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I am Zaf Rahaman, owner of Forward Multimedia Ltd, a Trinidad based digital agency now in our 14th year. Through my experience acquired on the ground since 2011, I’ve become known as one of the foremost authorities in E-Commerce, especially as it pertains to Trinidad & Tobago.

I began writing blog articles on various topics after observing the lack of online information about local E-Commerce. These articles quickly propelled the Forward Multimedia to the number one position on Google for all major industry keywords, a position consistently held since without challenge.

In 2018 I was an invited panelist in the annual Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum. Also in 2018 I was an invited speaker for the launch of the Virtual Caribbean DNS Entrepreneurship Center (VDECC) an initiative of ICANN- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the international body that that coordinates the Domain Name System (DNS) worldwide.

I was also a stakeholder consultant for the Ministry of Trade & Industry’s National E-Commerce Policy which was passed in December 2018, with many of my recommendations making it to the final policy.

Most of all, I love to write AND love to write on everything website and E-Commerce related to help business owners in Trinidad & Tobago get the most out of their online presence.

ALL articles and pages on my site are written by me, in my voice, from the ground up, and for you, from a Trini perspective, using local examples and applications.

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Jan2013
In the Business Express of Jan 9, 2013 the cover story inside headlined the 'Steady growth in credit card purchases' while the cover page proclaimed 'Online shopping surge at Christmas: Click and Collect' causing me to snort out some of my coffee. I couldn't imagine it referring to Trinidad & ... Read More
January 9, 2013admin

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Jan2013
Yay it's 2013...never mind the 13 at the end for the superstitious, it's a new beginning. Let's be optimistic this time and pay no mind to the traditional wearing off of that 'new year' smell, it happens to the best of us but we have to still resist. For me ... Read More
January 1, 2013admin

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Dec2012
2012 is the first full year of Forward Multimedia, having only been registered as a company in Trinidad & Tobago in May 2011. Though a relatively new business, we were able to quickly establish our brand and by now, position ourselves as a premier local web design company, a ‘cut ... Read More
December 28, 2012admin

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Dec2012
We all clear our spam boxes regularly, even stopping to scan the list in case a bona fide email gets caught in the overzealous spam filters. It's very likely that some legitimate emails we've subscribed to that do make it to our inbox don't see the light of day either, ... Read More
December 15, 2012admin

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Nov2012
Some nice news too as the title suggests. It came as a result of my post on the YBTT (the local host of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), 2012) Facebook Page. I had informed them of my planned 7 article series 'Entrepreneur Nation' written especially for GEW 2012 as Forward Multimedia's ... Read More
November 8, 2012admin

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Nov2012
You know FACEBOOK but meet GOOGLE PLUS— the other white meat! In case you weren't aware, Google+ is an online social network powered by none other than Google. One can hardly mention Google+ without mentioning Facebook as it is seen by many to be the only real contender. And it ... Read More
November 7, 2012admin

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Nov2012
It’s the first day of November today leaving just two months more for this year. I’ll save the sentimental ‘looking back at 2012’ article for its rightful place at end of December though as this article is to give a heads up on what I’m working on in this homestretch ... Read More
November 1, 2012admin

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Oct2012
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in T&T begins 12 Nov - 18 Nov 2012. From the GEW website: “Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. During one week each November, ... Read More
October 27, 2012admin

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Oct2012
I couldn't write this article when I started Forward Multimedia a year and a half ago, for I was nowhere to be found on Google T&T back then. I stopped looking after page ten (and who the heck goes beyond page one?) and then grudgingly accepted that I had my work cut ... Read More
October 27, 2012admin

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Oct2012
Continuing with your website’s development being akin to a living thing with stages (and we’ll see how far we can go with that!) I finished at the ‘CONCEPTION’ stage in Part 2 where it actually got graphic, without offending anyone by the way, and the website wireframe was conceived. Technically, gestation ... Read More
October 18, 2012admin