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title: "Novabeamiot: Smart Metering Platform in Africa"
description: "Run NB‑IoT smart metering for utilities in Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somalia: 15‑min meter reads, prepaid tokens OTA, USSD/mobile money."
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published_at: "2026-09-20T15:04:26.191Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-20T17:03:05.678Z"
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# Novabeamiot: Smart Metering Platform in Africa

Run NB‑IoT smart metering for utilities in Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somalia: 15‑min meter reads, prepaid tokens OTA, USSD/mobile money.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Energy & Utilities](/categories/energy-utilities)
- [NovaBeam IoT](/novabeam-iot)

## Summary

Run smart metering, payments, and grid analytics in one platform

An NB-IoT smart metering and grid intelligence platform for East African electricity utilities to manage meter data, prepaid tokens, mobile money payments, and outage alerts.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.novabeamiot.com/ |
| Tagline | Run smart metering, payments, and grid analytics in one platform |
| Primary country | Ethiopia |
| Platforms | Web, API |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

NovaBeam IoT is an **NB-IoT smart metering and grid intelligence platform** for electricity service providers and ecosystem partners operating distribution grids in **Djibouti, Somalia, and Ethiopia**.

Key capabilities span commercial operations and network visibility, built on **15-minute interval telemetry** from connected meters:

- **Smart metering and meter data management**: DLMS/COSEM-based connectivity, interval reads, **tamper events**, and **energy balancing** to reconcile transformer delivery against metered consumption.
- **Prepaid and postpaid revenue operations**: **prepaid token generation and over-the-air delivery**, postpaid billing support, **remote connect/disconnect**, and a configurable tariff engine (time-of-use, block, flat rates).
- **Mobile money and USSD collections**: native reconciliation for **D-Money, EVC Plus, Telebirr, and CBE Birr**, plus **USSD top-ups** to reduce cash handling and manual collections.
- **Outage and loss intelligence**: “last-gasp” style outage signals, alerting and crew dispatch, **theft and non-technical loss analytics** (including zone ranking), plus voltage and power quality monitoring.

Available on **Web** (including app.novabeam.io), and **API access** for integrations.

Target users include **state and private electricity utilities**, **telecom network partners**, **regulators and government agencies**, **development finance institutions**, and **infrastructure investors** supporting grid upgrades.

It is notable for being explicitly designed around East African utility realities such as **prepaid-first operations**, **mobile money-native payments**, **intermittent connectivity** (NB-IoT with 4G/2G fallback), and multi-tenant deployment for multiple operators on a shared cloud platform.

## Features

- [Energy & Utilities](/categories/energy-utilities): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [IoT](/tags/iot): Product feature or technology
- [Smart Metering](/tags/smart-metering): Product feature or technology
- [Djibouti](/countries/djibouti): Market
- [Ethiopia](/countries/ethiopia): Market
- [Somalia](/countries/somalia): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/novabeam-iot/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/novabeam-iot/reviews)
- [Transparency](/novabeam-iot/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/novabeam-iot)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)