inq. EdgeSentry: Made in Africa for Africa’s connectivity needs at a quarter of the cost
Across the continent, staying connected is not as simple as it should be. Fibre cuts. Power instability. Last-mile variability. For many businesses, these realities mean costly downtime, lost revenue, and frustrated customers.
For SMEs, even a single outage can wipe out a week’s profit; for larger enterprises, the financial impact multiplies across every branch. Global solutions often miss the mark. They are expensive, complex, and designed for markets with stable infrastructure. That is why inq. created EdgeSentry, a fully managed connectivity and security service built from the ground up for African conditions.
Why inq. EdgeSentry?
African-ready
Engineered to perform where others fail with diverse last-mile options, multi-SIM LTE failover, and local support teams who understand your environment.
Real-time Visibility
The inq. EdgeSentry Portal gives you complete oversight: live network monitoring, automated SLA reports that distinguish between network and power outages, and instant alerts through WhatsApp, email, Teams, or Slack. Reports can show office hours or 24×7 availability, so your SLA performance reflects how your business actually operates.
Built-in security
DNS filtering, threat blocking, vulnerability scanning, and zero-trust guest Wi-Fi are all included, no separate subscriptions required.
Affordable for SMEs
Enterprise-grade capabilities without the enterprise price tag, at up to a quarter of the cost of imported SD-WAN. Pay-per-use LTE ensures you only pay for the backup data you use.
Fully Managed
We take care of the complexity so you can focus on running your business. From installation to proactive monitoring, our team ensures you are always online and protected.
HOW IT WORKS
Whether you run a single-site retail store or a multi-branch enterprise, inq. EdgeSentry scales to meet your needs with site-specific SLAs and flexible configurations.
- Stay online: Automatic LTE failover switches you to the best available mobile network in seconds.
- Stay secure: Threat detection and filtering block malicious activity before it reaches your network.
- Stay in control: Centralised management puts visibility and transparent SLA reporting at your fingertips, so you always know whether downtime was caused by network or power.
“inq. EdgeSentry is not just another imported solution with a new sticker on it. It is made in Africa, for Africa. We have built it to deliver maximum value at a price point that works for SMEs, while still scaling for larger enterprises.” — Ralph Berndt, Head of Sales and Marketing, inq. South Africa
Take the first step toward secure, reliable African connectivity
With inq. EdgeSentry, you are not just buying a product but partnering with a team that understands your challenges and has built a solution to solve them.
Beyond connectivity, inq. also secures your business with Mimecast email security, Sendmarc DMARC enforcement, Check Point and Fortinet firewalls, and managed SIEM and SOC services. Together with inq. EdgeSentry, these solutions deliver layered protection from the edge to the cloud.
Strengthen your security posture with inq.
inq. EdgeSentry solves the connectivity problem first. From there, you can switch on the security layers your business needs, delivered and managed by inq. for African realities, budgets, and teams.
Email security with Mimecast
Stop phishing, malware, and business email compromise before it reaches the inbox. Add policy-driven filtering, URL and attachment protection, continuity, and archiving for compliance, all operated by inq. and integrated into your broader security programme.
Email authentication with Sendmarc (DMARC)
Close the door on spoofing and look-alike domains. We implement and manage DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with Sendmarc, monitor authentication health, and guide you to safe enforcement so legitimate mail keeps flowing while fraud is blocked.
Endpoint, EDR, and XDR with Check Point and Fortinet
Move beyond only focusing on anti-virus. inq. deploys Check Point controls to prevent exploits and credential abuse, investigates quickly, and reduces dwell time. Harmony Endpoint provides prevention and response on devices; Infinity XDR correlates activity across users, endpoints, network and cloud; Harmony SASE governs who connects, to what, and under which policy.
Managed SOC, SIEM, and Zero Trust
Hand daily vigilance to inq. Our team provides Managed Security Services, including SIEM use cases, 24/7 monitoring, and guided response. We help you apply Zero Trust principles and can optionally centralise traffic through a Next-Generation Firewall for full perimeter control.
Microsoft security and identity
If you run Microsoft 365 and Azure AD, we align identity, access, and endpoint controls with your policies, and integrate signals into your detection stack for fewer silos and faster action.
QUICK SECURITY CHECKLIST
A simple way to see where to start. If any answer is “no,” we can help.
- Are DMARC, SPF, and DKIM configured and monitored on all sending domains?
- Do endpoints have prevention-first protection with isolation and rollback?
- Do you correlate detections across users, endpoints, network and cloud?
- Is email security policy-driven with continuity and archiving?
- Do remote users access resources via policy-based secure access (SASE)?
- Do you have 24/7 monitoring with clear playbooks for response?
