ManiMobile apps and mobile phones has the potential of addressing many day-to-day challenges specially when combined with AI and High performance computing
A centralized dispatcher for ambulance services is taken for granted in many Western countries. Not so in Kenya, where a ride-hailing service for first responders plays a major role in saving lives.
Discoveries like these many times are considered as disconnected from real life use, but this is changing fast as more and more Tech companies are concentrating on CX that is not unaffordable and is suitable for everyday use.
Flare a Kenya based startup has taken the same Uber style concept and adapted it for Ambulance service, to providers users an opportunity to directly request paramedics and ambulance service from their phone.
The more technologies like these become mainstream, it will lower costs, making tech more mainstream.
What I am more interested to learn is if this has any potential for mass adoption across the globe, where the primary way we communicate with emergency servcies or police for that matter is through a Mobile Pone app.
Last but not the least, tech like this needs to be affordable and mainstream enough to be considered by small business market.
It is fascinating how this technology is evolving and impacting our lives.
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