A potential tool in the fight against Ebola.Darren Wilkins of Sahara Technology writing in in Liberia's Daily Observer:
Despite this perception and the many challenges that "plague" the ICT sector, Liberian ICT professionals have not been deterred. In fact, both the perception and the challenges have kindled an influx of ICT professionals from abroad and motivated many of those who are considered locals or locally-based, to be even more motivated. What the advent/influx of Liberian ICT "brain gain" and motivation of the "locals" have done is ignite a new level of enthusiasm that has enabled the rewriting of Liberian ICT culture, removing dependence (consumers) on foreign-made software to becoming producers and consumers (Prosumers) of their own software. And this "PROSUMER-driven"mentality has ignited a new wave of innovation. A product of this "new wave of innovation" is the newly developedEbola response application, the work of a consortium local ICT firms. In this article, I introduce and explain to you the Incident Response And Management Program or I-RAMP, a locally developed application.
The I-RAMP application is proof that Liberia indeed has the capacity to develop innovative software solutions, ...
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