Prepaid utility metering for rental property managers

Smart meters report consumption to cloud accounts while a mobile app handles purchased credits. Landlords and tenants review balances, with optional tank and generator instruments warning of reserve shortages.

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AFRITRACK
Headquarters
Mauritius
Deployment
Public SaaS
Services
Installation, System Integration, Support & Maintenance

About Prepaid utility metering for rental property managers

Smart Properties, the property-service solution from AFRITRACK, connects tenant utility accounts with smart metering and optional reserve monitoring. Landlords collect charges before consumption, while tenants review balances and usage in a mobile app. The application also brings generator fuel and water-tank conditions into facility work when those instruments are installed.

Dual-tariff electricity meters automatically transfer readings to SPM, the Smart Property Management cloud platform. Smart water and gas meters add other utility records. The SPM mobile app handles purchases of electricity or generator credits and loads purchased units into the tenant's meter. Optional generator and tank instruments report fuel and water levels, fills and equipment conditions alongside the account records.

Usage reports help tenants understand charges and remaining balances. Property staff transfer leftover balances between outgoing and incoming tenants and receive notices about power cuts, low reserves and generator service needs. Application interfaces connect account and operating records with accounting, reporting and information systems, bringing tenant payments and facility follow-up into the tools used by the property team.

How it works

Sense
Read tenant consumption and installed reserve instruments
Connect
Transfer meter readings into cloud utility accounts
Analyze
Compare balances, purchases and low-reserve conditions
Act
Load purchased credits and arrange facility follow-up
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Why teams choose it

Condition sensing
Supported data exchange
AI-assisted analysis
Maintenance workflow

Does it fit your project?

Best suited to

  • Rented residential and commercial units
  • Grid and generator electricity accounts
  • Properties with water storage tanks

You need

  • Smart tenant utility meters
  • Optional generator and tank instruments
  • SPM cloud utility accounts
  • Tenant mobile application

Limitations

  • Requires connected smart tenant meters
  • Only instrumented generator and water reserves

Cost estimate

1 site, 10 assets, Mauritius, in USD
$2,100 – $6,700
$200 – $800
Estimated first year, by component
$1,000 – $3,000$900 – $2,900$200 – $800
Hardware$1,000 – $3,000

Sensors, gateways and spare units

Installation and setup$900 – $2,900

Site survey, mounting, commissioning and configuration

Software and services$200 – $800

Platform subscription, connectivity, data and support

This is an estimate by IoT Apps based on comparable deployments, not a quote from AFRITRACK.
Get an estimate for your own project and invite AFRITRACK to confirm a price and lead time, on this page. Taxes, shipping, civil works and custom integration are not included. How IoT Apps estimates costs

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Questions and answers

Can tenants buy separate grid and generator credits?

Smart Properties uses dual-tariff meters and the SPM app for advance purchases of grid electricity or generator units.

Can a remaining account balance move to the next tenant?

SPM shows leftover balances and supports transfers between old and new tenants.

Do purchased credits need manual loading at the meter?

The SPM mobile app loads purchased utility credits automatically into the tenant's smart meter.

Which optional reserve events reach property staff?

Generator and water-tank monitoring reports low fuel, low water reserves, fuel fills, generator failed starts and service reminders.

What will this deployment cost?

Every page carries a cost estimate by IoT Apps for your own sites and assets; set your budget and invite AFRITRACK to confirm a price and lead time.

What does a deployment cost?

For 1 site with 10 monitored assets in Mauritius, IoT Apps estimates $2,100 – $6,700 in the first year and $200 – $800 every year after. This is an estimate based on comparable deployments, not a quote from AFRITRACK.

VendorAFRITRACK, Mauritius
DeploymentPublic SaaS
ServicesInstallation, System Integration, Support & Maintenance, Data Analytics, Software Platform
Hardware modelRequired, Mixed Ecosystem
Available inMauritius, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Malawi

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