## 4 Results and Discussion
### Verification of the Hypothesis of the Study
#### 4.6.1 Factor Analysis
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Rotated Component Matrix 1a **} \\ \hline  & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Component**} \\ \hline
**1** & **2** & **3** & **4** & **5** & **6** & **7** \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Lose nature of policies**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Overlapping and conflicting policies**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Favoritism and corruption**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Cameroon government interference and bureaucracy**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Increase in tax burden due to changes in tax policy**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Potential clients are reluctant adopt the IoT**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**The damage that can result from a successful IoT attack**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Inadequate security mechanisms for IoT systems means**} \\ that the IoT is viewed as the “Internet of Threats” despite its potential benefits**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Data confidentiality, integrity, authentication, data**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**ownership, etc., are major concerns**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Lack of legal recognition and policy framework**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Inadequate financial resources, inability to secure loans,**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**and little or no funding support from government and other sponsors**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Organizations do not usually understand the benefits of**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**the IoT and are often not motivated to pay for it**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Lack of standardization in the IoT as each and every**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**vendor is developing its hardware, software, and**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**communication protocol without any standardization**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Ongoing economic crises in the country**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Difficult to establish cooperation with local**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**distribution network**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**The cost of marketing IoT solutions is high and startups**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**are not able to afford this**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Technological adoption requires an updated educational**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**curriculum but most academic institutions do not have**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**dynamic educational curricula to equip the students with**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Could be a result of mass movements of graduates from**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**fields for greener pastures.**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Lack of understanding of commercial practice and**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**market regulation**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Insufficient power supply and the high cost of energy is**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**one of the challenges to the adoption of IoT**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**The cost of the IoT and its payback period are a hindrance**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**for adoption**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Insufficient skilled labor in the area of the IoT, data science,**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**and agriculture**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.**} \\ \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Rotation converged in 9 iterations.**} \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 7: The rotated component matrix and the reclassification of components. After the rotation of these factors, they were categorized into the following groups: government policies, security and data privacy challenges, standardization and financial resources, market challenges, educational and knowledge challenges, labor and power supply, and labor shortage in the industry. In Table 8, the government policies category comprised six factors: the loose nature of policies, overlapping and conflicting policies, favoritism and corruption, Cameroon government interference and bureaucracy, increase in tax burden due to changes in tax