{"id":4586,"date":"2021-08-23T17:25:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T17:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-made-temperature-monitoring-app-hits-sadc-tech-market"},"modified":"2021-08-23T17:35:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T17:35:51","slug":"malawian-made-temperature-monitoring-app-hits-sadc-tech-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawian-made-temperature-monitoring-app-hits-sadc-tech-market","title":{"rendered":"Malawian-made temperature monitoring app hits Sadc tech market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>TempCras \u2013 a new innovative technology that makes it easy to track and monitor temperature of cold rooms, refrigeration systems and cold vans \u2013 has hit the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region technology market.<\/p>\n

The developer, Engineer Alinafe Kaliwo, challenged delegates at the 41st Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government to use the platform as an opportunity to explore means on how they can support young technology entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter our successful business deals with various government agencies, commercial and non-commercial outfits we continue to get sound feedback and requests from would-be clients from across the SADC region. We currently have established ourselves in South Africa, and are ready to start rolling out big projects with our new clients here.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my prayer that leaders meeting in the ongoing SADC summit dedicate more time to discuss technology for our region, and how young entrepreneurs in this part of Africa can be encouraged and supported in their various initiatives,\u201d Kaliwo, who is chief executive officer (CEO) of Mechro Systems, said in an interview from Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n

SADC held its summit in Malawi\u2019s capital Lilongwe which pooled together 400 delegates from the sixteen member states. The theme of the summit was \u201cBolstering Productive Capacities in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic for Inclusive, Sustainable, Economic and Industrial Transformation\u201d. Kaliwo said the TempCras technology is a user-friendly system that is easy to install and implement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe offer in-transit temperature monitoring solutions featuring alarming capabilities as well as reporting, and GSM cellular technology. One can access their temperature data while it\u2019s on the go and save themselves the hassle of having to manually monitor temperature for their sensitive goods.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a very long-time producers of perishable goods such as fruits, meat and milk have had the problem of adverse temperature conditions damaging their products. This happens without any warning whatsoever which leads to loss of thousands if not millions of cash and resources. But for the last four years TempCras has been able to perfectly deal with such problems for some of the largest retail chain stores in Malawi,\u201d he said, adding that the TempCras technology employs novel and advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Blockchain to seamlessly deliver satisfactory services to users.<\/p>\n

Some of the largest retail chain stores in Malawi include Game Stores, Shoprite and Chipiku Plus, among others. According to Kaliwo, it now lay in the hands of the present generation to think technology in averting various day-to-day trials including economic challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was actually impressed when the state vice president, Saulos Chilima, presented a lecture last week on the need for SADC member states to embrace digitalization in this Covid-19 era and how he related digitalization and industrialization. That is the way to go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to information available on the TempCras website, Kaliwo has been awarded, recognized and won prizes across the world for his innovation including the Malawi Innovators Design Competition (2017) for Overall Best Project; MBC Innovations Awards (2017); Gist Tech-I Semi Finalist (2018) by AAAS America; SAS Awards Finalist (2018) for Southern Africa Region; Nigeria\u2019s Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur of the Year (2018) and Gist Tech-I Semi Finalist (2019) by AAAS America.<\/p>\n

In his public lecture at the summit, titled \u2018Promoting digitalization for revival of the Sadc industrialization agenda in the Covid-19 era\u2019, vice president Chilima said there was \u201can urgent need for serious investment and that budgets in the Sadc region should support ICT as a transition to digital economies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lecture, organised by the government of Malawi through the National Planning Commission (NPC), discussed, among others, how digitalization can turn out to be effective for Africa amidst Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope some of the recommendations made can be adopted and put into use both within Sadc bloc and locally,\u201d said Chilima who is also minister responsible for economic planning and public sector reforms.<\/p>\n

He said harnessing digitalization would be a \u201cgame changer for the Sadc region\u201d towards a digital economy as the region continues to feel the pinch of the Covid-19 pandemic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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