Icheki-Tracking Transportation

The MIT-AITI collaboration continues to spur innovation,Africa Media Network reports:

iCheki, a system that commuters can use to track matatus (mini buses popular in Kenya) and buses coming their way won US$3,000 (Kshs 240,000) in the 2010 MIT-AITI mobile programming business competition held at Strathmore University on 30th July. The system was conceptualized by the Xrystalgenius group made of DBIT (Diploma in Business Information Technology) graduates: Joseph Kivuva, Alex Nyika, Kelvin Yonga and Dominic Mativo.
iCheki is derived from the sheng slang spoken in Kenya. Cheki means see in sheng. So iCheki is seeing through the phone. Using the system, commuters can know how far the next matatu is from their location and predict how long it will take to get to them using the GPS (Global Positioning System) and LAI (Local Area Identity) systems on mobile platforms. The system can also be used by freight managers to tell the location of their vehicles at any time. The group said they will use the money they won to develop the system further.

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