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

AI-powered land use monitoring and encroachment detection using live satellite imagery and drone surveys. Protect your pipeline corridors, mining concessions, powerline routes, and telecom infrastructure across Africa.

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Live Satellite monitoring
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See It In Action

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

AI detecting 66 buildings from satellite imagery in rural Mozambique

Satellite Encroachment Detection

66 buildings automatically detected from satellite imagery along a pipeline corridor. Each structure identified with location and confidence score — no field team required.

Drone image detecting thatched huts in Mozambique bush

Drone Verification

High-resolution drone imagery confirms thatched-roof compounds detected by satellite. AI identifies traditional African structures that generic models miss.

Settlement detection with building count in corridor buffer zone

Settlement Monitoring

24 structures detected near an industrial site within a corridor buffer zone. Ongoing monitoring tracks new construction and expansion over time.

Buildings detected along a corridor in bush terrain

Corridor Scan Results

40 buildings identified along a planned route through dense bush. AI scans the entire corridor in minutes, flagging every structure for assessment.

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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Live Satellite Monitoring

Access live Airbus Pléiades and SPOT satellite imagery covering your entire corridor or concession. AI scans every new image for changes — new structures, cleared land, expanded farming, or settlement growth.

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AI Encroachment Detection

Purpose-built AI models trained on African rural structures — mud huts, zinc-roof compounds, informal settlements, crop fields. Automatically flags new encroachment and land use changes within your defined zones.

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Change Detection & Alerts

Compare imagery over time to spot exactly what changed and when. Get automated alerts when new buildings appear, farming expands, or activity increases in your corridor buffer zone.

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Drone Survey Verification

When satellite flags an issue, deploy Afridrone teams for high-resolution drone verification. Centimetre-accuracy imagery confirms exactly what's on the ground.

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Corridor & Concession Dashboards

Define your pipeline routes, buffer zones, mine boundaries, or powerline corridors. Live web dashboard shows encroachment status, change history, and risk areas — accessible from any browser.

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GIS Export & Compliance Reports

Export all detections as GeoPackage, GeoJSON, Shapefile, or KML. Generate PDF reports with maps, timelines, and encroachment statistics — ready for regulators, stakeholders, and legal teams.

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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Define Your Zones

Tell us your pipeline route, concession boundary, powerline corridor, or site perimeter. We set up your monitoring zones and buffer distances.

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We Acquire the Imagery

We handle everything — live Airbus satellite imagery for continuous wide-area monitoring, plus Afridrone teams for high-resolution drone surveys when and where you need them.

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AI Detects Changes

Our Africa-trained AI continuously analyses incoming imagery, comparing against baselines to detect new structures, land clearing, crop expansion, and settlement growth in your zones.

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You Get Alerts & Reports

Receive encroachment alerts, change reports, and GIS data through your live dashboard. Act on issues early — before they become disputes, safety risks, or compliance failures.

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.