A 29-year-old South African (SA) woman who developed an emergency and crime-fighting app is hopeful that the app will improve safety for communities.
Mapula Mailula from Kopermyn village in Ga-Maja outside Polokwane, Limpopo Province, designed the groundbreaking app.
The app is being used by Emergency Medical Services, to streamline rapid emergency response.
It is now available for download on the Google Play Store, and it also uses a USSD code for those without smart phones,
to help users report crimes and request medical assistance with ease.
to help users report crimes and request medical assistance with ease.
Following three years of planning and design, the crime and emergency app is now officially available for public use.
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