Empowering People
Through Energy Access
Okra plug-and-play smart grids combine the flexibility of solar home systems with the power availability of fully fledged mini-grids. Now, energy utility companies can electrify “last mile” off-grid communities around the world. With mobile payments, live alerting and autonomous power distribution, ensuring 24/7 electricity access for those who need it most has never been so easy.
#PowerToThePeople 
530
Lives Impacted
14.8
MWh Generated
5
Sites Electrified
The Okra Pod
Powerful, connected, productive
Introducing Okra’s next generation IoT smart grid controller: a device that monitors and reports grid activity to the cloud in real time. With more power than ever before, off-grid households will be able to run multiple productive appliances in parallel, including freezers, TVs, water pumps, washing machines and cooktops.
Plug & play installation
2 x fast charging USB ports
1200W, 300W, 60W output
2G, 3G, & 4G connectivity
Okra Harvest
The smart way to manage
a smart grid
Our web platform enables you to manage mobile payments, remotely turn houses ON and OFF, and receive notifications if there is unusual behaviour like panel shading or controller bypassing. It also enables you to keep a close eye on PV generation, load consumption and battery charge at all nodes in an Okra network. With this data, you can easily scale networks with growing energy demands.
Available Soon
We take pride in designing our products based on feedback coming directly from the energy utilities we partner with, and the families they electrify.
The Okra Pod will be available for pre-order soon. If you’re interested in being a beta tester, please leave your details below and we’ll get in touch as soon as it’s ready!
How Okra Works
Our smart software distributes excess solar power through the network to neighbouring households that need extra juice. This ensures no sunlight is wasted, making energy more affordable and readily available.
Our modular architecture allows any household to connect to a pre-existing Okra grid, at any time. Whether it’s 10 or 100 new households wanting to join – just plug and play! A minimum of 2 households is required to start a new cluster.
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At Okra, we don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it. We support it. We thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. Okra is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that's committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, nationality, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. If you have a special needs that requires accommodation, please let us know in your job application.