Imagine a young Nigerian, Uche Alaba needed to post a letter and had asked everywhere for a post office but no one had idea. He combs up to three streets away from his house with hopes of finding the post office until someone who had used the post office recently pointed him to the address.
What made Uche’s ordeal even more annoying was that the post office was located on the same street from where he had commenced his search. But the post office had no sign post to assist finders with any inkling.
With Nearest Locator, Uche need not search too long, all he has to do is open the mobile app on phone and press the post office button. Then choose one from the list of post offices closest to him and get directions.
Nearest Locator is a location based mobile app that helps users easily locate and navigate around an unknown area, with detailed information about the place, with the aim of accurately mapping developing countries. From the mobile device, users can easily locate the nearest Bank/ATM, Hospital, Filling Station, as well as interesting Events and where to get deals on products.
The app is now available for Nokia (Ovi Store), BlackBerry, and Android devices, and Ayoola Ajebeku, Co-founder and Lead Developer of the app confirmed that having launched for a few weeks, it has been downloaded over 10,000 times from countries including Nigeria, India, and the United States.
