## 4 Results and Discussion
### Verification of the Hypothesis of the Study
#### 4.6.1 Factor Analysis
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c} \hline \hline
**Main Factors** & **Challenges to the Adoption of Internet of Things (IoT)** & **Mean** & **Global Mean** \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Government policies} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Loose nature of policies} & 3.788 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Overlapping and conflicting policies & 3.719 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Favoritism and corruption & 3.651 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Cameroon government interference and bureaucracy & 3.322 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Increase in tax burden due to changes in tax policy & 3.534 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Potential clients are reluctant adopt the IoT & 3.753 & \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Security and data privacy challenges} & The damage that can result from a successful IoT attack & 3.377 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Inadequate security mechanisms for IoT systems means that the IoT is viewed as the “Internet of Threats” despite its potential benefits & 3.349 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Data confidentiality, integrity, authentication, data ownership, etc., are major concerns & 3.356 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Lack of legal recognition and policy framework & 3.514 & \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Standardization and Financial Resources} & Inadequate financial resources, inability to secure loans, and little or no funding support from government and other sponsors & 3.801 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Organizations do not usually understand the benefits of & 3.897 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Organizations do not usually understand to pay for it & 3.897 & 3.779 \\ \cline{2-4}  & The IoT and are often not motivated to pay for it & 3.897 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Lack of standardization in the IoT as each and every & & \\ \cline{2-4}  & vendor is developing its hardware, software, and & 3.637 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & communication protocol with any standardization & 3.815 & \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Market Challenges} & Ongoing economic crises in the country & 3.815 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Difficult to establish cooperation with local & 3.418 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & distribution network & 3.662 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & The cost of marketing IoT solutions is high and startups & 3.753 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & are not able to afford this & 3.753 & \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Educational and knowledge challenges} & Technological adoption requires an updated educational & & \\ \cline{2-4}  & curriculum but most academic institutions do not have & 3.678 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & dynamic educational curricula to equip the students with & & \\ \cline{2-4}  & The mass movements of graduates from STEM (Science, & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields for & 3.726 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & greener pastures & & \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{Labor and power supply} & Lack of understanding of commercial practice and & 3.740 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & market regulation & & \\ \cline{2-4}  & Labor and power supply & Insufficient power supply and the high cost of energy is & 2.322 & 3.274 \\ \cline{2-4}  & one of the challenges to the adoption of the IoT & & \\ \cline{2-4}  & The cost of the IoT and its payback period are a hindrance & 3.760 & \\ \cline{2-4}  & for adoption & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Labor Shortage in the industry} & Insufficient skilled labor in the area of the IoT, data & 3.760 & 3.76 \\ \cline{2-4}  & science, and agriculture & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 8: Subcategorization of challenges to IoT adoption in the Silicon Mountain technology ecosystem. policy, and reluctance of potential clients to adopt the IoT. This category had a global mean of 3.628. Similarly, the standardization and financial resources category included inadequate financial resources, inability to secure loans, and minimal funding support from the government and other sponsors. It also encompassed organizations' lack of understanding of IoT benefits and their consequent lack of motivation to invest in it, as well as the lack of standardization in the IoT, with each vendor developing its hardware, software, and communication protocols independently. The mean value for this factor was 3.779.