TY - CHAP
T1 - Toward Sustainable Domestication of Smart IoT Mobility Solutions for the Visually Impaired Persons in Africa
AU - Salami, Abdulazeez Femi
AU - Dogo, Eustace M.
AU - Nwulu, Nnamdi I.
AU - Paul, Babu Sena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, Africa accounts for 10% of the global visually impaired persons (VIPs). This visual impairment burden is exacerbated by the shortage of specialist medical human resources, orientation and mobility specialists, and high cost of assessing primary eye care services. These render the majority of VIPs to rely heavily on human-assisted guides and ineffective navigation aids for their daily routines and movements. A viable technological solution that can fill this void and meet these mobility needs is the Internet of Things (IoT). This chapter provides an assessment of smart IoT mobility solutions pertinent to the African context. Furthermore, the barriers to the realization of technology domestication as well as growth catalysts are examined. Lastly, this chapter proffers technical recommendations for sustainable domestication of smart IoT mobility solutions for VIPs in Africa.
AB - According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, Africa accounts for 10% of the global visually impaired persons (VIPs). This visual impairment burden is exacerbated by the shortage of specialist medical human resources, orientation and mobility specialists, and high cost of assessing primary eye care services. These render the majority of VIPs to rely heavily on human-assisted guides and ineffective navigation aids for their daily routines and movements. A viable technological solution that can fill this void and meet these mobility needs is the Internet of Things (IoT). This chapter provides an assessment of smart IoT mobility solutions pertinent to the African context. Furthermore, the barriers to the realization of technology domestication as well as growth catalysts are examined. Lastly, this chapter proffers technical recommendations for sustainable domestication of smart IoT mobility solutions for VIPs in Africa.
KW - Africa
KW - Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
KW - Internet of Things (IoT)
KW - Mobility and navigation
KW - Smart assistive technology
KW - Visually impaired person
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-16450-8_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-16450-8_11
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85090545211
T3 - EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
SP - 275
EP - 300
BT - EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -
