LEADER 03242nam 2200541 450 001 9910483944803321 005 20220124210157.0 010 $a3-030-71217-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-71217-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011931230 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-71217-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6624006 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6624006 035 $a(OCoLC)1251766064 035 $a(PPN)25588236X 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011931230 100 $a20220124d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe deployment of prepaid electricity meters in Sub-Saharan Africa $eriding the fourth industrial wave /$fNjabulo Kambule, Nnamdi Nwulu 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (X, 139 p. 25 illus., 23 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ;$vVolume 759 311 $a3-030-71216-8 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction: Electrical-Energy Revolutions and Smart Grids -- Part I: Smart Prepaid Electricity Meters -- Chapter 2: Rationale Part I: Historical Development and Market Expansion -- Chapter 3: Rationale Part II: A Misdiagnosis of Non-payment and Electricity Theft -- Chapter 4: 4 Prepaid Electricity Meters and Energy Poverty?Lesson from South Africa -- Part II Sub-Saharan Region: Adoption and Experiences -- Chapter 5: Western Africa Region -- Chapter 6: Eastern Africa Region. 330 $aThis book provides a novel and holistic perspective on the deployment of prepaid electricity meter technology among energy impoverished (vulnerable) households based in developing or under-developed communities of Sub-Saharan Africa. It explores and reviews the nexus between the technology and socio-economic development, technology acceptance and rejection in low-income households, and ultimately proposes a contextual model to avert or assuage energy poverty in the region using the technology. Science is applied as a convenient, valid, and reliable model to generate bespoke, contextual, and relevant knowledge for policy makers on the development of prepaid meter market in the region. The knowledge shared contributes to extant discourse and debates around the effectiveness of the technology within indigent household settings. The book is intended for energy/electricity utilities, prepaid electricity businesses, policy developers, and other interested parties whose work is related to prepaid electricity meters. 410 0$aLecture notes in electrical engineering ;$vVolume 759. 606 $aElectric meters$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aSmart power grids$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aElectric meters 615 0$aElectric meters 615 0$aSmart power grids 615 0$aElectric meters. 676 $a621.37 700 $aKambule$b Njabulo$0963868 702 $aNwulu$b Nnamdi 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483944803321 996 $aThe Deployment of Prepaid Electricity Meters in Sub-Saharan Africa$92185900 997 $aUNINA