African engineering, since day one

The spark behind every reliable system.

Fonkiss delivers automation, instrumentation, and monitoring solutions that keep energy and industrial businesses running across Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Core solution areas, from automation to engineering services
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Asset monitoring for critical electrical infrastructure
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Industries served across Sub-Saharan Africa
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African owned and operated, based in Africa
Who we are

Engineering that takes your assets personally.

Based in South Africa and Cameroon, Fonkiss is an African team specialising in electrical and power generation solutions — heating and temperature control, protection systems, monitoring and engineering services for energy and industry.

We work across the full lifecycle of a project, from feasibility and design through installation, commissioning and ongoing monitoring — bringing hands-on expertise to every critical system we touch.

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Heating and instrumentation | Control

Industrial electrical heater, temperature, level, and flow sensors and controllers.

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Asset condition monitoring

DGA, thermal and mechanical monitoring that catches problems before they become failures.

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Engineering & commissioning

From feasibility to commissioning, our team supports the full project lifecycle.

What we do

Our Solutions

Eight solution areas covering the full electrical asset lifecycle — from automation to engineering services.

Solution

Substation Automation

Integrated automation of substation switchgear, protection and control — reducing manual intervention and giving operators a single, coherent view of the substation.

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Protection Systems

Numerical protection relays and schemes engineered to isolate faults fast, limit damage to plant, and keep the rest of the network energised.

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Temperature Monitoring

Temperature sensitive applications design. Custom packaging and sealing machine design, supply, installation and servicing across Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Industrial Heating

Industrial heating solutions including electrical, temperature sensors, safety components, and controllers design and supply.

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RTUs

Remote terminal units that bridge field equipment and control centres, gathering data and executing commands at the edge of the network.

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Asset Monitoring

Condition monitoring for transformers, cables, circuit breakers, rotating machines and switchgear — catching deterioration before it becomes failure.

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What we supply

Featured Products

A selection from our full product catalogue — see everything on the Products page.

Electrical Asset MonitorsHeating & control

Asset Condition Monitoring

Continuous DGA and thermal monitoring for power, switchgear, cables, generators, and distribution transformers.

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RTU and Grid AutomationRTU

Field RTU | Satellite Clocks

Multi-protocol remote terminal unit built for unmanned and remote sites. GPS Substation Clock for precision time synchronisation for protection, SCADA and event recording.

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Heating and ControlHeating & control

Electrical Heater and sensors

Industrial electrical heaters and high precision temperature, flow, pressure, and level sensors for rugged applications.

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Power Measurementmetering

SCADA Metering

Panel Meters and Transducers. Revenue-grade metering of voltage, current, power and energy quality parameters. SCADA Metering Simplified

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What sets us apart

Why Choose Fonkiss

Hands-on expertise

Years of field experience across generation, distribution and critical asset monitoring inform every recommendation.

Right-sized engineering

We specify what a site actually needs — no over-engineered systems, no underpowered shortcuts.

24/7 monitoring

Continuous condition monitoring means issues surface as early signals, not emergency callouts.

African, for Sub-Saharan Africa

Based in Southern Africa, we understand the operating conditions and priorities of local energy and industry.

Trusted alongside

Global Partners

Novatech Automation
ERLPhase
Fluke
Kanthal
Omron
Dodge Industrial
Recent work

Recent Projects

Substation automation rollout

Bay-level automation and IEC 61850 integration across a regional substation upgrade.

Transformer fleet monitoring

DGA and thermal monitoring deployed across a mining group's transformer fleet.

Styrofoam recycling machine

Design, manufacturing, and installation of an industrial styrofoam / polysterene recycling machine for packaging.

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