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MapIT South Africa acquires 26 pct stake in Uganda’s SatNav East Africa
“We have navigation devices that can guide you to any location whether in the village or in congested urban areas,” Mr Okema said.
The innovation, however, could be used as a unifying factor for the East African Community because of the universal address code system.
MapIT managing director Etienne Louw said the South African firm is ready to work with SatNav.
“With our detailed mapping datasets for Africa, we can assist SatNav East Africa in achieving its business goals,” Mr Louw said.
Uganda’s presidential advisor on information technology Dr Ham Mulira said the new technology will help the business community locally and internationally to identify their clients.
He said since the liberalization of telecommunication companies in 1998, locating clients has not been possible over the years.
“In the olden days, if you received a phone call from a landline, you could easily identify the location where the person was calling from because of the areas codes,” Dr Mulira said.
