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INFOCOMM Technologies (ICT) Limited is an internationally recognised firm and is sought after as a valuable resource on ICT policy, ICT strategies, technology training and deployment of strategic ICT solutions:

About Us

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Our Clients:

Our Services

ICT Strategy Consulting Training Web and Infrastructure

• Business Transformation
• ICT Workshops & Seminars
• Cloud Services
• Business Process Re-engineering
• ICT Policy & ICT Strategic Planning
• Conference Speaking

Engagements

• Network Infrastructure

Design & Installation

• e-Governance & e-Government
• ICT/ e-Readiness Diagnostics
• e-Agriculture; e-Business; e-Commerce
• Telecommunications Policy
• Innovation and

Entrepreneurship

• Expert Articles and Blogs
• IT Audits
• Mobile Platforms
• Websites

• A key focus of INFOCOMM Technologies Ltd has been the promotion of

ICT use among SMEs in the Caribbean – examining reasons for the seemingly sluggish uptake, and providing strategies to improve the situation.

• Our focus has been further refined to businesses within the Caribbean

agriculture sector and actors along the Caribbean agri-value chain as a whole

• Ref engagements with: CTA, CaribExport, CARIRI, OECS, CARDI,CARICOM,

etc.

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Our consulting research has categorised the reasons for the observed lack of uptake according to the five pillars of the INFOCOMM Technologies e-Readiness Model:

• Business Environment – Nodal information flows along Caribbean agri-value chains are

not optimal i.e input supply (research) to production; consumption to production etc.

• Governance – The sector is well populated with governing bodies i.e. agriculture

authorities, agri-practitioner associations and agri-business support organisations. These

• rganisations however, do not optimally leverage ICTs to facilitate the management of

the members under their purview

• HR Capacity – There is a generally low level of comfort, proficiency and expertise in the

use of ICTs, particularly at the production and input supply nodes of the chain

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• Psychographics – There is not generally a disposition to use ICTs to solve
• rganisational/ sector/ national agriculture challenges (though this is

beginning to change)

• Infrastructure - The network infrastructure to support ICT systems and

services that can advance the sector generally exists in the Caribbean

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• In 2011, INFOCOMM Technologies Ltd began to design and build an

application, now branded ‘XHUMA’, which is intended to boost the ICT uptake of businesses in the Caribbean region

• The product has applications to various sectors including Energy,

Agriculture and Tourism

• XHUMA was built by a mix of international and local developers and has

undergone rigorous technical review from the UK’s Centre for Development of Enterprise

• The product package seeks to address the challenges to uptake

categorised within the five e-readiness pillars

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Pillar XHUMA Feature Business Environment Has the potential to bring the entire sector ecosystem and value chain onto one unified platform; enables the closing of business deals online; reduces the individual cost of each entity coming

• nline. Further the platform can integrate other stakeholders e.g. hotels and restaurants

Governance Reflects existing, effective, offline governance relationships online Psychographics Accompanying consultancy package is a “hand-holding” intervention to bring users on-board; The

• nline mirroring of the offline validation process seeks to promote trust among users; The

familiarity of the personalities in this online community promotes uptake HR Capacity Features user-friendly functionalities with familiar text editors and social media structure; allows the assigning of administrators; is accompanied by in-person training and user manuals; mobile application available for persons who are more comfortable interacting via that medium Infrastructure Leverages best-practice security and cloud technologies thus reducing the cost of each business to purchase servers and other storage equipment

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About

XHUMA is a cloud-based suite

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integrated productivity, business and social media tools all on

• ne user-friendly platform, which is mobile enabled

and specifically designed and customised for Specific Sectors. The platform supports information sharing, fee management, competency tracking, event management and opportunity exchanges across the entire member-base and the enablement

• f

analytics and data insights across all institutional and member accounts

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XHUMA Successes to Date

XHUMA Green: Received Expressions of Support from: ➢ The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) ➢ Saint Christopher and Nevis Department of Agriculture ➢ The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) ➢ The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) ➢ The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) ➢ The Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad & Tobago (NRWPTT) XHUMA Healthcare: Supports 1500 healthcare professionals across 10 professions namely: ➢ Dentists ➢ Physiotherapists ➢ Radiographers ➢ Nutritionists ➢ Dieticians ➢ Occupational Therapists ➢ Medical Laboratory Technicians ➢ Speech and Language Therapists ➢ Medical Social Workers ➢ Psychiatric Social Workers XHUMA Diaspora: Contracted to manage individuals in the Grenada diaspora through Grenada’s Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago

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Feature Listing

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One of the first things that the XHUMA Platform offers is an

• rganisational website for

institutions that may be without. XHUMA comes with savvy content management (CMS) technology which allows users to update and manage their site without the need for IT intervention.

