TY  - GEN
N2  - This 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.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-71217-4
DO  - doi
AB  - This 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.
T1  - The deployment of prepaid electricity meters in Sub-Saharan Africa :riding the fourth industrial wave /
DA  - 2021.
CY  - Cham :
AU  - Kambule, Njabulo.
AU  - Nwulu, Nnamdi,
VL  - v. 759
CN  - TK351
PB  - Springer,
PP  - Cham :
PY  - 2021.
ID  - 1436670
KW  - Electric meters
KW  - Smart power grids
KW  - Compteurs électriques
KW  - Réseaux électriques intelligents
SN  - 9783030712174
SN  - 3030712176
TI  - The deployment of prepaid electricity meters in Sub-Saharan Africa :riding the fourth industrial wave /
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