Excerpt: Naeem and his brother Aleem Mawji, are working towards developing a new technology that will allow community power project developers like themselves to overcome some of these obstacles. This new technology is being developed through a company called Jamii Power (Swahili for ‘Community Power’) recently founded by the two brothers.
The new technology, called JAPO, is a smart mini-grid prepaid metering and management system that automates the day-to-day operation and maintenance of a mini-grid through extensive use of mobile services. Naeem and his brother hope to complete the development of this system within the next one-year. Once complete, the two brothers plan to use this technology to replicate their community power model to over 100 villages in the next five years through a collective effort between Carbon X and Jamii Power.
Source: CFI.co Capital Finance International – CFI.co.
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