Growth of investments such as artificial intelligence, big data as well as additive manufacturing and drones was also found. However one of the largest IoT companies on the continent, M-KOPA, has been playing a crucial and monumental role in bringing IoT to Africa’s 500 million person off-grid market and driving tangible economic empowerment in over 750,000 households. It’s precisely why after careful consideration we settled on solutions from Microsoft to help us make this a reality,” says Jesse Moore, CEO and Co-Founder, M-KOPA. M-KOPA employs Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations to provide solar power to this enormous number of homes and adds 500 new homes per day. With this, came the need for a communication and payment technology solution that could be accessed easily, through any mobile device.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 06, 2020 14:26 UTC