#MEET CCT-- Cities Controlling and Reporting Tool
This is a short interview we conducted with Abdisa Bencha Jara, the creator of CCT--Cities Controlling App for Cities Waste Controlling, Crime, Incident and Emergency Reporting. If you like this project and would like to vote for it, click here.
1. Please, tell us a bit about yourself: where are you from and what is your background?
I am an open-minded individual with a proven track record in Developing Applications, designing websites and creating databases and ICT Consulting. I have strong technical skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills. I am eager to be challenged in order to grow and improve my communication and professional IT skills gained through previous experiences in the IT sector.
Credentials
•I have BSc in Information Technology from Haramaya University, Ethiopia
•Founder of OROMO ICT(http://oroict.com and qubeegeneration.org)
•I have 4yrs Experience in:
-Mobile Application and Web Development,
-Database Management and Customer Support
-17 Apps released and others under development
• 8 Websites are Launched
• Mobile Application Development Certificate
• AddisWaste Controlling Application Certificate
• CCNA Network Configurations certificate
2. Can you describe your idea or project in two sentences?
Cities controlling and reporting Tool App is an innovative multimedia automated system for waste management, crime, incidents and emergency reporting, and management that is controlled through a central server. CCT App is designed to alarm authorities in an event of emergency, crime, and traffic incident. It allows authorities to easily track and identify locations of incidents, for individuals or staff performance evaluation how daily activities are handled and others.
This Application provides a different interface for the users in easily understandable like:
•Reporting Problems and checking status
•Service request
•Waste Recycling and controlling
•Waste Collection reminder
•Waste categorizing
•Waste Schedule
•Direct Access to City map.
•GPS location.
•Search for location
•Detailed disposal information as every activity is recorded
•Performance evaluation
•Crime, Incidents, and Problems Reporting and checking the status
•Geo-Location used to identify the specific location of where Report came from.
•Scheduling, Feedback, and others where the activities are done and controlled with the help of Web-Service from central. It is a user-friendly mobile App with an instruction manual. In general CCT App is a complete guide, a mobile App that can enhance waste collection and management process and solve on time crime, incidents and problems reporting.
3. How did you get your idea or concept?
I always link ideas to creativity. I started imagining a world and then try to marry the real world with my world. I hopefully see that if I have some efficiency in doing something, as we would do it today. Then, I think of how can this be done. This is the way I come up with CCT App to fix existing problems in my city. Mind you, I always passionate and happy in fixing even simple problems and helping needy people.
4. What is unique about your idea/project and how does it benefit mankind?
The unique features of CCT project are:
• Integration of very major problem-solving parts like On time reporting, Notifying/alarm, checking status, performance evaluation, direct contact or communication with local society and management, scheduling.
• Real Report that supported in Picture and Video as well as the exact location which helps to feed real information especially for crime.
• Customization to different cities in their languages
The Benefits of the CCT Project are Cities Well-being, Social satisfaction, Reduction of CO2 and Environmental Pollution, Income generation which leads to economic improvement, Risk Reduction, Job Opportunities, and much more.
5. Describe yourself as an entrepreneur in one sentence
Abdisa Bencha Jara is the Social and Technical Entrepreneur that is motivated to transform our world into a better place for life. I usually aimed to fix problems, improve quality of goods and services while contributing back to community and society.
6. How do you deal with people that doubt your abilities/initiatives?
I never bother about this, because I always think as I am a man of action and act immediately to achieve my goal and show them. If they don't trust my words initially I provide reasons to deal with them, still, they are in doubt, I keep calm and Actively work and show them in action.
7. Where does your passion lie?
My passion lies in problem-solving, helping needy people, and financial freedom.
8. What are you afraid of or what keeps you up at night?
Syntax Error in my coding project.
9. According to you, money is a synonym for.....
Money is the #1 factor behind success, factor to perform stronger, and a factor of living a good life.
10. If you could rid the world of three things, what would they be?
The answers to this question are predictable, like hate, greed, sin, evil, corruption, greed, hatred, selfishness etc which are strongly related to our perception of the world and our moral compass. But I want to say the Answer is NOTHING. Everything in the world exists for a reason, otherwise, it would not be present in our world at all. All of these things we perceive as negative are there to serve humanity in some way even though we may not directly perceive the way it is immediately serving us.
11. What are the benefits you take from the Entrepreneurship Campus?
Entrepreneurship Campus connected me to the global village, real world skills and youth professionals in Cost effective method.
12. What do you like more about the Entrepreneurship Campus?
I proved that Learning is an experience from Entrepreneurship Campus where unique ideas are available and you are invited to learn, then decide your entrepreneurial journey.
13. Which idea/project do you like most?
CCT-- Cities Controlling and Reporting Tool
14. Please, include a link to a video if you have one.
https://youtu.be/1arj5vshDnE
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