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COVID-19 AppDate Pt 6: Going the social distance
In the sixth instalment of his COVID-19 appdate series, SEAN BACHER highlights Udok, Capitec’s hackathon, Nando’s Kerbside service, Kwit, Hola Club Click & Collect, and Facebook’s My Digital World
Hola Club Click & Collect
The Hola Club Click & Collect platform offers a safe and convenient option to sell and buy drinks at local taverns. The platform enables consumers to pre-order their drink to collect at a chosen time. This reduces waiting times and eliminates queues.
This platform encourages and enables licensed tavern owners to operate and manage their staff and businesses more effectively and safely, and to comply with lockdown regulations.
How it works for tavern owners:
Sign up on www.holaclub.co.za and create a seller account.
In the app, sellers are able to see bookings from consumers, which allows them to pre-pack orders and have them ready for collection.
The app also allows them to know in advance what drinks their customers will purchase, and be able to stock the right products.
How it works for consumers:
Sign up on www.holaclub.co.za and create a buyer account.
They then select their drink of choice from a list of products, choose a preferred time-slot for collection, and confirm where they would like to collect.
Consumers receive a confirmation of a time-slot for them to collect their order, and from which tavern.
Consumers don’t need to queue at the collection point. They collect their order and pay.
Platform: Android and iOS
Expect to pay: A free service
Stockists: Visit the Hola Club Click & Collect website here for downloading instructions
Facebook’s My Digital World
Facebook’s My Digital World programme is designed to equip the youth and general public across Sub-Saharan Africa with digital skills needed to navigate the digital world. My Digital World is a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs, including Safe Online with Facebook, Ilizwe Lam, and eZibo. It will be offered virtually this year to adapt to the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The training is free and open to youths aged 13 years and above, and alsp focuses on teachers, parents and guardians. The sessions include:
- Up to 90-minutes of instructor-led live webinars featuring presentations, demos and virtual discussions
- Digital marketing campaigns highlighting best practices, tips, quizzes and polls on digital literacy topics, with content delivered through Facebook and Instagram
- Modules on online safety, privacy, news and media literacy and digital citizenship
Platform: Any device with Facebook access
Expect to pay: A free service
Stockists: Visit the My Digital World here
