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SafiriExpress to Offer Revolutionary Commuter Services
Buses conveniently booked and on-boarded for worthwhile trans-city travel experience is lined to revolutionize commuter services on the Kenyan roads….
Buses conveniently booked and on-boarded for worthwhile trans-city travel experience is lined to revolutionize commuter services on the Kenyan roads. Thanks to SafiriExpress an initiative mooted by Sure Corp, a company relies on data to shape its destiny in the promising Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem.
Regardless of what one may talk about on IoT, it is analytical data that will continue to matter in rendering seamless service in an interconnected ecosystem, Mbugua Njihia, Head of Business and Partnerships, Sure Corp asserted during his presentation on Moving Cities at the just concluded premier Africa IoT Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sure Corp a data company at heart, focuses on three verticals, among them; mass transit, insurance and advertising in Kenya and Nigeria. It aims to fundamentally shift the ways of work and processes in these key industries.
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Big Data and Fast Data
Sure Corp looks at IoT as an opportunity while at the same time focusing on a multitude of sensors transmitting data in real time. “Two types of data namely; Big Data and Fast Data shapes the efficacy of the IoT ecosystem. While Big Data hinges on collecting as much data as one may want, Fast Data beams on how quickly it is gathered, processed, analyzed and used without loosing its value,” said Mbugua.
Sure Corp highly leverages on big data but still ensure that they get it to the point of intelligence as fast as possible, asserted Mbugua.
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In relation to this, Sure Corp’s initiative on SafariExpress is pegged on fitting a sensor enabled solar powered hardware sticker to enhance mass transport in Nairobi. This comes with a GPS Receiver, RFID Technology, vibration sensor, Bluetooth technology, Small form battery, solar cell array, M2M SIM and System on Chip.
In order to offer worthwhile solution in SafiriExpress, Sure Corp partnered with IBM Watson and Cortana Intelligent Suite and intends to formerly launch the product in October 2017 in a bid to ease movement in Nairobi said Mbugua.