Know What's Happening on Your Land — Before It Becomes a Problem

AI-powered pipeline corridor scanning and encroachment detection. Draw a route, click scan, get a professional risk report with every building identified — in minutes, not weeks.

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3 AI Models working together
Risk Analysis per 500m segment
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See It In Action

Real results from AfriScan — AI detection on satellite and drone imagery across Mozambique.

6 buildings detected with ID labels along a pipeline corridor in Mozambique

Pipeline Corridor — Live Detection

6 buildings identified along a pipeline corridor with buffer zone overlays. Each structure labelled with a unique ID, GPS coordinates, and distance to pipeline — ready for the risk report.

Industrial facility detected within pipeline buffer zone

Industrial Encroachment

Industrial facility flagged within the pipeline buffer zone. AfriScan detects structures of all sizes — from mud huts to processing plants — and classifies risk by proximity to the corridor.

Large compound detected in bush terrain along a pipeline route

Facility Detection in Bush Terrain

Fenced compound identified adjacent to the pipeline route in dense Mozambique bush. Corridor buffer zones (50m red, 100m orange) pinpoint exactly how close infrastructure sits to the pipeline.

Industrial compound detected within pipeline corridor buffer zone

Full Corridor Scan

An entire pipeline corridor scanned in minutes. Every building and facility within the buffer zone is identified, measured, and included in the professional risk report.

The Problem

Across Africa, communities encroach on pipeline corridors, mining concessions, powerline routes, and telecom sites. By the time you find out, it's a legal dispute, a safety risk, or a multi-million dollar relocation.

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Community Encroachment

New buildings, settlements, and farming creep into your corridor or concession. Without continuous monitoring, encroachment goes undetected until it's too late to act.

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Costly Disputes

Undetected land use changes lead to compensation claims, legal battles, and project delays. Early detection saves millions in relocation and litigation costs.

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Safety & Compliance Risk

People living or farming near pipelines, powerlines, and mine sites face real danger. Regulators hold you accountable for what happens in your corridor.

What AfriScan Does

Continuous land use monitoring powered by live satellite imagery, drone surveys, and AI — so you see encroachment as it happens, not months later.

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One-Click Corridor Scan

Draw a pipeline route on the map or upload a KML, click scan — AfriScan does everything automatically. Fetches high-resolution satellite imagery, runs AI detection, and delivers a complete encroachment report in minutes.

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Multi-Model AI Detection

Three detection engines work together: Google Open Buildings for known structures, RAMP deep learning for additional buildings, and custom-trained YOLO models fine-tuned on your specific terrain. Catches mud huts, zinc-roof compounds, and informal structures that generic models miss.

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Risk Segment Analysis

Your pipeline is automatically divided into 500m segments, each classified as high, medium, or low risk based on building density. Interactive maps show colour-coded risk zones — pinpoint exactly where encroachment is worst and prioritise action.

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Professional Encroachment Reports

Executive summary with overall risk rating, building counts within 50m and 100m buffer zones, satellite imagery crops of every structure with GPS coordinates, and risk segment tables. PDF reports ready for regulators, stakeholders, and legal teams.

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Historical Comparison

Run the same corridor monthly or quarterly. AfriScan tracks what changed — new buildings, removed structures, settlement expansion. Compare any two scans to see exactly where encroachment is growing over time.

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Google Earth & GIS Export

Download results as KMZ for Google Earth, GeoPackage, GeoJSON, or Shapefile. Every building includes GPS coordinates, distance to pipeline, buffer zone, and confidence score. Interactive web maps with toggleable risk overlays.

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Drone Survey Integration

When satellite flags high-risk areas, deploy Afridrone teams for centimetre-resolution verification. Raw drone photos are processed into georeferenced orthophotos directly in AfriScan via WebODM integration.

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Mobile-Ready Dashboard

Full web dashboard works on any device — desktop, tablet, or phone. Draw routes, run scans, review results, and label training data from the field. No app install required.

Industries We Protect

Land encroachment threatens every major infrastructure sector in Africa. AfriScan provides continuous monitoring tailored to each.

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Oil & Gas

Monitor pipeline corridors and right-of-way for new settlements, farming encroachment, and unauthorised activity. Protect operational and planned routes with live change detection.

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Mining

Track community encroachment on concession boundaries, monitor artisanal mining activity, and detect settlement expansion near tailings dams and haul roads.

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Power & Utilities

Detect structures and farming under transmission lines, monitor vegetation encroachment on powerline corridors, and flag buildings in exclusion zones.

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Telecoms

Monitor cell tower sites and fibre routes for land use changes. Track settlement growth around infrastructure for coverage planning and site security.

How It Works

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Draw or Upload Your Route

Draw your pipeline route directly on the satellite map, upload a KML/GeoJSON file, or select from existing routes. Set your buffer zones (50m, 100m) and click scan.

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AI Scans the Corridor

AfriScan automatically fetches high-resolution satellite imagery along your route, runs multiple AI detection models, identifies every building and homestead within your buffer zones, and classifies each pipeline segment by risk level.

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Review Interactive Results

Explore results on an interactive map with colour-coded risk segments, toggleable building layers, and satellite imagery. Click any detection to see its distance to the pipeline, GPS coordinates, and satellite photo.

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Download Reports & Take Action

Download a professional PDF report with executive summary, risk analysis, and building photos. Export to Google Earth (KMZ) or GIS formats. Compare with previous scans to track changes over time.

Full-Service Imagery Acquisition

You don't need your own drones, satellites, or GIS team. We acquire all the imagery and deliver the intelligence — end to end.

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Live Airbus Satellite Imagery

Continuous access to Airbus Defence & Space satellite imagery — Pléiades Neo at 30cm resolution and SPOT at 1.5m. We task satellites to cover your corridors and concessions on a schedule that suits your monitoring needs.

  • Any location in Africa — no ground access required
  • Regular revisit schedules for change detection
  • Archive imagery for historical baseline analysis
  • Ideal for wide-area and long-corridor monitoring
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Afridrone Survey Teams

Professional drone survey teams deployed through our partnership with Afridrone. Centimetre-resolution imagery for detailed site verification and close-range inspection.

  • On-demand deployment across Africa
  • Centimetre accuracy for structure-level detail
  • Verify satellite-detected encroachment on the ground
  • Perfect for baseline surveys and incident investigation

Satellite for continuous watching. Drones for ground truth. AI for instant analysis. One provider — complete coverage.

Why Africa Needs Purpose-Built AI

Generic detection models trained on European and North American imagery fail on African landscapes. AfriScan is trained on real African structures — thatched roofs, mud-brick compounds, informal markets, zinc shelters — delivering accuracy where it matters most.

Mozambique

Pipeline corridor surveys across Cabo Delgado, Inhambane, and Gaza provinces.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Models adaptable to rural settlement patterns across East, West, and Southern Africa.

Challenging Terrain

Designed for bush, savanna, coastal, and semi-arid environments common across the continent.

How We Deliver

Managed Service

We handle everything — satellite tasking, drone deployment, AI processing, and reporting. You receive alerts and reports. Zero infrastructure on your side.

Live Dashboard Access

Your team gets a branded web dashboard showing live monitoring status, encroachment history, and all detections. Accessible from any browser, anywhere.

On-Demand Investigations

When something is flagged, we deploy Afridrone teams for ground-truth drone verification. High-resolution evidence for your legal, compliance, or community teams.

Protect Your Corridors & Concessions

Get in touch to discuss your monitoring requirements. We'll show you how AfriScan can protect your infrastructure with live satellite and drone intelligence.