Toward Sustainable Domestication of Smart IoT Mobility Solutions for the Visually Impaired Persons in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSalami, Abdulazeez Femi
dc.contributor.authorDogo, Eustace Manayi
dc.contributor.authorNwulu, N. I.
dc.contributor.authorPaul, B. S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-22T09:23:49Z
dc.date.available2019-10-22T09:23:49Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-02
dc.description.abstractAccording 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.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-16450-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3022
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Nature Switzerland AGen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTechnological Trends in Improved Mobility of the Visually Impaired;275-300
dc.subjectVisually impaired personen_US
dc.subjectMobility and navigationen_US
dc.subjectInternet of Things (IoT)en_US
dc.subjectSmart assistive technologyen_US
dc.subjectInformation and Communications Technology (ICT)en_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.titleToward Sustainable Domestication of Smart IoT Mobility Solutions for the Visually Impaired Persons in Africaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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