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(TIMES) Electrometer seals Uganda export deal

Electrometer seals Uganda export deal
BY GIDEON THOLE

A local manufacturing company, Zambia Electrometer, has sealed a deal to export 20,000 pre-paid smart-card water meters to Uganda and an undisclosed number of meters to Tanzania. This is part of the firm’s quest to be a leading regional supplier of electricity and water meters.

Zambia Electrometer managing director, Abdelhakim Magdy said in Ndola yesterday that a Ugandan firm Savenda had started receiving part of the 20,000 per-paid smart-card metres.

He said the implementation of the first stage of the deal with Tanzania’s Dar-es-salaam Water and Sewerage Company was in the process and the company would make the initial purchase before a major purchase of the smart-card metres that would be installed in the homes of its clients.

“We are manufacturing quality smart-card meters using the latest state-of-the-art-technology which meet international standards being sold at a competitive price. We have an effective support system backed by the latest information communication technology in all its operations,” Mr Magdy said.

Apart from targeting the export market, Ndola-based Zambia Electrometer Company was in the process of introducing the manufacturing pre-paid meters for the local water and sewerage companies.

Some local water and electricity service providers were making enquires on the possibility of using the pre-paid smart-card meters technology that was currently being installed in electricity consumers’ homes and clients country wide.

“The North-Western Energy Company had made an order to purchase 1, 000 pre-paid electricity meters and the Copperbelt Energy Corporation want to use the smart-card meters technology and they have done the initial purchase of 150 meters,” he said.

Mr Magdy said his company that was jointly owned by the Egyptian El-Sewedy Group and Zesco, was in the process of ensuring that Zambia emerged as a regional electrometer and smart-card manufacturing and supplying giant.

Labels: ABDELHAKIM MAGDY, MANUFACTURING, UGANDA, ZESCO

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