Review Article

Sustainable and Dynamic Competitiveness towards Technological Leadership of Industry 4.0: Implications for East African Community

Table 12

Application of industry 4.0 technologies in industrial sectors.

Industrial sectorUgandaKenyaTanzaniaRwanda

Agriculture✓ Big data✓ AI✓ Drones✓ Big data
✓ IBS✓ Big data✓ IoT✓ IBS
✓ IoT✓ Drones✓ IoT
✓ IBS
✓ MS
✓ IoT
✓ Robots

Healthcare✓ AI✓ IBS✓ Drones✓ AI
✓ Big data✓ MS✓ Drones
✓ IoT✓ IoT✓ IBS
✓ MS
✓ IoT

Industry○ N/A✓ IBS○ N/A✓ Drones
✓ 3D printing

Energy✓ MS✓ MS✓ IoT✓ IoT
✓ IoT✓ IoT

Education✓ IBS✓ AI✓ IBS✓ Big data
✓ IoT✓ Big data✓ IoT✓ IoT
✓ Robots✓ IBS
✓ MS
✓ IoT

Crosscutting✓ IoT✓ Drones✓ Drones✓ Drones
✓ Drones

MSFI✓ IoT✓ Blockchain✓ Blockchain✓ Blockchain
✓ MS✓ Big data✓ IoT✓ Big data
✓ IBS✓ IoT✓ 3D printing✓ MS
✓ 3D printing✓ MS✓ IBS
✓ MS✓ IBS
✓ IBS

IBS: Internet-based services, IoT: Internet of things, AI: artificial intelligence, MS: mobile services, N/A: not available, and MSFI: Modernized Services and Financial Inclusion.