Wazihub, an Internet of Things accelerator program, is set to launch in Uganda. The launch is a collaborative effort between Hive Colab and Women In Technology Uganda.
"Through this project, we will learn more about the WAZIUP Platform and how it will be of use to achieving the SDGs for Africa," part of the statement read. According to Wazihub's website, "WAZIUP is a European Union-Africa project, developing IoT technologies in Africa."
According to the statement from Hive Colab, Wazihub is a "collaborative problem solving and innovative approach to enable win-win outcomes for EU and African partners while tackling key societal problems and challenges by applying IoT and Big Data Sub-Saharan Africa."
The launch will take place on May 4, 2018, at Hive Colab in Kampala. "Through this project, we will learn more about the WAZIUP Platform and how it will be of use to achieving the SDGs for Africa," part of the statement read.
According to Wazihub's website, "WAZIUP is a European Union-Africa project developing IoT technologies in Africa."
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"The WAZIUP project uses cutting-edge technology from IoT and Big Data to improve the working conditions in the rural ecosystem of Sub-Saharan Africa. First, WAZIUP involves end users of IoT and Big Data in order to define focused validation cases. They then engage the ICT ecosystem by fostering new tools and good practices amongst entrepreneurs and start-ups."
Currently, the program has 7 partners from four African countries. That is; Senegal, Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso. Plus five partners from four European Union countries; Italy, France, Portugal, and Germany.
IoT hasn't been at the center of innovation in Uganda as well as the continent, except for Kenya and South Africa. Launching an accelerator in the space might be the needed spark.