Mobile Phone App

The Ugandan Traffic App to Tackle Corruption

By Amy Fallon
There’s the good: “A slight delay of about a minute.” The bad: “Terrible jam!!” And the unbelievable: “No jam.” But as long as Kampala motorists and pedestrians are talking traffic, the eight Ugandan creators of new app called RoadConexion, are happy. For the time being, anyway.

Ugandan App for Pain-Free Malaria Test

By Amy Fallon
In his 21 years Brian Gitta has had malaria too many times to count. And over the years, because of the numerous times he has had to have his blood drawn to test for the disease, he has developed a fear of needles. It is little wonder then that he and three of his fellow computer science students worked hard to develop a mobile phone app that detects malaria – without the use of needles.


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