Joshua Omisore has developed Open Hands – an application that can address social problems and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria.
Available on Apple and Android devices, Open Hands provides real-time information about location and availability of resources by linking Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), companies and people who offer social services with indigent Nigerians who may need them.
Developed by Nigerian ICT expert based in the United States of America, Joshua Omisore, the platform leverages on the capabilities that Artificial Intelligence technology provides by creating an all-inclusive application, which acts as a primary access point for the provision of key resources to those in need.
Using voice and text services, the application serves as a lifeline assistance programme that provides users with a portal to resources and lifeline.
According to Director of the firm, Toluwanimi Adesiyan, the company was inspired to become indigenous because of the need to reduce poverty in Nigeria, Africa and work towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Toluwanimi Adesiyan noted that Nigeria was a highly populated country where individuals, institutions, NGOs and the government were contributing their quota toward alleviating problems though with limited resources but there was no real-time connection between the givers and receivers of the services.
According to Toluwanimi Adesiyan:
“People are willing to offer aids and free services to the needy but most of them really don’t have time to visit orphanages or communities where the indigents are available. Open Hands Tech has taken up the challenge of synergising the efforts of all these individuals and link them up with those who be needing these services
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