South Africa's first private Public Smart Streetlighting Utility

South Africa is a signatory to the Paris Climate Accord. As part of the agreement South Africa needs to limit emissions by 50% by 2030. Currently public lighting is up to 40% of municipal energy usage. The country embarked on a process to replace old energy intensive HID Streetlights with LED grid Powered Streetlights. South Africa has approximately 1.8 million Streetlights and only 120K has been replace too date since 2009. Fourth Utility Networks Africa offers a opex model to replace grid Powered Streetlights with smart Solar Powered Streetlights with integrated CCTV and a AI Platform that not just provide light but real-time insight. We solve the two biggest problems to south Africa’s economic growth, it been failing infrastructure and public safety. We offer municipalities a opex model that replaces the energy cost they pay to the power Utility with a flat rate per streetlight over a 10 year contract period. We’ve already secured the funding for the Opex Model however need funding to complete development of the AI analytics systems and PoC.