This thesis was conceived within the context of the Honours Programme "Engineering for Sustainable Development", a parallel training programme of Politecnico di Milano aimed at enhancing the cross-discipline skills of future engineers, helping them to evaluate global challenges, in order to operate in the field of sustainable development. The training course also included the development of a multidisciplinary master thesis, which in this case was conceived in collaboration with the Department of Management Engineering and the Department of Energy Engineering. With focus on integrating the different aspect of Sustainable Development, the goal of this thesis work is to explore the opportunities that synergies among energy and mobile companies can have on the Energy delivery in remote rural areas in SSA. As a first step, the multifaceted role of energy access in Sustainable Development is introduced, as well as the operating context and the holistic approach carried out by the companies that made possible the development of this thesis. Thus, the literature review focuses on identifying the trends in the Mobile Money (MoMo) market, the holistic approach represented by the “strange beasts” pursuing SHS PAYG business models and mini-grid companies, investigating the nexus and the gaps in the literature. The analysis focuses on the possible synergies at first through interviews to managers operating in PAYG and mini-grid sector in Uganda and other East Africa countries are carried out; then, a statistical model dicsloses the correlation between energy consumption in a mini-grid in DRC and usage of mobile phone and MoMo. Thus, some recommendations for holistic business models are summarized and some guidelines are provided about what the future studies should focus on, identifying which measurements can be helpful to quantify the value for MNOs and energy companies or for possible intermediaries in the business.
Questa tesi è stata realizzata nel contesto dell’ Honours Programme "Engineering for Sustainable Development", un corso di preparazione parallelo del Politecnico di Milano, finalizzato ad accrescere le abilità interdisciplinari dei futuri ingegneri, aiutandoli nella valutazione delle sfide che affronteranno nell’operare nel campo dello sviluppo sostenibile. Per completare il programma, era necessario sviluppare una tesi di ricerca multidisciplinare, che in questo caso è stata concepita in collaborazione tra il dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale e il dipartimento di Ingegneria Energetica. Nello specifico, questa ricerca si occupa di analizzare le possibili sinergie tra le compagnie energetiche e nel settore mobile e l’impatto che possono avere sullo sviluppo nelle zone rurali dell’Africa Sub- Sahariana. Inizialmente viene introdotto il ruolo multifunzionale dell’accesso all’energia all’interno dello sviluppo sostenibile, con enfasi sull’approccio olistico portato avanti dalle compagnie che hanno reso possibile lo sviluppo di questa tesi. Attraverso l’analisi della letteratura, vengono affrontati i principali trend nel mercado dei Mobile Money (MoMo), dei business model olistici utilizzati dalle compagnie che vendono PAYG SHS e dalle compagnie che sviluppano mini-grid, individuando i gap nella letteratura. L’analisi vera e propria si svolge attraverso delle interviste a manager nel settore PAYG e mini-grid in Uganda e con la realizzazione di un modello statistico basato su clienti di una mini-grid in Congo per verificare la correlazione tra consumo energetico e uso di telefonia mobile e MoMo. Concludendo, vengono indicate alcune raccomandazioni su come sfruttare al meglio la tecnologia mobile e i MoMo all’interno di business model olistici; inoltre, vengono individuate delle linee guida su come perseguire ulteriori approfondimenti sull’argomento per misurarne al meglio i fenomeni di sinergia e i possibili impatti sullo sviluppo delle regione oggetto di studio.
The Nexus mobile. Energy access in SSA : holistic business models and energy consumption prediction
COLASANTE, RICCARDO
2018/2019
Abstract
This thesis was conceived within the context of the Honours Programme "Engineering for Sustainable Development", a parallel training programme of Politecnico di Milano aimed at enhancing the cross-discipline skills of future engineers, helping them to evaluate global challenges, in order to operate in the field of sustainable development. The training course also included the development of a multidisciplinary master thesis, which in this case was conceived in collaboration with the Department of Management Engineering and the Department of Energy Engineering. With focus on integrating the different aspect of Sustainable Development, the goal of this thesis work is to explore the opportunities that synergies among energy and mobile companies can have on the Energy delivery in remote rural areas in SSA. As a first step, the multifaceted role of energy access in Sustainable Development is introduced, as well as the operating context and the holistic approach carried out by the companies that made possible the development of this thesis. Thus, the literature review focuses on identifying the trends in the Mobile Money (MoMo) market, the holistic approach represented by the “strange beasts” pursuing SHS PAYG business models and mini-grid companies, investigating the nexus and the gaps in the literature. The analysis focuses on the possible synergies at first through interviews to managers operating in PAYG and mini-grid sector in Uganda and other East Africa countries are carried out; then, a statistical model dicsloses the correlation between energy consumption in a mini-grid in DRC and usage of mobile phone and MoMo. Thus, some recommendations for holistic business models are summarized and some guidelines are provided about what the future studies should focus on, identifying which measurements can be helpful to quantify the value for MNOs and energy companies or for possible intermediaries in the business.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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