The world is going through unprecedented period in mankind’s history. COVID-19 forced the closure of economies as nations struggled to find the right response to the deadly disease. Companies across the globe resorted to remote work with as much as 80% at varying degrees of work from home policies and report suggests about 67% of this number would maintain the policy permanently.
However, owing to Africa’s celebrated socio-cultural and communal values, experts believe this will shift COVID-19 risk factors away from offices and place it squarely on homes. This therefore places a heightened responsibility on estate administrators and facility managers who must provide adequate response and implement right protocols to forestall health, safety and security breakdown from increased movement of people and goods, manage communication, keep everyone adequately informed and manage communal resources.
Against this backdrop, CommPass App (thecommpass.com) was built to provide a suite of tools that enable seamless administration of residential estates and estate residents with emphasis on health, safety and security. CommPass ships with features that include contactless access control (with advance guest booking functionality), residents communication, advance safety warning system, artisans and vendor management, car pooling and more.
Speaking during the demo of the app at #builtconverse – the virtual built-tech event – Abraham Ibrahim Jnr. a Co-founder of CommPass said “the CommPass app is a cloud based solution that simplifies facility management and it is easy for residents and facility managers to use.”
Stakeholders at the event which included Deborah Nicol-Omeruah – Deputy CEO, UPDC Plc, Wole Olufore, MD, Alpha Mead Facilities, Kehinde Ogundimu – MD, Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Company, had high praises for the app.
Also speaking at the event, Nnamdi Ehirim one of the Co-founders said “We have created these new tools to mitigate the risks our communities face going forward. And as the situation with COVID-19 continues to develop, now is a good time for estate administrators and facility managers to consider updating their access control protocols to a more modern, future-proof system that could increase the speed and efficiency of community to interactions.”
“At CommPass, we have built our features around considerations which we believe are non-negotiable when appraising post-COVID access control protocols. For starters, new protocols should proactively ask residents to identify people authorized into their premises with minimal human contact. It should also allow facility managers and estate administrators’ suspend access to others who are not authorized to enable efficient reporting and contact tracing” Nnamdi concluded.
CommPass can be accessed via the company’s website thecommpass.com
