Liquid Telecom Zambia has partnered with Sigfox to demonstrate the uses of the ‘Internet of Things”- IoT as a key tool to drive smart business and economic development by increasing its accessibility and reducing maintenance cost of the technology.
Liquid Telecom Zambia Chief Executive Officer Susan Mulikita said the internet of things is indicative of strides that have been made in the ICT world which have greatly shifted the use of the internet from a people dominated sphere to one that relies on machines working together to produce a smart network.
She was speaking at a workshop which took place at Taj Pamozi Hotel in Lusaka attended by the Zambian Business Times – ZBT.
Mulikita said in order to embed connectivity and intelligence in a range of devices, the internet of things has increasingly been used to collect large quantities of data which when analyzed will help businesses make smarter decisions and operate more effectively.
‘’During the workshop held on 6 March 2019, Sigfox will showcase a variety of use cases which demonstrate how our partners and customers can effectively utilize the internet of things in diverse sectors as banking, the transport sector, agriculture and the fisheries industry.” She said.
And Sigfox vice president Nicolas Andrieu said its partnership with Liquid Telecom is to accelerate the roll out of the IoT network in order to present and introduce what technology can bring to the ICT sector in the country.
The vice president said the internet of things is beneficial as it will help people achieve their focus on a smart Zambia.
Speaking at the same event, Zambia Information Communication Technology Authority – ZICTA Director General Patrick Mutimushi said IoT as well as big data have the potential to bring about enormous social and economic benefits which will help organizations target products, deliver services, develop policies and personal peoples online experience.
Mutimushi addded that ZICTA is committed to contributing towards government’s strides to achieve its industrialization strategy and stand to promote the facilitations partnership to innovate ICT products and services.
“Iam encouraging all of you to embrace the technologies and use it productively, remember, the development of the ICT sector in Zambia relies on you and me”. He said.
