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This research paper was focusing on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the agriculture sector on the growth rate of the selected African countries. Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Algeria and Morocco have been selected by the researcher in this study. The researcher selected this country due their highest contribution on growth rate (GDP) among the African countries. To see the relationship between foreign direct investment in the agriculture sector, employment rate, capital and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the country with higher amount of GDP is more suitable to analyse. It is because of high sensitivity between this variable. The writer focus on African region because of the various economic problem that happened within this region. At the end of this research, the researcher hope that the result will be help the government and the other investors to improve economic performance of this region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The estimated billing system constitutes threats to economic growth and productivity in the country as it automatically provides avenues for exploitation. In Nigeria, such estimated bills are strategically, mischievously overestimated aimed at putting customers in perpetual debt bondage such that they would always have outstanding. This paper focusses on comparative study on energy charged for metered and unmetered users. Estimated and prepaid bills of customers under energy feeder XPSECllKV were obtained and compared. The tariff classes considered in this study are residential(R), commercial (C), industrial (I) and special cases (A). Prepaid metering bills reveal an average savings of 52.2% for all the subclasses considered when compared with estimated billings. The application of the weighted average cluster load technique for unmetered customers shows energy savings of 45.6% against the regular load measurement method for unmetered maximum demand customers. Recommendations were consequently highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]