addanode

addanode is a South African industrial IoT company headquartered in Johannesburg that builds monitoring hardware and software engineered for African operating conditions, including unstable power grids and intermittent mobile connectivity. It serves factories, farms and utilities across more than 20 African countries, with core operations in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

Its addaNet platform connects existing equipment such as PLCs, energy meters and generator controllers through more than 500 industrial protocols, using battery-buffered edge gateways with local data logging and store-and-forward sync so readings are not lost during power or network outages. Customers include FMCG and plastics factories, breweries, flour and feed mills, and cold-storage operators that receive threshold alerts and low-bandwidth dashboards over dual-SIM and LoRaWAN connectivity.

1. addaNet platform: connects PLCs, meters and controllers via 500+ industrial protocols.

2. Battery-buffered gateways: keep logging locally through power outages.

3. Store-and-forward sync: buffered readings upload once connectivity returns, with no data loss.

4. Dual-SIM and LoRaWAN: connectivity options built for unreliable mobile networks.

5. Threshold alerting: WhatsApp and email notifications when readings breach set limits.

6. Low-bandwidth dashboards: monitoring interfaces optimized for congested networks.