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Local duo revolutionises first responder systems

after a ten-year stint as chief technology officer of a gaming business in London, Brett Meyerowitz made his way back to South Africa and started working for a banking company. With more time on his hands, he decided to volunteer as an ambulance assistant, which exposed him to the deep inefficiencies of the emergency response systems used in SA.

“The systems were dated, expensive to maintain, unfriendly and extremely inefficient, resulting, among others, in emergency response teams being reliant on map books when they were in unfamiliar territory. This

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