Tropically Tolerant Software: SoftTribe

Featured earlier Soft now known as Softribe "...is focusing on document management software for government agencies and large multinationals doing business in Ghana. It also supplies accounting software for small and medium-size businesses, such as stores and restaurants. Its cash register program, for instance, tallies the bill at Accra's largest grocery store. And one of the most popular dining spots in Accra, Frankie's Hotel and Restaurant, uses Soft's code to manage inventory, process payroll, and pay taxes. Hotels, gold-mining companies, and Internet cafés do, too. Even a few cocoa plantations calculate their piecework pay with Soft's code..."The award winning "...Chinery-Hesse calls his africanized code "tropically tolerant." Besides being compact, his programs also write frequently to disk, reducing the chances of losing data if power is lost, as it often is. Because Internet connectivity remains relatively expensive, his programs also work offline as much as possible. And to combat the rampant piracy, beta versions of software rarely leave Soft's premises, finished products don't have an autoinstall function (you need a Soft technician to launch them), and batches of bug fixes are often delivered individually to customers rather than generally released...",IEEE.
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