Fiber Optic Access Networks for SMART Niamey

The galloping urbanization of African countries south of the Sahara is becoming a development problem in that it is draining social, economic and political challenges with the emergence of megacities. Following the example of the city of Niamey, capital of the Republic of Niger, the management of communities imposes a new paradigm on all dimensions. In order to overcome and solve this phenomenon, it would be necessary to integrate the technological dimension in the main areas that characterize the city to endow it with intelligence. This approach makes it possible to rationalize the functioning of public services and to sufficiently involve citizens in the management of the city. This article proposes to launch the milestones of an optimized approach to modernize the city of Niamey to make it intelligent, with the ambition to revitalize its economy, to clean up its environment and where, the improvement of the well-being of city dwellers is placed at the center of the actions.