MyBitSecure is featured in Issue 18 of Mizizi Magazine (November 2026 to January 2027), in a Climate Technology article written by the Sustainability Institute (SI) in Lynedoch, Stellenbosch. Mizizi Magazine is produced with Mycelium Media Colab.
The article looks at how the MBS SmartFarm Platform has changed the way the SI’s permaculture gardens are managed. Sensors installed by MyBitSecure have been running since February. They feed live soil moisture, pH, electrical conductivity and temperature data into the platform, and the team now waters based on what the soil needs, not on a fixed routine.
The piece covers:
- How sensor data showed that more than 80% of April’s irrigation events were unnecessary
- A night-time leak under the beds that the sensors detected in real time, before anyone could have seen it
- Soil salinity dropping after heavy May rain, which freed up nutrients for the plants
- Why long-range LoRaWAN matters on African farms with weak or no cell coverage
- How SmartFarm data is protected: encrypted in transit and at rest, tamper-evident logging, secure device authentication, and POPIA-compliant hosting in South Africa
- The idea of Ukama (interconnectedness), with the SI’s Mulweli Nethengwe describing these tools as “enablers of agency”
The article also covers how MyBitSecure handles the full deployment. That includes site assessment, sensor placement, gateway setup, hands-on training, and ongoing maintenance.
As El Niño approaches, this kind of visibility helps farmers save water, save money, and respond before conditions turn.
📖 Read the full article in Mizizi Magazine Issue 18: https://mizizimag.africa/read/ (pages 14 to 15)
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