Ghanaian company Premium Technologies partners German firm Cumulocity to deploy AI-driven monitoring for power and industrial assets
A Ghanaian technology firm, Premium Technologies Ltd, has entered into a partnership with German industrial IoT company Cumulocity to deploy artificial intelligence enabled monitoring systems intended to detect faults early and improve reliability across Ghana’s power, mining, energy and manufacturing sectors.
The partnership was announced at an industry engagement in Accra on Wednesday [February 4, 2026], attended by utility companies, energy operators, mining firms, manufacturers and technology partners.
The Chief Executive Officer of Premium Technologies Ltd, Mr George Twumasi Adu, said the partnership will support the deployment of sensors and analytics platforms to monitor assets such as transformers, generators, substations, cold storage facilities and industrial machinery in real time.
He said the approach is aimed at moving maintenance from reactive repairs to predictive and proactive action.
“You can place sensors on transformers and networks and detect anomalies ahead of time,” Mr Adu said. “From the platform, engineers can see potential faults before they occur and attend to them. That is how unplanned outages are reduced and reliability improved.”
He explained that the system combines industrial sensors with Cumulocity’s AIoT platform, allowing data from older equipment to be converted into information that engineers can act on.
“Many systems in Ghana were installed long before automation existed. They are still working, but users now want to know how to make them smart,” Mr Adu said. “We understand the engineering behind these systems and can retrofit them with sensors and connect them to the platform.”
Mr Adu said the company has previously executed IoT projects in East and Central Africa, including cold chain monitoring and transformer monitoring, and is positioning Ghana as a base for similar deployments in West Africa.
General Manager for META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa) at Cumulocity, Mr Nasri Nassereddine, described the platform as a tool that converts raw device readings into operational dashboards that support decision-making.
“Devices generate simple information such as temperature, vibration or on and off status,” Mr Nassereddine said. “We convert this into dashboards that tell operational teams what their next best action should be.”
He said Ghana’s reliance on physical infrastructure makes predictive monitoring particularly relevant.
“Ghana has many industries that depend on assets. We integrate these assets into day-to-day operations so organisations can understand how they are behaving, whether they need maintenance, and whether there is a potential failure that should be addressed in advance,” Mr Nassereddine said.
Using the power sector as an example, he said utilities could establish national command centres with real time visibility of substations, transmission assets and distribution infrastructure across the country.
He added that the platform can be deployed on cloud servers, on local data centres or in hybrid configurations, depending on customer preference.
“For sensitive sectors, we advise installation on the customer’s own servers in the country, so they remain custodians of their infrastructure and data,” Mr Nassereddine said.
Business Development Lead for Africa at Cumulocity, Ms Evangeline Kinama, said the technology is intended to complement existing systems rather than replace them.
“We start by identifying what is not working and where the gaps are,” Ms Kinama said. “We are not coming to rip and replace infrastructure. We are coming to make it more intelligent and more visible.”
She said the approach allows organisations to assess savings from reduced downtime, better asset use and improved operational planning before determining cost.
The partnership forms part of Cumulocity’s drive to expand AI-enabled industrial IoT deployments across Africa in sectors including power, mining, oil and gas, manufacturing, telecommunications and transport.
“IoT is no longer optional,” Mr Nassereddine said. “The focus now is not just collecting data, but making sure the data works for you.”
