30–53%
of treated water lost to leaks before billing, across African utilities
Maayan · Cameroon
Affordable Water Intelligence for African Utilities
Maayan pairs low-cost solar sensors with AI to find water leaks and flowing unregistered taps, and to serve utilities, residents, and a government regulator portal from the same data. The sensors don't just detect leaks — they also proactively predict leak tendency well before a leak happens, from asset condition and live hydraulics.
- AMCOW symposium innovator · 2026
- IAHR Africa Congress · oral presentation
The problem
Africa's water is disappearing before it's billed
$800M
estimated annual continental loss (African Water Association, 40 countries)
53%
of CAMWATER's own production reported lost (Director General, 2023)
42
leaks found in a single overnight patrol, Douala, January 2025
Citizens — disproportionately women and girls — spend hours daily locating taps that are actually flowing, with no real-time information system to guide them.
The solution
Three layers, one shared data stream
01
Hardware
Solar-powered pressure sensor nodes, clamp-on installation, LoRaWAN communication — no SIM card, no monthly data cost.
02
AI Engine
An AI system trained on tens of thousands of simulated leak scenarios detects and localises leaks in real time. The same pressure tendencies across the network also flag illegal water consumption: a flowing unregistered tap leaves a detectable pressure signature. The sensors don't just detect leaks — they also proactively predict leak tendency well before a leak happens, combining surveyed asset condition (age, material, wall thickness) with live hydraulic stress, so crews can target the most at-risk pipes. That ranking is relative, not a calendar forecast of when a pipe will break.
03
SaaS Platform
A cloud platform serves many utilities from one system — plus a free layer that keeps residents informed, and a government and regulator portal for summary-level oversight. Operators can enter surveyed pipe records so leak-tendency ranking stays tied to the network they actually run.
Oversight
A government and regulator portal
A ministry or regulator can view a summary of what is happening across the utilities registered under their jurisdiction — a country, or a state or region — without opening each utility's operational dashboard. That summary can include how many pipes sit at high leak tendency. The portal is distinct from the utility-facing dashboard and from the citizen-facing layer. It is a third output from the same sensor data: secure, discreet, and summary-level.
How it works
From pipe pressure to a tap that works
- Step 1
Step 1
Sensor reads pressure
A solar-powered node periodically reads water pressure in the pipe.
- Step 2
Step 2
AI flags anomaly
The sensors don't just detect a leak or a flowing unregistered tap. They also proactively predict leak tendency well before a leak happens, from asset condition and live hydraulics.
- Step 3
Step 3
Crew gets alert
Location, estimated size, and duration are sent to on-call operators — along with which pipes rank highest for leak tendency.
- Step 4
Step 4
Resident checks phone
The same day, a live map, WhatsApp, or SMS shows which nearby tap is flowing.
Our network
Organisations that support Maayan
Partners and institutions standing with us as we bring affordable water intelligence to African utilities and the communities they serve.
Recognition
Milestones
AMCOW · IRC WASH
August 2026 · KigaliAfrica Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026
Selected as an innovator for the symposium convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), hosted by the Government of Rwanda, facilitated by IRC WASH (Kigali, August 2026).
IAHR Africa Congress
December 2026 · Kigali7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026
Maayan's technical approach accepted for oral presentation at the 7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026 (Kigali, December 2026), hosted by the University of Rwanda.
AMCOW · IRC WASH
August 2026 · KigaliAfrica Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026
Selected as an innovator for the symposium convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), hosted by the Government of Rwanda, facilitated by IRC WASH (Kigali, August 2026).
IAHR Africa Congress
December 2026 · Kigali7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026
Maayan's technical approach accepted for oral presentation at the 7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026 (Kigali, December 2026), hosted by the University of Rwanda.
AMCOW · IRC WASH
August 2026 · KigaliAfrica Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026
Selected as an innovator for the symposium convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), hosted by the Government of Rwanda, facilitated by IRC WASH (Kigali, August 2026).
IAHR Africa Congress
December 2026 · Kigali7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026
Maayan's technical approach accepted for oral presentation at the 7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026 (Kigali, December 2026), hosted by the University of Rwanda.
AMCOW · IRC WASH
August 2026 · KigaliAfrica Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium 2026
Selected as an innovator for the symposium convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), hosted by the Government of Rwanda, facilitated by IRC WASH (Kigali, August 2026).
IAHR Africa Congress
December 2026 · Kigali7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026
Maayan's technical approach accepted for oral presentation at the 7th IAHR Africa Congress 2026 (Kigali, December 2026), hosted by the University of Rwanda.
Track record
What is already on the public record
Maayan is a Cameroonian company. The milestones below are the ones this site already states. Linked pages are official event or programme sites. They describe those events; they are not, by themselves, articles about Maayan.
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Questions utilities, partners, and residents actually ask
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