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e-Commerce Profiles

➢ XHUMA can provide every

registered member business with an e-commerce website

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Opportunity Publishing

➢XHUMA’s Opportunities Module allows RfPs, RfQs, even direct

• rder purchases, to be created

and published. ➢Respondents may ask for further information via the Opportunities Forum and can submit tender/ bid documents on- platform in response to the opportunity.

Click to view

• pportunity details

➢XHUMA’s Infostream operates very similar to a Facebook wall. ➢Messages posted here may be in video format, as pictures, as GIS maps or traditional text.

Real Time Broadcast Messaging

➢Option to send messages to users’ email even if they are not logged in to XHUMA!

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➢member farmer accounts. ➢Sending InMail messages to conventional e-mail.

XHUMA Mail

The XHUMA on board mail messaging system functions like a regular e-mail system but messages are transferred between organizational members on the platform, which can be extended to include:

You can choose to send via e-mail

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Groups and Premium Subscriptions

➢ The Ministry, institution, farmer groups or individual farmers can create groups on the platform and invite others to join. ➢ An individual account holder can be part of one or many groups ➢ The owner / manager of the platform can deploy paid groups Groups are useful to send out specific communication to persons of similar interest You have the possibility of giving persons subscribed to a premium (paid groups) privileged access to functionality such as: ➢ The opportunities module. ➢ More storage ➢ Premium Events

Groups Premium Subscriptions

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Groups and Premium Subscriptions

View all groups on a list and request group membership to an option by clicking on the button below.

Request group membership Request group membership

Create a new pubic or private group with group logo, website url and other information

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➢ XHUMA allows public access to an

• nline

list

• f

your registered businesses

➢ Click

• n

any business name to view the full XHUMA business profile

Click to view business details

Online Listing of Businesses

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Easily Access Members’ Information

Click to view member details

➢ XHUMA allows Ministries & Business Associations to review details of listed members or suppliers , such as ‘Company Info’, ‘Registration Info’ and

• ther relevant business documents.

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Real Time Incoming Alerts

XHUMA Dashboard flags and summarizes all incoming alerts Summary of all Connections and Businesses in your Network

➢XHUMA Dashboard alerts your business to all ‘Group Requests’, ‘Messages’ ‘Events’ and ‘Opportunities’ that your business may have access to via the XHUMA network.

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➢ XHUMA’s document management functionality allows users to store files

• nline and easily share with other users

as needed

Document Management

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➢ XHUMA allows users to embed documents stored

• n
• ther
• platforms. Documents that

are posted on services like Slideshare, Google Drive, Dropboox, etc. can be embedded

• n

XHUMA for viewing.

File Sharing

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Event Management

➢Create new events and publish to your member base ➢Upload event flyers for members to access ➢Keep track of RSVPs

Download a PDF of the upcoming Meeting Attendees can RSVP and you can view your RSVP list

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Data Analytics

➢ XHUMA comes with a number of reporting tools as well as dashboard analytics which visually represent your real-time data

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➢ Members may upload their transaction records direct to XHUMA’s payment module ➢ Easily access your members’ transaction records online

➢ XHUMA also

facilitates online payments using a credit card

Online Payment Records

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Mobile App Advantage

The XHUMA Mobile App extends the functionality of the platform to mobile enabled devices and takes the utility of the XHUMA solution to a higher level

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Get Started Easily!

➢Simultaneously generate profiles for all

• f your registered users

by uploading an excel sheet containing details ➢Getting started is simple using XHUMA’s Bulk Registration function

Click to upload your existing list of members to the platform

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