Nigerian firm Vendr.ng offers tech fix for common power dispute, shared electricity meters

Nigerian firm Vendr.ng offers tech fix for a common power dispute, shared electricity meters
As Nigerian households grapple with unreliable and disputed electricity billing, one company is betting that software — not new hardware — can solve a problem that has strained relationships between neighbours and landlords for years.
LAGOS, Nigeria — For years, Amao Sunday shared an electricity meter with several other households in Agege, a densely populated suburb of Lagos. Like millions of Nigerians living in shared or multi-tenant housing, he had no way of knowing how much power he personally used — only what the collective bill said each month, and how much of it his neighbours insisted ...