With about seven million unmetered customers, the government and stakeholders in the power sector are making efforts to close the metering gap, especially by supporting local meter manufacturers.

Notably, power availability has seen impressive improvements, with urban areas experiencing an increase from 22 to 23.4 hours of service, and rural regions from 12.5 to 22.4 hours over the past ten ...

Aussie households and businesses are being ripped off, and the government says that by 2030 all households and businesses must have a smart meter.

Nigeria remains one of the countries suffering from power poverty. We need to sit down and work. “Look at local content—wires, meters—everything we can produce locally. We are far behind in ...

The first bicycle pump was invented around 1887. It featured a simple hand-operated design consisting of a cylindrical tube with a plunger that forced air into tyres. For decades, bike pumps—the ...

In another operation aimed at clamping down the illegal use of electricity, City Power disconnected over 120 housing units with bypassed prepaid meters in City Deep, Johannesburg. The newly ...

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