Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) is taking a major step toward modernizing urban climate monitoring with the deployment of innovative Internet of Things (IoT)-powered, LoRaWAN-enabled weather stations.

The initiative, made possible through a collaboration with Barani Design Technologies and the West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), is set to significantly enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and reliability of weather data collection across Nigeria's urban centers.

Speaking at the event, the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NiMet, represented by Engr. Hamid Abdulkareem, Director of Engineering and Technical Services, described the collaboration as b...