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Pylon

Summer 2021 · Active

Infrastructure management software for water & electricity companies

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Location: Cairo, Egypt, EG

Founded: 2017

Team size: 17

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About

Pylon provides water and electricity distribution companies, in emerging markets, with a platform for reducing their losses as well as opening new revenue streams. These losses are coming from leakages, consumption thefts, and uncollected bills, amongst others. We have signed 11 utilities onto our platform across 2 countries and connected our systems to over 560k endpoints. Today our average client has reduced their aggregate revenue losses by 45% Expanding in Africa, LATAM, and SEA.

Founders

  • Ahmed AshourFounder

    I've worked in the metering and Energy business for over 12 years. I've led the development and implementation of smart metering technologies in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. I'm also a board member of Prime Alliance, the leading organization working on developing a new open, public, and non-proprietary telecom solution in the smart metering business.

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  • Omar RadiFounder

    I have over 14 years in the software development business delivering over 100 software projects catered for various industries. I am one of the early adopters of utility management platforms in Egypt and the Philippines. I've been a leading member of the team responsible for implementing the Egyptian Smart Meter Standard.

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