Afridoctor: The next level
Posted in Business, Competitions, Mobile, applications on January 27th, 2010 by Matt Buckland – Tags: afridoctor, Android, Apple, iphone, nokia, Smartphone, Symbian

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Following on the success of Afridoctor winning the Nokia innovations competition, the labrats have done some planning to take the application to the next level.
Below is an edited version (for we cannot reveal all :)) of a powerpoint presentation, by myself and Blueworld’s Bradley Voges, which describes our future strategy. The original idea for Afridoctor came from wizz-kid Werner Erasmus — his idea beating 12 others in an “ideas” competition we had internally in 20FourLabs.
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January 27th, 2010 12:57 pm
Looks awesome guys, congrats on winning the Nokia comp and good luck for pushing such a useful app out into the world.
February 1st, 2010 9:40 am
Fantastic innovation. I think you guys can be really proud of yourselves and good to see that you’re taking it further while looking into a sustainable range of business models.
March 9th, 2010 5:25 pm
[...] “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.” [...]