Category Archives: Software

Afridoctor wins 1st prize in the Nokia app comp


20Fourlabs and BWCOM decided to enter the Nokia ‘Calling all Innovators’ Africa application competition a few weeks ago – more on that here.  We received great news two days ago that we won 1st prize and $85 000 in cash! Mega congrats to everyone in Labs and BWCOM!!

Here is my business partner Bradley accepting the cheque with Werner (developer/designer from Blueworld who conceptualized the original idea) and Ronald (mobile expert from 20FourLabs). Pic by Gaby

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The cheque landed on my desk yesterday

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About Afridoctor

“Afridoctor is Africa’s first personal mobile health clinic, turning your device into a powerful first aid information kit, a doctor-location service, and an emergency distress notifier. Its revolutionary “SnapDiagnosis” system allows users to submit photos of their ailments and remotely receive advice from a panel of professionals. Afridoctor’s mapping feature enables users to find doctors, clinics and all health industry related services within their proximity. The emergency feature notifies next of kin of their distress and location. Features include symptom checkers, first-aid information, health calculators and quizzes. Afridoctor helps make healthcare affordable and accessible to the people of Africa.”

You can download it from the Nokia OVI app store here and follow Afridoctor on Twitter.

Runner ups in the competition -

The runners-up are: Roach Game – South Africa by Breakdesign (in second place), Sasol e.Birds by Coolideas (3), MrSNAKE by Simon Botes (4) and Thumbtribe widget by Thumbtribe (5), LiveMobile by LiveMobile (6), Countdown 2010 by Christian Reeve (7), Surfing Safari by Aqua Online (8), Turn Left at the Barrel by Turn Left at the Giraffe (9) and Mall-Buddy by Paul Hinrichsen (10).

Popularity: 58% [?]

Vodacom 3G drivers for Mac

Using 3G on my Macbook Pro is an eternal struggle – the software provided by Vodacom for their 3G E220 HSDPA modem is faulty. Vodacom support executives even confessed to me that ‘the software is buggy’. The 3G line always drops or even lately – the software stops working all together! I reached out to my Twitter followers to try find a solution and was pleasantly surprised when I found the latest version of Vodafone’s Huawei 3G modem software. Kudos to Shuan!

It works brilliantly, has a much better interface and is available for download right here!

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Popularity: 65% [?]

MIH Tech Conference in the valley

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ICT Young Entrepreneur of Africa

I have been nominated for ICT Young Entrepreneur of Africa 2008. Now to even be nominated is a great honour for me seeing as last years winner of the award is internationally renowned Vinny Lingham.
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