Reliable billing, monitoring and maintenance for your mesh-grids, even in communities with zero mobile coverage.
Reliable billing, monitoring and maintenance for your mesh-grids, even in communities with zero mobile coverage.
"We’ve begun rolling out the Beacon to connect households with OkraNet, simplifying our operations. With OkraNet in one of the communities, we’ve seen uptime increase from 24% to over 70% in the first month alone!"
Daniel Komolafe, Founder & CEO (First Electric)
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1. No Signal Means No Revenue
Nearly 180 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack mobile coverage entirely while millions more struggle with towers that fail when diesel runs out or networks that disappear during rainy season.
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2. Off-grid energy systems need data
For billing, monitoring, and maintenance, a data connection is essential. But the communities that need electrification most are often in connectivity dead zones and are at the whim of disruptions due to weather and fuel supplies.
3. Lessons from our past
Early mesh-grids used a 2G SIM in every household - hundreds per village, each needing activation, fees, and upkeep. It worked while towers did, but a single tower failure cut off whole communities for weeks, and the costs of each SIM added up quick.
Mesh-grid power travels through a wired mesh.
Mesh-grid data travels through a wireless mesh.
Hubs and Leaf units form a Wi-SUN mesh communications network, where each device acts as a signal repeater.
The signal reaches the central router called Beacon, forwarding all mesh traffic from the community to the cloud.
The entire system operates with just one active SIM card OR a VSAT (Satellite) connection at the Beacon.
The Okra Beacon is a robust Wi-SUN border router, seamlessly connecting up to
200 Okra Sprout or Leaf units via a reliable Wi-SUN mesh network.
Compared to individual SIM card deployments in every home. Simplifies logistics and reduces data costs.
Deploy anywhere on Earth with a Satellite uplink. When mobile networks don't exist, the Beacon ensures your mesh-grids stay online.
Sub-1Ghz Wi-SUN signal easily penetrates walls and vegetation for rock solid signal, while having enough bandwidth to send household data and over-the-air updates.
Multiple ways for local technicians to troubleshoot with Ethernet & WiFi.
OkraNet’s reliable connectivity sends raw device data to the cloud, where Harvest turns it into actionable insight and more.
Collect payments through cash or mobile money
Easy tariff management
ARPU optimization analysis
Automated maintenance insights
Spoke to Hub upgrade opportunities
