IoT, an affordable technology to empower Africans addressing needs in Africa

The opportunity for ICT intervention in Africa is huge especially for the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). The paper presents the EU-Africa H2020 WAZIUP project which focuses on IoT and related big data management for African applications. It takes cost of hardware and services as the main challenge to be addressed. The paper describes our proposed low-cost and open IoT gateway and platform for both robust and simple deployment and present real applications for Africa. The project involves African innovation hubs which help to stimulate innovation and empower African to help solving problems in Africa.