East Africa Telecom: one view of thousands of distributed network assets.
East Africa Telecom operates network infrastructure across the region, with IT equipment, generators, power systems and field tools at hundreds of sites.
Asset overview
Illustrative figuresWhat they track
Assets by categoryThe challenge
Thousands of assets were spread across remote sites and regions, with custodians, service records and warranties held in separate regional spreadsheets.
- Assets spread across hundreds of remote sites
- No single view across regions
- Unclear custodians for site equipment
- Generator and power servicing hard to track
How Asetavo helps
- Tracks network and IT equipment
- Organizes assets by site and region
- Records equipment custodians
- Tracks generators and power equipment
- Manages field tools
- Maintains warranty and service records
- Provides regional asset reports
Before vs. after Asetavo
In practice
Assets are organized in a site → region hierarchy, each with a custodian. Field engineers scan equipment during site visits, log generator servicing and check tools in and out.
Business value
Management gets a single view of thousands of distributed assets, broken down by region and site.
Rollout plan
- 1Quarter 1Pilot regionOne region registered, site hierarchy defined.
- 2Quarter 1Field engineer appEngineers scan equipment during routine site visits.
- 3Quarter 2All regionsRemaining regions onboarded site by site.
- 4Quarter 2IntegrationsAsset data connected to internal systems via the API.
Questions teams like this ask
Can Asetavo handle hundreds of sites?
Yes. Sites are organized in a region → site hierarchy with no limit on locations.
How do we tag equipment in cabinets?
QR labels for visible equipment and NFC tags where labels are hard to scan.
Can we connect it to our ERP?
Yes, through the REST API and webhooks.
