Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
About Us ict.co.tt 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: Our Services ICT Strategy Consulting Training Web and Infrastructure • Business Transformation • ICT Workshops & Seminars • Cloud Services • Business Process Re-engineering • Conference Speaking • Network Infrastructure • ICT Policy & ICT Strategic Planning Engagements Design & Installation • e-Governance & e-Government • Innovation and • IT Audits • ICT/ e-Readiness Diagnostics • Mobile Platforms Entrepreneurship • Expert Articles and Blogs • e-Agriculture; e-Business; e-Commerce • Websites • Telecommunications Policy Our Clients:
• 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. Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
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 organisations 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 Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
• Psychographics – There is not generally a disposition to use ICTs to solve organisational/ 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 Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
• 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 Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
Pillar XHUMA Feature Business Has the potential to bring the entire sector ecosystem and value chain onto one unified platform; Environment enables the closing of business deals online; reduces the individual cost of each entity coming online. 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 online 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 Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
XHUMA is a cloud-based suite of integrated About productivity, business and social media tools all on one 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 of analytics and data insights across all institutional and member accounts Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
XHUMA Successes to Date XHUMA Green: Received Expressions of Support from: ➢ The Caribbean Agricultural Research and ➢ The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) ➢ The Guyana Livestock Development Authority Development Institute (CARDI) ➢ Saint Christopher and Nevis Department of (GLDA) ➢ The Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad & Agriculture ➢ The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) Tobago (NRWPTT) XHUMA Healthcare: Supports 1500 healthcare professionals across 10 professions namely: ➢ Dentists ➢ Occupational Therapists ➢ Physiotherapists ➢ Medical Laboratory Technicians ➢ Radiographers ➢ Speech and Language Therapists ➢ Nutritionists ➢ Medical Social Workers ➢ Dieticians ➢ Psychiatric Social Workers XHUMA Diaspora: Contracted to manage individuals in the Grenada diaspora through Grenada’s Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
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Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
One of the first things that the XHUMA Platform offers is an organisational 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. Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 Web: https://xhuma.
e-Commerce Profiles ➢ XHUMA can provide every registered member business with an e-commerce website 4436 Web: https://xh ulture
Opportunity Publishing ➢ XHUMA’s Opportunities Module allows RfPs, RfQs, even direct order purchases, to be created and published. ➢ Respondents may ask for Click to view further information via opportunity details the Opportunities Forum and can submit tender/ bid documents on- platform in response to the opportunity.
Real Time Broadcast Messaging ➢ 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. ➢ Option to send messages to users’ email even if they are not logged in to XHUMA! Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
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: ➢ member farmer accounts. You can choose to ➢ Sending InMail messages send via e-mail to conventional e-mail. Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
Groups and Premium Subscriptions Premium Subscriptions Groups You have the possibility of giving Groups are useful to send out specific persons subscribed to a premium communication to persons of similar interest (paid groups) privileged access to functionality such as: ➢ The Ministry, institution, farmer ➢ The opportunities module. groups or individual farmers can create groups on the platform and ➢ More storage invite others to join. ➢ Premium Events ➢ An individual account holder can be part of one or many groups ➢ The owner / manager of the platform can deploy paid groups Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
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 Create a new pubic or private group with group logo, website url and other Request group information membership Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
Online Listing of Businesses Click to view ➢ XHUMA allows public access to an business details online list of your registered businesses ➢ Click on any business name to view the full XHUMA business profile Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
Easily Access Members’ Information ➢ XHUMA allows Ministries & Business Associations to review details of listed members or suppliers , such as ‘Company Info’, ‘Registration Info’ and other relevant business documents. Click to view member details Tel 1: 868 - 701 – 5499 | Tel 2: 868 - 221 - 4436 Web: https://xhuma.co/agriculture
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