A framework for monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe using mobile technologies.
A publication by Samuel Musungwini a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems Midlands State University
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| spelling | ir-11408-17542022-06-27T13:49:06Z A framework for monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe using mobile technologies. Musungwini, Samuel Mobile technology, Framework, Electricity theft, USSD, Design Science, Prepaid metering, Post paid metering. A publication by Samuel Musungwini a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems Midlands State University The capabilities of mobile technology paradigm have indicated that almost every infrastructure, system or device has the potential to capture data and report it to the back-end system in real-time. Utilities need to deliver operational analytics by knowing what is happening across their entire infrastructure. The purpose of the study was to develop a framework for mobile technologies in monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe. Using a qualitative research in conjunction with the design science paradigm, data was collected through semi-structured interviews, participant observation, document review and qualitative questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that the power utility in Zimbabwe uses very basic methods and techniques in detecting and countering electricity theft. This has made it difficult to deal with all the possible electricity theft strategies that are employed by the consumers. This study recommends that the power utility in Zimbabwe should use a framework for mobile technologies to monitor electricity theft in order to reduce revenue leakages caused by electricity theft. 2016-08-12T09:50:41Z 2016-08-12T09:50:41Z 2016 Article 1804-2724 http://dx.doi.org/10.20470/jsi.v7i3.259 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1754 en Journal of Systems Integration;Vol. 7, No. 3; p. 54-65 open |
| spellingShingle | Mobile technology, Framework, Electricity theft, USSD, Design Science, Prepaid metering, Post paid metering. Musungwini, Samuel A framework for monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe using mobile technologies. |
| title | A framework for monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe using mobile technologies. |
| title_full | A framework for monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe using mobile technologies. |
| title_fullStr | A framework for monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe using mobile technologies. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A framework for monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe using mobile technologies. |
| title_short | A framework for monitoring electricity theft in Zimbabwe using mobile technologies. |
| title_sort | framework for monitoring electricity theft in zimbabwe using mobile technologies. |
| topic | Mobile technology, Framework, Electricity theft, USSD, Design Science, Prepaid metering, Post paid metering. |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.20470/jsi.v7i3.259 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1754 |
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