SOP Notify
SOP Notify is a realtime power outage notification platform, for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows phone. It also uses email, SMS and social media. It allows users to receive notification when power is available in their area. Using a combination of smart sensors, crowdsourced information and data from the power company.
History
It was founded by Toks Ogun in 2014 as a way to know what the power was like in different communities where his company was looking to rent office space. Putting together a quick prototype using SMS to receive power updates when there was a power outage in any part of Abuja Nigeria.
SOP Notify won the Ericsson Connected Life Award in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2014 along with a $35,000 grant. The app was also presented at Techcrunch Startup Battlefield in San Francisco September 2014 where is was tagged as the Yo for power in Africa.