HUAWEI’s AppGallery now includes Namola for a safer South Africa
Huawei Consumer Cloud Services has partnered with South Africa’s most popular personal safety app, Namola, to ensure that more South Africans have access to this life-saving service. Namola is available on Huawei’s AppGallery for current Huawei users, and on Huawei’s new device ecosystem, Huawei Mobile Services (HMS).
“Our research shows that a quarter of our users access Namola from Huawei’s AppGallery on their devices. Therefore, it made sense for us to ensure that Huawei users get the best possible user experience of our app in new Huawei devices” explains Peter Matthaei, CEO of Namola.
The integration onto HMS is simple and easy. For example, the developers at Namola were able to migrate their app onto the HMS platform in just two days. For Namola, the migration was a huge success. “It was much quicker than we anticipated. We had expected some hurdles in terms of the compatibility of our code base, but HMS provided all the framework features that our Namola app needed. Huawei users will now be able to easily find the Namola app on Huawei AppGallery,” says Matthaei.
The Namola app uses GPS technology to accurately and efficiently locate and support individuals who need emergency assistance, or who are worried about their safety or the safety of others. When a user triggers an alarm, the app notifies a highly trained operator in one of their dedicated, 24/7 control centres, who then dispatches the closest appropriate emergency responder. In addition to the police, an aggregated response network with over 6,000 community policing forum and neighbourhood watch members, paramedics, and private security and private ambulances operators (Namola Plus Only) also respond with Namola, giving it consistently one of the fastest response times in the country.
Matthaei believes that app developers have a huge opportunity to cut through the clutter and capitalise on the growth opportunity that the HMS platform offers, thereby opening up additional opportunities for monetisation. “HUAWEI has gone to great lengths to make it possible for developers to seamlessly integrate with HMS and to make their apps available of the Huawei AppGallery. The dual support for HMS and GMS on a single, easy-to-maintain codebase is a no brainer. With HMS, developers can get the best user experience for their apps.” Another attractive benefit to HMS, according to Matthaei, is Huawei’s Quick Apps. Because they are installation free, they are perfect for the South African market, which is often data sensitive.
Mr Likun Zhao, Vice President of Huawei Consumer Business Group, Middle East & Africa, notes, “HUAWEI is excited to be partnering with Namola, as they provide such a vital service to South Africans. We want to ensure that our users will have a familiar and seamless experience when using the Huawei AppGallery on our new devices. In order to achieve this, we need to work closely with commercial partners and developers like Namola so that HMS becomes the ideal platform where developers can make their apps better, more relevant and more accessible for our Huawei AppGallery users.”
App developers with completed apps can visit https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/, or contact the HUAWEI SA Business Development team on developersa@huawei.com to find out how HUAWEI can support them.
About HUAWEI Consumer BG:
HUAWEI’s products and services are available in more than 170 countries and are used by a third of the world’s population. Fifteen R&D centres have been set up in the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India and China. HUAWEI Consumer BG is one of HUAWEI’s three business units and covers smartphones, PC and tablets, wearables and Mobile Services, etc. HUAWEI’s global network is built on almost 30 years of expertise in the telecom industry and is dedicated to delivering the latest technological advances to consumers around the world.
About Namola:
Namola is South Africa’s most downloaded, used and highly rated safety app. With features like family tracking and a network of public and community-led responders, Namola helps people feel safe and #GetHelpFast in any emergency situation. Namola is available as a free app and provides access to public sector and community response for anyone. For only R49 per month, Namola Plus gives individuals, families and businesses additional access to Armed Response and Private Emergency Medical Services (EMS). For more information: https://www.namola.com/
