Government working together with IoT companies, Mobile Operators and the public will rapidly quicken digital transformation, creating a significant opportunity for the industry to support Ghana’s government in enhancing digital transformation.

1. CREATING DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION WITH IOT
DEPLOYMENT [CASE FROM GHANA]
By. Derek Barnabas Laryea
derek.laryea@gmail.com

2. Outline
 Background
 Country Profile
 IoT Value Chain
 IoT Deployments in Ghana
 Current Focus for Government
 Operational Concerns & Policy Solutions
 Policy Recommendation

3. Background
 The IoT ecosytem in Ghana is still very nascent
 Mobile Operators in Ghana continue to examine
opportunities and business models within the country
while other firms continue to embed IoT into their
services to increase their productivity, efficiency or
open up new revenue streams for the businesses
 Government of Ghana should show increased interest
to drive key conversations around boosting IoT to
quicken new deployments as well as address issues
hindering uptake

4. Country Profile
General Indicators
 Population: 27million (GSS 2015)
 Area: 238,537sq.km
 Region: West Africa Sub-Region
 ICT Regulator: National Information
Technology Agency (NITA)
Frequency Indicators
 Regulator: National Communications Authority
 Number of TV Stations: 93
 Radio Stations: 313
ICT Indicators
 Telecom Operators: 6 Operators (NCA, 2017)
 Broadband Wireless Access: 4 Operators
 Mobile Penetration: 130.91% (Sept 2017)
 Voice Subs: 37.45M (Sept 2017)
 Data Subs: 22.10M (July 2017)
 Domestic Bandwidth Capacity: 16TBps (MoC,
2015)
 Bandwidth Cost Dedicated: $3,000
 Submarine Cables: 5 submarine cable firms
 Internet Service Providers: 30 (NCA, Ghana)
 VSAT Data Providers: 57
 Domain name: .gh

5. Urbanization & Geography
Urban Geography is about 46%
Rural Geography is about 54%
Ghana has a lot of Mountains,
Rivers and Forests with extremely
large vegetation cover.

6. IoT Value Chain
Module Device Connectivity
Applicatio
n
Sales
Channel
Billing &
Support
Global Context
MNOs are focused on just or mostly connectivity, much of the activity is
driven by third parties and suppliers
Ghana
MNOs are actively driving the conversation at the moment simply
because they believe is a new area of business like mobile money and
more importantly they are very keen and interested in consumer
solutions to support their growth.
Very few third party efforts can be noted in Ghana

7. IoT Deployments (Ghana)
 MTN Smart Cam
 this allows a customer to monitor their
home, office or store via their mobile
phone or other device.
 Features & Requirements
 Wide Area Network
 Dedicated Spectrum
 Medium Connectivity Cost
 High Bandwidth
 Running on 4G, 3G and WiFi
technologies

8. IoT Deployments (Ghana)
 Vodafone TAHMO
 Vodafone entered into a partnership
with the Trans-African Hydro-
Meteorological Observatory
(TAHMO), which works with
national agencies such as the
Ghana Meteorological Agency
(GMet) and others to provide
accurate weather predictions.
Through the partnership,
Vodafone’s IoT solution will power
more than 20,000 TAHMO weather
stations across Ghana, Nigeria,
Côte d’Ivoire and other Sub-
Saharan African countries by 2025,
providing real-time data to help
user agencies with their decision-
making.
 Features & Requirements
 Wide Area Network
 Dedicated Spectrum
 Medium Connectivity
Cost
 Medium Bandwidth
 Running on 4G, 3G and
WiFi technologies

9. IoT Deployments (Ghana)
 Airtel Fleet & Asset Mgt
 This ensures companies can
effectively track, monitor and utilize
their vehicles and other logistics
assets. This service also monitors
driver and vehicle performance,
improving road safety.
 Features & Requirements
 Wide Area Network
 Dedicated Spectrum
 Medium Connectivity Cost
 Low Bandwidth
 Running on 3G, 2G and LPWA
technologies

10. IoT Deployments (Ghana)
 PEG Ghana
 Provide solar home systems on
credit to households in West Africa.
Using a unique financing approach,
called ‘pay-as-you-go’ financing, we
enable customers to replace their
perpetual spending on poor-quality
polluting fuels, such as kerosene,
with solar energy that quickly
becomes an asset the customer
owns.
 The firm uses IoT technology to
control the solar systems remotely
as they pay for the devices over
time in small increments.

11. Current Govt Focus
 Due to a surge in road
traffic related accidents and
highway crimes there is a
national discourse on how
to make our cities smarter,
plan right in the context of
providing safety to citizenry
 One key area of
consideration is the use of
remotely controlled street
lights to brighten the way of
motorist and enhance
safety
Deployment Benefits
Reduce energy consumption,
maintenance costs and high
cost of keeping the city lit.

12. Operational + Policy Issues
 Operations Issues
 Network Coverage needs to be
enhanced in order to reap full
benefits of IoT and functionality
 Vandalism is a key concerns in
markets with low education on
new technologies, devices can
be stolen or damages
 IoT firm consistently needs to
ensure that device has the
ability to work on local networks
since IoT applications are
interested in scale beyond their
origin
 Policy Issues
 Government needs to put in
measures to address privacy
concerns and ensure data
collected is used solely for only
that purpose
 Government must work with all
players within the ecosystem to
tackle existing hurdles or
regulatory clarity to enable
market boost frequent trials
 Beyond the players, support in
building trust within the public is
important to enhance
awareness and education of IoT
in Ghana

13. Recommendation
 IoT falls under one of the four distinct
categories under which the mobile industry
activities and services impact the SDGs at a
global level
 Government working together with IoT
companies, Mobile Operators and the public
will rapidly quicken digital transformation,
creating a significant opportunity for the
industry to support Ghana’s government in
enhancing digital transformation.

14. Conclusion
Materials Sourced
 www.nca.org.gh
 http://www.nca.org.gh/downloads/TVWS_Technology_Public_Consultation_
Rev_20_06_2016.pdf
 https://www.gsma.com/iot/
 http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/
 https://techmoran.com/off-grid-solar-firm-pegafrica-raises-13-5m-expand-
operations-ghana-ivory-coast/
 World Economic Report
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