Quantum Analytics ltd

Shamba PRO
Every body makes decisions every moment of our life. These decisions are made on the basis of the information we have. the effects of these decisions are influenced by quality and quantity of the information we use. every thing in the Agricultural value chain about is making the right decisions. farming is about numbers and how you use these numbers to inform decisions you make every day on the farm.the absence of real time live data from within this value chain is what has made farming a risky and most of the times unprofitable business despite its centrality to life(people can not do without food). despite the AgriBiz buzzwords and slogans most financial service providers have on their brochures , agriculture as a sector gets less than 7% of total loans advanced because of its perceived high risk nature due to nonavailability of data and mechanism to mitigate risk.
Shamba-PRO app will allow you to generate these numbers using your mobile phone. i am sure even the most illiterate of our farmers can access a mobile phone. download the app on to the phone and start keying in each and every activity you undertake on each enterprise your undertake on your farm. the app will do the rest. the rest include actionable proposal/ advice for the next day, generating , archiving, analyzing, and processing these numbers into usable reports e.g incidence report, activity tracker, protocol adherence/ deviation report, productivity analysis report, budget tracker, cash flow statements, input/chemical usage report and many other customized outputs. the app is cost friendly ranging from a nominal ksh.1 per day for a basic user to ksh 12000 per month for the virtual farm manager. find the app at safaricom app store with the key word “shamba PRO” or at www.quantumanalytics.net . download it for free.
Non farm users like, consolidators, exporter, processor, marketers can use Shamba-PRO to plan, manage, track, trace and control supply of produce within the value chain
Regulatory agencies , extension service providers, in-puts suppliers can use Shamba-PRO program and organize there service respond to actual demand within the value chain.
financial services providers, banks, cooperatives etc etc will use the data availed to design and tailor products to fit the activity profile of enterprises within the Agro value chain. this will enhance product uptake, allow a friendlier costing regime and enable intervention before default.

Quantum Analytics

New Product in the Market -Quantum Analytics Ltd develops new App "Shamba PRO"
To download to your phone go to "www.quantumanalytics.net

Shamba-PRO is an Agricultural Information System. it is a mobile phone based information management tool in Agricultural value chains. Shamba-PRO converts your mobile phone to an effective data input equipment. The data generated is then encrypted and transmitted to a secure server, where it is aggregated, analyzed and archived in a usable, retrievable form. These can be in form of periodical reports, graphs, charts or spread sheets. The system is able to generate an unlimited variety of outputs on demand. The information can be input in form of comments, figures, images, and/or narratives.

Shamba-PRO enables the user; with the aid of their mobile phone, to generate, record, archive and retrieve information on real time basis and in forms usable. These information is synthesized into actionable proposals in form of usable variety of reports.The number of potential uses for data generated is great.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has asked the FCC to let it start testing a new Internet service, delivered to customers from space.

Last month, Musk petitioned the government to launch up to eight prototype satellites into space. They would be equipped with antennas that would send an Internet signal back down to the earth's surface.

SpaceX said it wants to start testing out the technology in 2016. The FCC declined to comment on the application because it is currently under review.

You can already get an Internet signal from above. But it requires special hardware. It's spotty, slow and ludicrously expensive.

SpaceX's equipment would be closer to the ground than typical satellites, orbiting at around 750 miles above the surface. That allows for tighter light beams and faster Internet than geosynchronous satellites. The downside is a much smaller coverage area.

Eventually, Musk & Co. plan to launch 4,000 satellites in order to serve a meaningful number of customers. To keep costs down, the satellites will be tiny, cheap and disposable.

The relatively close proximity to Earth means the satellites will have to combat gravitational forces with fuel, and when they run out in six months to a year, they'll have to be replaced. But SpaceX sees that as an opportunity to frequently update the technology it hopes to use to deploy its Internet service.

It's a potentially very expensive endeavor, and Google (GOOGL, Tech30) and Fidelity provided SpaceX with $1 billion in funding for the project.

SpaceX's mission to deliver reliable Internet access worldwide isn't unique. Other tech entrepreneurs realize there's a vast, untapped potential in connecting the estimated 3 billion people who still aren't online.

Virgin's Richard Branson is backing OneWeb, a SpaceX rival that wants to launch a fleet of 648 microsatellites to bring high-speed Internet and phone service "to people living in underserved areas."

Launchng mini satellites to provide telecommunications service has been tried before. The Motorola-backed project Iridium aspired to do the same for cell phones before it ended up in bankruptcy in 1999.

That's why some tech companies are seeking other, less high-tech methods. Google launched Project Loon, a battalion of Wi-Fi balloons that will float in the stratosphere. And Facebook (FB, Tech30) wants to do something similar with high-flying drones for his Internet.org project.

Facebook has begun a roll-out of Place Tips - a system allowing businesses to send updates to a person's smartphone when they are nearby.

Keen to get retailers on board, Facebook is sending out free Bluetooth beacon devices to firms that request them.

Other tech companies, including Apple, have experimented with similar systems.

One marketing expert told the BBC it is important the systems do not become "intrusive".

Facebook has been conducting a trial of Place Tips in New York City since the start of the year, where more than 100 businesses have taken part.

Currently it only works with Apple devices, but a version that supports smartphones powered by Google's Android operating system is being developed.

The social network has now announced it is rolling out Place Tips across the US, but has not said when it plans to bring the system to other parts of the world.