OpenAMI Multitenant Metering EMS Workshop

MAKE · CODE · INTEGRATE · IEEE PES & IAS Power Africa Conference · Nairobi, Kenya · 21 + 24 Sep 2026 · Glenn Algie · Adam Sauer · Aaron Tushabe · Jude Numfor · Full ISV track ↗

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What you get

Time	Duration	Session	Who
Day 1 · Monday 21 September 2026 · Ivory Room
10:45–11:05	20 min	Tea & Coffee Break	—
11:05–13:00	1:55	Block 1 — AMI / OMS Intro folded in. Recent and upcoming changes in the AMI ecosystem, including OMS. SteamaCo on video. SparkMeter on site or video.	ISV instructors · Warren Scott-White (SteamaCo, video) · SparkMeter (TBD)
13:00–14:00	1 hr	Lunch · Safari Park Hotel · rest of the ISV track ↗	—
14:00–16:00	2 hr	Block 2 — Next Gen Glenn’s feeder system, MeshEMS, and others (Sandra Kwak / 10 Power, OpenAMI cabinets, DitroniX, CircuitSetup). Planned: RFP for intelligent feeder options (intake TBA — this page is not the live RFP)	Glenn Algie · Sandra Kwak (10 Power) · Dave Williams (DitroniX) · CircuitSetup · ISV instructors
16:00–16:15	15 min	Tea & Coffee Break	—
16:15–17:50	1:35	Block 3 — Code Challenge Start of the challenge (Legacy + Next Gen). Cabinets, telemetry, Village Simulator. Closes Thursday.	ISV instructors
17:50–18:00	10 min	Transit Ivory Room → Jambo Room	—
Day 2 · Thursday 24 September 2026
14:00–15:30	1.5 hr	Code challenge wrap-up Finish Monday’s challenge, show what ran, compare Legacy vs Next Gen (MQTT bridges, dashboards, cost / lock-in / sovereignty)	ISV instructors

Conference day rate; no separate workshop fee. Register via ieee-powerafrica.org. Rest of the ISV track: ISV program ↗. Laptop with SSH + browser. No prior experience required.

15–20

EMS PCBs take-home

Working Street-EMS controller for first workshop attendees

3–5

Reference cabinets

Multi-tenant single & 3φ cabinets (<25 lb) — built, donated for take-home

2 days

Legacy · Next Gen · Challenge

Mon 21 Sep blocks + Thu 24 Sep 14:00–15:30 wrap-up

Hands-on Street-EMS / MeshEMS for in-country engineers on village mini-grids. Compare commercial AMI (SteamaCo, SparkMeter) with open OpenAMI cabinets. MQTT as the common bus — REST → MQTT bridges, not rip-and-replace. Cloudless LV feeder intelligence; IETF SIP (RFC 3261) is optional Phase 3, not year-one prepaid. AfCFTA / HS 9028.30 briefing for in-country assembly. See OpenAMI · OBIS · VMRS · roadmap.

Who: utility and distribution engineers, minigrid operators, metering people, founders, researchers, energy-access practitioners.

Code challenge

Opens Monday 16:15. Wrap-up Thursday 14:00–15:30.

Multi-vendor aggregation — GroundBolt (SparkMeter) plus SteamaCo DCU and MeshEMS. REST → MQTT, one dashboard, compare streams.
Mobile money — M-Pesa / Airtel Money (or similar) into prepaid vending: token, top-up, balance sync.
Decision matrix — open MeshEMS/OpenAMI vs proprietary full-stack on cost, lock-in, sovereignty, comms, repair. Honest trade-offs.

Guests

Who	When	Notes
Warren Scott-White, SteamaCo	Mon 11:05–13:00	Block 1 AMI / OMS · video. PAC guest slot 11:05–11:35 (business-case talk) sits inside this block.
SparkMeter	Mon 11:05–13:00	Block 1 AMI / OMS · on site or video · named speaker TBD
Sandra Kwak, 10 Power	Mon 14:00–16:00	Block 2 Next Gen · Haiti mini-grid operator
Dave Williams, DitroniX	Mon 14:00–16:00	Block 2 Next Gen · cabinet hardware
CircuitSetup	Mon 14:00–16:00	Block 2 Next Gen · named speaker TBD
ISV instructors	Both days	Glenn Algie · Adam Sauer · Aaron Tushabe · Jude Numfor
EnAccess	Remote TBD	OpenAMI — unlikely on site; see OSEAS 2026
AMDA	Outreach pending	#14

Kits & organizer notes

Take-home: NESL 865B MeshEMS v2.0 (15–20 PCBs), 3–5 TC2.0 cabinets, DLMS meters, 100A CTs. BOM / firmware: MeshEMS hub. Room: 240V AC benches. Ship Nairobi · HS 9028.30. SparkMeter speaker TBD. SteamaCo DCU loan TBD — mock API if no Nimbus path. Code challenge displays TBD.

Action items

Task	Issue	Notes
Reach out to AMDA	#14	our-team · OBIS codes · open stack

See follow-up summary at the top of this page. Full board in Knowledge Base · Tasks or GitHub Issues ↗.