You Might As Well Phone Santa Claus: Why Your SOS Button is a Hollow Promise
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You Might As Well Phone Santa Claus: Why Your SOS Button is a Hollow Promise

Today's podcast shows how technology can be used to tackle societal issues creatively in different parts of the world to the UK or the USA. In Africa (and many countries) hitting an SOS button is like "phoning Santa Claus", no one is coming.

Warren Myers, founder of AURA, joins David (the 'Tech Talks' host) to discuss how he is democratizing emergency response for the 75% of the global population currently left behind by traditional infrastructure. We explore the "hustle moat" of global security and why saving 8,000 lives is the only metric that truly matters.


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