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CrashDetech: The app that could save your life in a car crash

By Sophie Eastaugh, for CNN

Updated 1146 GMT (1946 HKT) August 8, 2016

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CrashDetech is a smartphone app that detects the impact of road accidents, pinpoints your location and calls an agent who will dispatch the nearest emergency vehicle. By reducing waiting times, it hopes to save lives.
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African tech – CrashDetech is a smartphone app that detects the impact of road accidents, pinpoints your location and calls an agent who will dispatch the nearest emergency vehicle. By reducing waiting times, it hopes to save lives.
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The product is the brainchild of Johannesburg- based entrepreneur, Jaco Gerritts (center) and his team.
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The product is the brainchild of Johannesburg- based entrepreneur, Jaco Gerritts (center) and his team.
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Crashdetech is just the latest in a long line of African tech solutions hoping to make an impact on the continent.
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Crashdetech is just the latest in a long line of African tech solutions hoping to make an impact on the continent.
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BRCK is a blackbox described by its Kenyan makers as "a backup generator for the internet," with the aim of solving Africa's connectivity issues. In Africa, there are power outages on a daily basis so getting online and staying online a requires a device that can seamlessly switch between multiple networks.<br />
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BRCK is a blackbox described by its Kenyan makers as "a backup generator for the internet," with the aim of solving Africa's connectivity issues. In Africa, there are power outages on a daily basis so getting online and staying online a requires a device that can seamlessly switch between multiple networks.
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Since 2013, BRCK has sold over 2,500 devices in 54 countries -- most notably in India. It also secured $3 million in funding at the beginning of 2016.
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Since 2013, BRCK has sold over 2,500 devices in 54 countries -- most notably in India. It also secured $3 million in funding at the beginning of 2016.
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The Portable Eye Examination Kit (Peek) app allows healthcare professionals to conduct eye examinations using a smartphone app. It has already been tested on thousands of people in rural Kenya. There are 39 million blind people globally, and in low-income countries, 80% of blindness is curable.<br />
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The Portable Eye Examination Kit (Peek) app allows healthcare professionals to conduct eye examinations using a smartphone app. It has already been tested on thousands of people in rural Kenya. There are 39 million blind people globally, and in low-income countries, 80% of blindness is curable.
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Technology founder , Dr. Andrew Bastawrous, hopes the app can replace traditional hospital equipment, which is often bulky, expensive and fragile. Building up local teams, Bastawrous has also worked with village leaders in Kenya to train examiners at a low cost.
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Technology founder , Dr. Andrew Bastawrous, hopes the app can replace traditional hospital equipment, which is often bulky, expensive and fragile. Building up local teams, Bastawrous has also worked with village leaders in Kenya to train examiners at a low cost.
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