While it will fill a large gap in terms of availability of basic health information, and will help to educate and improve the lives of many people, the developers have warned that Afridoctor should never take the place of a visit to a health professional, if this is at all possible.
The application, conceived by Werner Erasmus, saw off competition from over 125 entries to take first prize in Nokia’s Calling All Innovators Africa 2009 competition at the end of last year, netting its developers R644 000 (US$85 000). The competition called for applications relevant to South African and African mobile users.
