Did you know that 4 billion people around the world do not have an adequate address? Not having an address that works means you have trouble getting access to the services you need, to get deliveries to your home or even to guide emergency services to your house when you need them. Governments struggle to reach all their citizens and countless business opportunities are missed!
We are changing that! We are building a global digital addressing system for everyone, everywhere.
Map Project was incorporated in August 2017 and we have been very busy!
● Graduated from the KTH Innovation pre-incubator this Spring
● We were one of three finalists in the Stockholm Innovation Stipend
● One of three winners of the SAS Scholarship Awards
● Won the “Impact Maker” prize at the regional finals of Venture Cup in Stockholm and will
proceed to the national finals in September
● We have tested our prototypes and app with end-users and beta-customers in Uganda
and Rwanda in field trips in 2017 and 2018
So how does it work? We crowdsource addresses through an Android app and provide
Addressing as a Service through an API and web apps. Individuals, businesses and
organisations use the app to create their address for their home and other places they need to
be able to refer to systematically. In the app they can connect with friends, family, businesses
and public service for free. Businesses use the API and business profiles in the app to deliver
goods and services to individuals and other businesses and organisations, but also to guide
customers and visitors to their shops, offices, hotels, taxi stands, loading bays etc.