New progress in smart meter deployment in Africa

Whether or not African customers should have access to smart metering has always been an unresolved issue, and at the recently held Africa Business Company Show, the members of the conference held two completely different attitudes towards this.

The majority of members support attitudes and completely oppose the wisdom that smart metering is not suitable for their business.

The vote was held after a discussion on "supporting" or "opposing" smart metering. At the meeting, the opposition mainly proposed lack of communication pillars, lack of standards and interoperability, and lack of continuity strategy and framework. Aspect issues.

A participant said: "If I go to the Investment Committee, they will ask me how much smart metering costs, whether there is a successful business case. But at present we do not understand these."

On the other hand, the supportive party places special emphasis on the need to modernize old infrastructure and deploy smart machine metering to maximize returns. Another member of the team said: "Every company can become a technology leader or a follower, and we need an integrated approach to technology."

Although there are few objections, most of the delegates believe that smart meters can transform their business in a better direction. This also implies that the deployment of smart metering in Africa is no longer a problem of “whether” but “when” issues. .