Mobile 360 Africa

Building Wakanda: The Connected Village, the smart City and IoT Technology -connecting Villages and Islands on Lake Victoria for better Health

Dr. George MulamulaDar Teknohama Business Incubator – Tanzania

18 July 2018 – LVC Symposium

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! The Lake Victoria Region! The Problem! The Problem Results! The Trial Solution (Area,

WingCopter, Operations, Challenges, Outcome)

! The Lake Victoria Challenge

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PRESENTATION

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• Tanzania Medical Stores Department (MSD) mandated to supply medicines to all health facilities in Tanzania, including emergency medicines

• Rural areas are islands, hilly places with difficult road infrastructure

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THE GEOGRAPHY PROBLEM

• In case of emergencies, patients attimes loose their lives

• Health staff demoralised whenthey cannot provide better healthservices

• Mitigation of disease outbreakshampered

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MEDICINES ARE DELAYED FROM REACHING PATIENTS

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THE TRIAL SOLUTION

• Mwanza Region on Lake Victoria chosen forphase 1

• Approximately 2.8 million citizens and is oneof the most populous regions of Tanzania

• Lake Victoria zone, including its islands hometo over 30 million people.

• Key challenges include the rugged terrain,remoteness of habitats, and theunderdeveloped transport infrastructure

• Dar Teknohama Business Incubator (DTBi)joined hands with WingCopter to use Drones(UAVs) deliver emergency medicines to theUkerewe island health facilities (blood, anti-venom & vaccines)

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THE TRIAL SOLUTION AREA

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• The Wingcopter UAV has a wingspan of178 cm and a weight of 9.6 kg.

• Carries up to 6kg payload, reach a topspeed of 130 km/h with a maximumround-trip flight time of 2 hours with acruising altitude of 5000m

• It takes off like a helicopter, flies like anaeroplane and lands like a helicopter atits destination

THE TRIAL SOLUTION - WINGCOPTER

• Stakeholder meetings were held with all parties involved and permits got• 4 Pilots were trained (4 drones for training & 3 drones for ferrying essential

medicines) • Telecommunication Operators allowed their towers to host the

communication antennas• TCRA (Telecom Regulator) provided the frequency to be used for pilots to

communicate with drones and monitor them on screens (M2M with sim cards)

• MSD and blood bank provided the essential medical commodities• Approximately 6 fights per day

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THE TRIAL SOLUTION OPERATIONS

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The Trial Solution - Challenges

! Certification of drone parts! Crows in the sky

! Essential/emergency medicines delivered in 1hour instead of 1.5 to 3 days (6 hrs if ferrytimed);

! Blood samples/slides from health facilitiestransported to Bugando referral hospital in 1.2hrs instead of 3 days to 5 days;

! Blood sample/slide results transmitted back tohealth facilities in less than 6 hours;

! A number of lives were saved;

! Transfer of digital knowledge to Tanzaniansyouth & jobs creation;

! Phase 2 to start in August 2018, scale up andlast for initially 1.8 years with support of GIZ –Germany;

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THE TRIAL SOLUTION OUTCOMES

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THE LAKE VICTORIA CHALLENGE

! DTBi working with the World Bank, MSD and Regional Government of Mwanza

! Bring together international robotics and drone industries, health and transport

experts, government and innovators

! Enable cargo drones as a new mobility and delivery paradigm to enhance

financial inclusion & economic/social development

! Potential to alleviate supply chain burdens, enhancing quicker delivery of

services to the citizens and disrupt digital innovations

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