Amidou Ouattara

Building GridSense has taught me one thing: In many African cities, electricity problems are not only blackouts. The real issue is invisible instability: micro-cuts, voltage drops, overload patterns, hidden failures. Most homes and SMEs have no visibility into what is actually happening on their electrical line. That’s why we are building GridSense: frugal monitoring hardware + local intelligence designed for African grid realities. Our current V1 focuses on: real-time electrical monitoring Telegram-based alerts lightweight remote visibility low-cost deployment without heavy infrastructure The goal is simple: make grid instability measurable before it becomes expensive. Right now, we are preparing for field deployments and collecting real operational data from real environments. This stage matters more than pitch decks. Because infrastructure products are not validated in theory. They are validated in the field. Africa doesn’t only need more electricity. It also needs better visibility, resilience, and reliability. Frugal hardware. Local intelligence. Built for real conditions. #GridSense #ClimateTech #Energy #Africa #DeepTech #Infrastructure #Resilience #HardwareStartup

Making electricity visible. In many African homes and SMEs, the grid is unstable — micro‑cuts, hidden drops, silent risks. Yet no one sees them. No one measures them. No one understands their real impact. With GridSense, we are building frugal hardware + local intelligence to reveal what the grid is really doing, in real time, directly at the panel level. Proud to join the ChangeNOW x Inspired community — a space where climate, resilience and deeptech meet. Frugal hardware. Local intelligence. Global impact. #Energy #Impact #Deeptech #Africa #GridSense #ChangeNOW #Inspired