Help Nigerian DISCOs Cut Energy Theft and Improve Revenue

Commercial and technical losses in Nigeria's electricity distribution system cost the country an estimated $2 billion a year. Smart metering is the standard solution globally, but the 11 Nigerian Distribution Companies have deployed less than 5% of the required meter base due to capital constraints and procurement failures. Meanwhile, energy theft is growing as inflation makes electricity bills harder to pay honestly. Your challenge is to design a low-cost smart metering and loss detection solution that a DISCO could deploy at under $30 per meter (including installation), detect non-technical losses with at least 80% accuracy, and transmit data via existing mobile networks without requiring new infrastructure. Submit a technical design document (max 12 pages) including: meter hardware specification, data transmission architecture, loss detection algorithm, how tampering is detected and what the DISCO response protocol is, a business case showing payback period, and a deployment plan for 50,000 meters in one DISCO territory. Judging criteria: 40% technical feasibility within the cost target, 30% loss detection accuracy, 20% business case, 10% deployment plan.