IBM Smart City technology in Accra, Ghana

IBM Smart City technology in Accra, Ghana
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Deployment Status	Ongoing
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Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (11 April 2013, Documented, ?, No description)
City	Accra
Country	Ghana
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Technology Deployed	Unknown Products 0087
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Deployment Type	Surveillance, Traffic Surveillance
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managed by	The Government of Ghana
used by	IBM
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Summary	In 2013, Accra was selected as a beneficiary of IBM smart city technology. Accra is a fast growing city and there was a need to manage the 'influx' of persons. IBM issued a report detailing the technological solutions that could be provided to Accra. A range of public and private sector actors were involved in consultations. It is not clear exactly whether biometric technologies have been employed. However these are a feature of other IBM smart city projects. Since 2021, Accra has installed a network of smart cameras from Huawei.

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Deployment Purpose: Surveillance, Traffic Surveillance

Summary

In 2013, Accra was selected as a beneficiary of IBM smart city technology. Accra is a fast growing city and there was a need to manage the 'influx' of persons. IBM issued a report detailing the technological solutions that could be provided to Accra. A range of public and private sector actors were involved in consultations. It is not clear exactly whether biometric technologies have been employed. However these are a feature of other IBM smart city projects. Since 2021, Accra has installed a network of smart cameras from Huawei.

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Product Deployed	Unknown Products 0087
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Datasets	Unknown Dataset 0135
Search software

Status and Events:

Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (11 April 2013, Documented, ?, No description)
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End Date

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Involved Entities
Managed by	Government of Ghana
Used by	IBM

Location:

City	Accra
Country ⠉	Ghana

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In 2013 Accra received funding for a smart cities project. Some of the recommendations were implemented. While it is not clear whether smart technologies were used, these are usually a feature

IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced the launch of a report entitled "A Vision for Smarter Growth: an IBM Smarter Cities Report on Accra, Ghana" that highlights how the rapidly emerging West African city should turn to technology to transform its key urban systems. Based on the opinions of local experts from across public and private sectors and civil society, the report identifies city services, transportation, and energy as essential for Accra's urban reform 1

The IBM report lists a number of areas where technology can help. While the long-term goal should be the construction of a modern mass public transit system, instrumented, interconnected and intelligent technologies can help in the meantime to form the basis of a smarter transportation system. Smart and networked traffic lights could help to ease the flow of traffic through the city. Cameras and social media technologies could help monitor the road network and provide intelligence to decision makers. By using Big Data technologies to analyze mobile phone data, city officials could gain a clearer view of how people move around within the city and how the existing transportation systems could be enhanced 1

Currently, Ghana as a country has put in place various measures to ensure that it joins other Africa countries to embark on the smart city project. To inspire innovations and improve on development in the country, various bills and policies were introduced and are still in place 2

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