Mbompela believes in the adage “if you can dream it, you can do it.” David got concerned when he saw the laissez-faire attitude in his country, despite the health threat posed by COVID-19.
Inadequate sanitary provisions during the pandemic, inspired David to think fast and this inspired him to dream up an all-encompass-ing solution. “I saw people leaving their homes and entering public places without temperature checks, or sanitation,” David says.
He adds: “It is this concern that inspired me to make a ‘small house’ where people enter for a rapid temperature check and sanitization.” This is how Smart Portic was born.
The all-encompassing Smart Portic incorporates an infrared thermometer for taking temperatures, a hot purifier to sanitise clothes with an automatic tap for washing hands, a GSM phone to call the COVID-19 call center, protection switches, and a thermostat.
By UNDP Africa Innovates: 50 Homegrown African Solutions Tackling COVID-19.
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