An NB-IoT gateway box mounted on a pole at a remote Kenyan tank site

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Optional remote monitoring, available on every install.

We don't bundle this into our tank quotes. Most of our customers don't need it on day one; many add it later as their operations scale. The capability sits behind every instrument we install, ready when you want it.

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LoRa · NB-IoT · LTE · EthernetSafaricom NB-IoT capable

⟶ How it works

Four steps. Nothing exotic.

Instrument

Any flow, level, pressure, water-quality, or temperature instrument we install.

Gateway

An on-site gateway that polls your instruments and packages the data for upload.

Cloud

A time-series store hosted on your infrastructure or ours, your choice.

Your app

A phone or browser dashboard with live values, trends, and alarms.

⟶ What you see

Four screens, designed for plant operators, not analysts.

Single-tank dashboard

Phone dashboard for one tank: level, 24h trend, alarm thresholds, last refresh

Multi-site overview

Browser dashboard showing Kenyan plant sites on a map with traffic-light status

Alarm log

Tabular alarm log with timestamps, sites, severity, acknowledgement state

Process trend chart

Time-series chart of process flow rate with rolling 24-hour view and zoom-to-range

⟶ Connectivity

Pick the network that fits your site.

Single tank in a remote location? Safaricom NB-IoT, multi- year battery. Multi-tank brewery with on-prem IT? LoRaWAN with a yard gateway. Plant with existing fibre? Ethernet. We size the radio, not the other way round.

Safaricom NB-IoTPrimary recommendation for single-tank or low-bandwidth Kenya sites. Low power, multi-year battery.
LoRaWANMulti-tank sites, on-prem gateway, no carrier dependency.
4G / LTE cellularHigh-bandwidth multi-instrument sites with real-time streaming.
Ethernet / Wi-FiPlants with existing IT infrastructure, fastest setup.

⟶ Supported instruments

Any instrument we install can be wired to the app.

Flow: Electromagnetic, vortex, turbine, ultrasonic, Coriolis, thermal mass
Level: Radar, ultrasonic, hydrostatic, guided-wave
Pressure: Gauge, absolute, differential, combined P + T
Liquid analysis: pH, ORP, conductivity, DO, turbidity, TSS, multi-parameter
Temperature: RTD, thermocouple, programmable transmitters
System products: Paperless recorders, indicators, signal isolators

⟶ Your data, your rules

No surprises in the data handling layer.

You decide whether we host the time-series data or push it into your existing systems. Either way, no third-party sharing, audit log on every read, role-based access for everyone with login.

Transport: TLS 1.3 in transit
Storage: AES-256 at rest
Access: Role-based, audit-logged
Export: CSV, JSON, Modbus-over-TCP for SCADA integration
Hosting: Convex managed, or pushed into your own systems
Third-party sharing: None

⟶ Common questions

What buyers ask about Kenya tank monitoring.

Should I use Safaricom NB-IoT or LoRaWAN for tank monitoring?

NB-IoT is the default for single-tank or low-bandwidth sites in Kenya: nationwide Safaricom coverage, multi-year primary battery, low message overhead. LoRaWAN is the right answer for multi-tank plants where one yard gateway covers 20+ instruments at lower per-instrument operating cost. 4G LTE wins only when you need real-time streaming for SCADA.

Where does the data get hosted?

Your choice. Default is a Convex-managed time-series store inside our infrastructure with TLS 1.3 in transit and AES-256 at rest. If you have your own SCADA or historian, we push the data over Modbus-over-TCP, MQTT, or REST, depending on what suits your IT setup.

How long does the battery last on an NB-IoT sensor?

Three to five years on a primary lithium battery, reporting every 15 minutes. Reporting cadence is the biggest variable: every 60 minutes pushes battery life past 5 years; every 5 minutes pulls it under 2. We size the battery to the reporting interval the site actually needs.

Can I see live data on a phone, or only on a laptop?

Both. The dashboard is a responsive web app that works on iOS, Android, and any browser. Operators on the floor typically use the phone view for a single tank or pump; plant managers use the multi-site overview from a laptop. Alarm notifications route to whoever you nominate.

⟶ Adjacent in the stack

Instruments and tanks that wire to the app.

Multi-parameter water quality analyzer at a Kenyan ETP

Liquid analysis instruments

pH, ORP, DO, conductivity, turbidity, multi-parameter analyzers. The instruments most ETP dashboards depend on.

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Radar level transmitter mounted on a tank

Level transmitters

Radar, ultrasonic, hydrostatic. The level data that drives every tank-monitoring dashboard.

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Effluent treatment plant clarifier at a Kenyan factory

ETP & water treatment

Where continuous compliance monitoring earns its keep. NEMA-aware streaming of every discharge parameter.

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⟶ Three ways in

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Optional remote monitoring, available on every install.