Hello everyone,rrWhat bills do you pay? If you are renting, are bills included in the price of rent, and is this common practice in Mozambique?rrHow can you pay your bills (e.g. online, at provider''s store, at the post office)? Which is the most convenient or reliable way?rrWith what frequency are different bills sent in Mozambique? Are there different deadlines for payment?rrThank you for sharing your experience.rrPriscilla
Hey, Thanks for asking well for the last 9 months I am living in a serviced apartment in bel piatto where I pay 57,000 Mzn p/m including all the charges (electricity bills, water bills etc.), no I never miss the deadline so, never got penalize for that.
Hello everyone,What bills do you pay? If you are renting, are bills included in the price of rent, and is this common practice in Mozambique?How can you pay your bills (e.g. online, at provider''s store, at the post office)? Which is the most convenient or reliable way?With what frequency are different bills sent in Mozambique? Are there different deadlines for payment?Thank you for sharing your experience.Priscilla
In a time when climate change increases the urgency for an energy transition to a low-carbon future, another "transition" is happening in Africa: the widespread turn to prepayment for electricity provision. Over three-quarters of African countries have adopted, or piloted, electricity prepayment. Recent research shows that the use of prepayment for residential metering in sub-Saharan Africa rose from 27.5% to 42% between 2014 and 2016. South Africa has the largest share of the market, but Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, and Nigeria are not far behind.
My own research in Maputo, Mozambique''s capital, points to a rather different story: one of widespread acceptance of prepayment. Maputo is home to an estimated 1.2 million people, 91% of whom live outside the "city of cement" (the historic colonial centre). In 2014, statistics from the state-owned electricity company Electricidade de Moçambique, E.P. (EDM), claimed that 91% of Maputo''s population is connected to the grid, with 93% of them using prepayment.
Residents of Maputo appreciate prepayment for the individual control over consumption it allows. It makes them feel autonomous and able to participate in the economy of conspicuous consumption they aspire to, and perceive to be a sign of prosperity and personal advancement, despite widespread unemployment, growing inequality and nepotism. “Everybody wants to be well in life. With [prepayment] no one is inhibiting me [from using electricity]. I''m the one saving it If I had [a bigger] salary, I wouldn''t need to inhibit myself", a resident of Mahotas neighbourhood told me.
Prepayment also allows citizens to avoid direct interaction with EDM, which many liken to a "thief". Distrust of EDM built up because of years of conflicts over incorrect estimate billing with the post-payment system – a major headache households are glad to do away with.
The main drawback associated with electricity prepayment is queuing to buy credit. I suspect no one likes queuing, but research by Julie Archambault suggests that Mozambicans are particularly averse to it. Waiting in line brings back painful memories of the hardships of the civil war years when people had to stand in line for hours, even days, to try and obtain the most basic goods. Today, as then, queuing makes consumption visible to others, destabilising the complex balancing act between what one wants to appear – or to pretend – to have materially and symbolically.
Recent improvements in the sales management system and the roll out of digital sales in late 2013 have reduced the need to queue. Electricity credit can now be bought via mobile banking, mobile electronic wallet services, at ATMs or online. According to EDM, customers can now buy electricity credit "anytime, anywhere." However, given the rising demand for electricity in Maputo and the infrastructural limitations of the grid, electricity may not reach everywhere, nor be available all the time for households to use up their credit.
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