A Garage48 weekend was held in Accra in May 2010 and the following projects emerged as a result:
www. housingdirectorygh. com
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One of the biggest challenges with the housing market is the lack of quality data on available properties for rent. HousingDirectoryGH, which was the winner of the Accra weekend brings together people looking for accommodation and people offering rooms or apartments. It is a channel for finding rooms and apartments. The portal includes maps and preference listings. It’ s particularly helpful for students and people moving town.
http:// electronicpa. com /
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ElectronicPA – an electronic personalized assistant, helping with making appointments, meetings and providing personalized reminders via SMS, voice calls and e-mails.
http:// eazyresponse. co. cc
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The winner of the public vote from the Accra weekend was EazyResponse. This is a web hosted application which allows schools to sign up and upload students’ details for sending notifications to the students’ parents or guardians. The application is useful for sending student reports, school bills, meeting notifications and emergency contacts to parents. Schools can manage their profile online and personalize recipient information all to their own specifications.
One Item Per Day is online retailer offering the best bargains on one product per day. You can check out the deal of the day very quickly once a day. There’ s always a chance you’ ll find just what you were looking for at a great price!
http:// ghupps. connectgh. com
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GHUPPS Document Depot( Ghana Unified Public Private System) is a one stop shop for document retrieval. GHUPPS is a system to categorize and organize documents for ministries and other state entities in the public sector. For the private sector it provides secure document storage with a unique access address. In the future there is the option to digitize older documents and bring them into the system.
www. backtoGhana. com
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Back to Ghana brings back home Ghanaian talents from abroad and connects them with potential employers and business opportunities! Ghanaians studying and living abroad can easily get information about job opportunities in Ghana while Ghanaian companies can get information about potential homegrown employee.
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