Team Name:
Deep Blue
Project Name: Worker Bee
Skills and Development
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Adriel Naidoo- Programmer (Architect)
Dalisu Ngubo- Research, Data Analysis and
Editor
DK Maponya- Team Co-ordinator and Presenter
Maseehullah Kathrada- Graphic Designer
Sharmista Nundlall- Idea Innovator and Business
Creative
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Absence of appropriate and sustainable
information system and database.
Lack of communications, notification and
attendance for training.
Removal of employees from the HR payroll upon
termination of contacts also results in the complete
removal of the contact details.
The inability for data capturers to capture
information simultaneously.
Lack of a reliable and easy means of connecting
clients to various skilled workers.
Lack of an official means of tracking the work
experience of skilled workers.
The Need:
A software platform which connects the client
in need of local informal skill services in a safe,
efficient and reliable environment.
It acts as a tool in providing potential job
opportunities for local informal skilled and
semi-skilled labourers and increasing their
chances of employability.
Provides a continuous database for the
eThekwini Municipality. By acquiring and
capturing data to make informed decisions
and calculated risks
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Our Solution: Worker Bee
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An App which acts as a platform
which connects informal workers with
people in need of their service in a
safe and efficient environment. Thus
creating a continuous database which
can be leveraged by eThekwini
Municipality in understanding the
patterns of informal workers and
improve to develop.
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What's Next?
App improvements:
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Connecting the client or skilled workers
to a call centre.
Increasing data storage.
Potential to include different methods
of payment
Improved efficiency: improving security
measures
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Potential networking capabilities for
skilled workers
Referral database for skilled workers
Real time data reporting
Complaint resolution i.e. Providing a
means for workers with low ratings to
improve their skills via training
opportunities.