finance and the ability to manage financial tasks with accuracy and efficiency, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Executive Assistant

We’re looking for a highly organized and proactive Executive Assistant to provide essential support to our leadership team. If you thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy working behind the scenes, and are excellent at managing schedules, priorities, and communications, we’d love to hear from you.

Interested in applying?
Find out more about the position.
Submit your motivation letter and CV to [email protected]

At Datasur, we believe in fostering growth, encouraging innovation, and building a team of professionals who are as passionate about the future as we are. Join us and become part of something meaningful.

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Vanisha Somai is a finance professional with a strong focus on strategic financial management and process optimization. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname and is currently completing her MBA in Innovation & Technology.

As the Financial Affairs Manager at Datasur, she leads the finance department and works on ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources.

She firmly believes that digitalization is not just a trend but a necessary evolution in how organizations operate. By integrating technology into financial processes, resources can be utilized optimally, costs can be reduced, and the quality of services can be improved. Her approach combines innovation and strategic insight to make Datasur future-proof.

Whitney de Rijp, MBA in Innovation and Technology.
Whitney de Rijp is a young driven Surinamese woman. She has been working at Datasur for over 6 years. Together with her top team, they ensure that customer data is stored securely all over the world which helps them focus on their core business.

Integrity, authenticity and just being herself is the mode for success as a Commercial Affairs Manager. Furthermore, she finds it very important to maximize effectiveness and of course lead by example. For both the internal and the external organization she is very transparent, which also fosters loyalty and engagement with the company goals.

Jurgen Schmeltz has as a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology and several IT certifications. His IT career started in Johannesburg, South Africa at IBM where he gained international experience for 5 years. When he came back to Suriname, he worked for two IT companies and also gained experience in VOIP, Backup Solutions and Microsoft Products.

At the moment Jurgen is a Cloud and Datacenter Infrastructure Specialist with many years of experience in the field of Microsoft Virtualization, Workplace Automation, Backup, Replication and Data Center Infrastructure. He currently holds the position of Operations Manager and is responsible for managing the Datacenter Operations such as Cloud and Network infrastructure.

Furthermore, he is also responsible for managing daily Facility Operations of the Datasur Datacenters and Project Lead for Cloud and Datacenter expansion projects. In his free time he’s a parttime lecturer at the two technical Universities in Suriname.

On behalf of Datasur Jurgen Schmeltz is also chairman of SUR-IX. The Suriname Internet Exchange Point which will be operational before the end of 2022

Sheetal Ganput is a strategically strong and socially engaged professional with a Ph.D. in Leadership & Management and an M.Sc. in Business Management. She currently serves as the General Affairs Manager at Datasur, where she is responsible for HR, legal affairs, office management, supply chain, strategy, governance, risk & compliance (GRC), and contributes to organization-wide policy development.

In addition to her role at Datasur, Sheetal is active as a thesis supervisor, sharing her knowledge with future professionals. She also holds board positions at the American Chamber of Commerce in Suriname (AmCham) and the Center for Communication & PR (CCPR), further emphasizing her commitment to both the business sector and social development.

Her style is characterized by vision, decisiveness, and a strong dedication to growth—both on a personal, organizational, and national level.

Our CEO, Dr. Anvit Ramlakhan is a prolific strong inspiring inclusive young professional leader from Suriname, working in different fields to contribute for the betterment of humanity and the world. He is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the ICT industry for several years, with a widespread of skills in operations, quality, risk, project, business, strategy, product portfolio management (just to name a few). At Datasur Anvit oversees the total company performance on strategical level, with a strong focus on business growth, innovation, customer experience and financial profitability.

Furthermore, Anvit contributes to development of the Surinamese youth by lecturing and tutoring at four university study organizations in Suriname on undergraduate and postgraduate levels within study fields such as ICT, Electrical engineering, Organization management, Process management, Business intelligence, MBA, etc.

He has a strong professional background with a cum laude doctorate (Ph.D. in Management- Information and Technology) from the Akamai University in USA, Master of Science (M.Sc.) with merit in Information Systems from Anglia Ruskin University in London, UK and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Telecommunications from Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo, Suriname. He currently is finishing up his MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership at the London School of International Business, London, UK.

Anvit has several prolific leadership and business certifications, ongoing humanity service, extensive spiritual drive and a personal theme which is as follows: “Continuous progressive successful excellence”. He is part of volunteer organization HSS for 20+ years, through which character molding, collaboration and way of living for the youth is created and augmented.

In January 2022 he has been elected for two years as Chairman of the ICT Association in Suriname, in order to help strategize the sustainable digital economic development of Suriname. Furthermore he also has been elected as Chairman for the Suriname Business Youth Association in June 2021 for a period of two years, whereby development and support of young entrepreneurs and professionals is one of the main goals. Anvit is also part of the presidential working groups on areas of e-Government and wage council.