Techno-Merce transforms satellite imagery into actionable intelligence for governments and international organizations, focusing on detecting illegal mining, deforestation, and environmental changes across Africa. The company also develops WHO-aligned digital platforms for water safety planning, with its Water Safety Plan platform currently deployed in Ghana through a UNICEF and KNUST partnership. Their flagship Sovereignty Eye platform provides AI-powered monitoring for mining concessions, carbon projects, and reforestation efforts.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Governments and regulators across Africa face significant challenges in monitoring vast natural resource territories for illegal mining, deforestation, and environmental degradation. Traditional monitoring methods rely on infrequent, manual inspections that are costly, slow, and often miss emerging threats to critical ecosystems and regulated industries.
Solution
Techno-Merce provides AI-powered satellite intelligence platforms that convert frequent satellite imagery into decision-ready insights for natural resource oversight and environmental protection. Their flagship Sovereignty Eye platform detects illegal mining activities, tracks deforestation and land restoration progress, and monitors carbon projects and ecosystem health in near real-time. The company also develops specialized digital tools such as the Water Safety Plan platform, a WHO-aligned system for assessing and improving drinking water safety management, currently deployed in Ghana with UNICEF and scheduled for Chad. These solutions combine high-resolution satellite data with machine learning to deliver detection overlays and monitoring dashboards that support government regulators and international organizations in protecting natural resources and public health.
Target Audience
Primary customers include government agencies, regulators, and international organizations such as UNICEF that need satellite-based environmental monitoring, natural resource oversight, and water safety compliance tools across Africa and beyond.
Features
- AI-powered satellite monitoring with frequent image capture and high-resolution mapping for illegal mining detection and deforestation tracking
- Real-time intelligence dashboards with detection overlays for environmental monitoring and land-restoration verification
- Water Safety Plan digital audit platform featuring 30 control points across 9 modules, aligned with WHO's three-step WSP framework (system assessment, control measures, management plans)
- Three distinct assessment tools for different user roles: Self-Assessment for internal facility reviews, Inspector Audit for regulatory inspections, and Regulator version for national oversight
- Carbon project and ecosystem monitoring capabilities for tracking reforestation and sustainable development initiatives
- Advisory services for AI strategy, architecture, and implementation for enterprises and governments