Western Africa Region

Njabulo Kambule; Nnamdi Nwulu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71217-4_5

Western Africa Region

Njabulo Kambule
, Nnamdi Nwulu

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

West Africa is one of the regions in Sub Saharan Africa and is made up of 16 nations. This chapter focuses on select countries in West Africa; specifically Ghana and Nigeria and analyses their experience with prepaid electricity metering. Ghana and Nigeria have electrification rates of 85% and 62% respectively. Prepaid metering was introduced in Ghana in the year 1995, whilst Nigeria introduced prepaid metering in 2005. Both nations introduced prepaid metering to improve revenue collection and ensure financial probity; however, this journey has not been without challenges. The primary challenge amongst others has been the lack of a nationwide prepaid metering roll-out and an unstable infrastructure for electricity units top-up. To combat this challenge, and ensure a widespread roll-out of prepaid meters, smart prepaid meters, which enable communication between the utility and the consumers, are proposed for both nations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	79-102
Number of pages	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71217-4_5
Publication status	Published - 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume	759
ISSN (Print)	1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)	1876-1119

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Keywords

Electrification rate
Ghana
Nigeria
Prepaid metering
Smart prepaid meters
West Africa

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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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