Transportation made convenient

If you are not harassed by one of the drivers to get into their cars, you have to wait for hours until your car is filled to capacity before you can leave.

A new website called Nam Transport Booker aims to take away all your transportation hassles.

The website which was designed by Hafeni Immanuel, a computer programmer, enables app users to book for transport to various destinations around Namibia and as well as to South Africa through their phones and computers.

The website shows the site user details about the car they will be travelling in, the destination the car is going and as well as how many passengers will be travelling with them. Brief information is also given about the driver of the car and what time the car will depart.

“The website is very convenient and anyone can use it, anyone with a phone can access the app and book for transportation to areas they want to travel through their phones,” says Immanuel.

Immanuel said he realised that many long distance harass passengers who needed to travel to certain areas by always grabbing their bags and goods at Taxi Ranks around the country and that inspired him to start work on an application that would ease the burden of looking for transport to their destination for the passengers.

“Passengers usually run to Facebook to look for long distance drivers but the app allows them to come to one place where they can have access to a variety of drivers.

“The app also ensures that the passengers do not have to go through the harassment of some drivers to get to their destinations,” shares Immanuel.

It took the programmer three weeks to complete the application and website for the booking service that he offers. The programmer says it was difficult at some stages when he was working on his application because he did not have all the tools to finish his product. “The challenge of being a programmer in Namibia is that you might want to create a software that works together with a unique hardware. Sometimes we do not have factories that manufacture the hardware needed by our software and that makes our job very tough,” says Immanuel. He says that programmers need to look at ways they can get their communities by coming up with initiatives that offer solutions to problems in society.

“I think there are many ways to use Information technology to solve problems in our communities, we just need to think of creative ways to do that,” says Immanuel.

Although the website is a good initiative, the programmer still needs to make sure that he does background checks on the drivers he places on the website. He should also make it possible for individuals to rate and comment on the driving skills of the long distance drivers. Immanuel's website also has a very good feature which shows the conditions of the road for a certain period, although it is not constantly updated.

Should anyone need to use the website it can be accessed at http:www.namtransport.com