| Challenge | Proposed Solution |
| High cost of ownership of the technology | Governments can give incentives to citizens who adopt smart devices used in homes such as Tax reliefs for smart devices. |
| Inflexibility of devices once installed | Use of open architectures and vendors designing devices which can allow for Over the air (OTA) updates through GSM networks or otherwise this will create a flexible ecosystem of devices in the smart home. There is need to adopt advanced, intelligent products that are at the lead of IoT technology which will not need immediate upgrades or updates. |
| Poor manageability of installed devices | With the extensive mobile coverage, it is feasible to implement Machine to Machine solutions based on GSM which will simplify management of devices. The devices have also continued to fall in prices and increase in memory, this is an opportunity to develop software which can reduce user effort in management of devices. Sensor data are generally useful in the environment where they are collected. It would be anticipated that building local segments which utilize the data will reduce the load having to queue it over the Internet to the central servers. Development of an efficient interoperability framework that is scalable and evolvable enough to support the ever increasing number of things shortly to be connected to the internet |
| Security | Vendors and resellers should allocate budgets to research on security vulnerabilities and how to overcome them. Standardization of devices will also contribute to uniform solutions to security problems. The aspect of privileges can be grouped together and only essential service permissions to the applications be requested once. |
| Human Resources | Training of more IoT technicians and availability of support services to user offered by vendors or partnerships would help in bridging this gap. Technical IoT practitioners can share experiences and move the IoT technology further. Architects and civil Engineers should include provisions for automated solutions installation when designing and building homes. |
| Power | Allocation of budgets to other secondary sources of clean energy such as solar and wind power apart from power backup installations. For instance, many IoT nodes require a very small amount of power, so some small low cost solar panels would be ideal to power them. Deploying cheap energy harvesting sensors would also be an easier way to resolve this issue. |