Africa — Back to the Origin

ALBEDO will participate as an exhibitor at Africa Energy Expo in Kigali

Africa Energy Expo is an emerging continental event focused on the modernization, resilience, and digital transformation of the African power and utility sector. The exhibition gathers utility operators, regulators, integrators, infrastructure developers, and technology suppliers to explore solutions for grid stability, energy transition, renewables integration, and critical infrastructure reliability.

As electrification expands across the region, precise synchronization, monitoring, and testing capabilities are becoming essential elements for substation automation, IEC 61850 deployments, Wide Area Networks, and smarter energy distribution architectures.

Zeus and Net.Time

ALBEDO will be present in Kigali showcasing our portfolio for utility and energy operators, including  two of our flagship products: Zeus, the ultimate testing tool for field engineers, and Net.Time, the ideal synchronization solution for critical infrastructure.

1. Zeus is a testing tool designed specifically for the power utility industry. It is the first tester on the market capable of validating PRP redundancy, capturing packets, and measuring performance in dual-LAN (LAN A/LAN B) architectures.
   

   Fig 1. Power Utility Substation.

   Designed for smart grid and critical infrastructure engineers, Zeus enables the testing and troubleshooting of:

   • Ethernet/IP, PTP, PRP, GbE, IRIG-B, T1/E1, G.703, C37.94, GOOSE, SV, MMS
   • One-way delay tests with GPS assistance on all interfaces
   • Live data capture at wire-speed with programmable filters
   • PCAP export and protocol decoding for GOOSE/SV/MMS
   • Propagation-delay calculations between substations

   Zeus supports full IEC 61850 commissioning, including synchronization, delay measurement, protocol analysis, and event detection, making it the ideal tool for laboratories and field deployments.

   

   Fig 2. Zeus first in testing PTP/NTP over PRP.

2. Net.Time Ω is a next-generation synchronization clock.  It is a PTP/NTP/SyncE appliance that can be configured as a master, boundary, or slave clock. It distributes time via PTP, NTP, SyncE, ToD, IRIG-B, 1PPS, T1/E1, and MHz signals. With a Rubidium atomic oscillator (or an optional OCXO), it provides exceptional holdover accuracy and time stability.The Net.Time Ω supports multiple clock references, including GNSS, PTP, NTP, SyncE, ToD, and IRIG-B, which can operate hierarchically. Its design simplifies the transition from legacy systems to modern PTP networks by offering seamless protocol translation and redundancy.

   Key features

   • Native PRP (DAN-P clock) — no Red Box required
   • Supports and translates PTP Telecom and Power profiles
   • Integrates heterogeneous networks and legacy interfaces
   • OCXO/Rubidium internal oscillators for top stability
   • Multiple I/O: PTP, NTP, SyncE, 1PPS, E1, T1, MHz, Mb/s
   • PTP-to-all, NTP-to-PTP, IRIG-B-to-PTP protocol translation

Fig 3.  Net.Time Ω multiport and high density of legacy and IEC 61850 interfaces.

Join us for live demonstrations and networking

Visit us at Africa Energy 2025 to see live demonstrations of Zeus and Net.Time Ω. Learn how ALBEDO solutions can improve your network’s reliability and performance, and network with time and synchronization experts.

About Africa Energy

Visitors will include professionals from sectors such as:

• Power utilities
• Renewable energy operators
• Smart grid infrastructure
• Substation automation and protection
• Oil & gas
• Railways and transportation
• Government and critical services
• Telecom operators supporting utility networks

Africa Energy Expo provides an excellent opportunity to meet customers, local partners, EPCs, engineering firms, system integrators, and organizations working to enhance energy reliability across the continent.

We look forward to welcoming you in Kigali and presenting how ALBEDO’s technology can help strengthen and modernize African utility networks.

We look forward to welcoming you to Kigali!