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· A Mozambican entrepreneur, Dayn Amade recently, was awarded a United States Patent for the design of his Community Tablet trailer
· The device will protect the design for fifteen years. The trailer mounted in four wheels contains four touch screen computers with linked printers, refrigeration for medicines, and is powered by solar panels
· Since 2015, the trailer has been in operation and so far helped to educate over a million Mozambicans across 90 communities
A Mozambican entrepreneur, Dayn Amade recently, was awarded a United States Patent for the design of his Community Tablet trailer. The device will protect the design for fifteen years. The trailer mounted in four wheels contains four touch screen computers with linked printers, refrigeration for medicines, and is powered by solar panels. Since 2015, the trailer has been in operation and so far helped to educate over a million Mozambicans across 90 communities.
Amade’s has used the trailer to promote digital literacy training and internet access. The device has a rugged design. Because of that, the design, the trailer can move over rough terrain which enabled it to deliver voter education campaigns to remote locations.
The trailer undertakes health campaigns, visiting 43 schools in 22 districts. In addition, it has promoted contraception and HIV education, travelling to 18 districts where 7,242 teenagers participated. The Community Tablet has wide use given that less than ten per cent of the African continent having access to the internet. In Mozambique alone, it is estimated that 24 million people are without an internet connection.
In the meantime, the Bank of Mozambique has suspended Standard Bank from the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (MCI) It is prohibited with immediate effect from participating in all activities of the foreign exchange market, according to a statement issued by the central bank. Standard Bank spokesperson confirmed the information.
