[TECHNOLOGY] — AI-Powered Flood Resilience
Every Warning.
In Time.
Africa's floods don't kill by surprise — they kill by coordination failure. DUROVA closes the gap between data and action.
Nairobi, Kenya · Est. 2026
[THE PROBLEM]
“Every major flood in Kenya follows the same failure: the water came, but the warning didn't. The response came, but not in time. The data existed — but nobody had it in the right hands, in the right language, at the right moment.”
Floods Don't Kill by Surprise.
They Kill by Coordination Failure.
Kenya loses dozens of lives and billions of shillings to floods annually. River gauge data, satellite imagery, and rainfall forecasts all exist — but they sit in silos. NDMA, county governments, first responders, and communities operate off different information, in delayed timelines, with no shared operating picture. Alerts, when they come, arrive late and in English. By the time the right person has the right information, it's already too late.
[THE SOLUTION] — Three Integrated Layers
The Intelligence Stack
SENSE
River Intelligence Network
IoT sensors on Kenya's highest-risk waterways — Nzoia, Tana, Nyando, Athi — feed real-time water level, flow rate, and rainfall data into a central data lake, combined with CHIRPS rainfall, KMD forecasts, and Sentinel satellite imagery for a complete hydrological picture 24/7.
24/7
Live sensor uptime
THINK
Agentic Crisis Intelligence
The agentic AI brain monitors all data streams and acts autonomously. Every 30 minutes during a crisis, it synthesises a plain-language Situation Report for NDMA and county government, flags resource gaps, drafts response communications, proposes evacuation routes, and logs every decision for built-in post-crisis accountability.
90s
Situation brief generation
RESPOND
Last-Mile Telco Alerting
When a threat is confirmed, DUROVA triggers mass alerts through Safaricom and Airtel — reaching every phone in the flood zone in Swahili, Dholuo, Kikuyu, or Kamba. No smartphone required. No app to download. The alert meets communities where they are.
200K+
People reached per alert
[CRISIS SIMULATION]
A Crisis in Real Time
From Sensor to Survivor
DETECT
River sensor on the Nzoia registers abnormal water rise. Upstream rainfall confirms. DUROVA flags elevated risk.
SYNTHESISE
DUROVA cross-references satellite imagery, KMD 48hr forecast, and flood history. Situation brief generated in 90 seconds.
BRIEF GOVT
NDMA Director and Kisumu County Governor receive a structured alert: impact zones, population at risk, recommended actions.
ALERT COMMUNITIES
Telco-native SMS reaches 200,000 people in the flood corridor in Dholuo and Swahili. Evacuation coordinates included.
COORDINATE & LOG
DUROVA tracks resource deployment, flags gaps, and auto-logs every decision for real-time accountability.
[OPPORTUNITY]
Durova Has Built the Foundation.
Now We Add the Agentic Brain.
The sensor network, prediction models, and alerting infrastructure are operational. The next concrete step is a formal government partnership with NDMA and target county governments.
[ALIGNMENT]
Built Against the Right Criteria
Resilience Focus
Full-spectrum coverage across all three phases — planning, response, and recovery. DUROVA ensures no community is surprised and no coordinator is left without a clear operating picture.
Innovative GenAI + Agentic AI
DUROVA doesn't just surface data — it synthesises, decides, drafts, and acts. Situation reports, alert generation, and resource gap analysis run autonomously. Genuinely agentic, not a dashboard with an AI label.
Feasibility
DUROVA exists. The sensor network, prediction models, and alerting infrastructure are operational. A formal government partnership with NDMA is in progress.
Scalability
Kenya's 47 counties first, then the East Africa Community — Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda — and beyond. Anywhere Safaricom or MTN operates, the alerting model replicates.
[SCALE]
47
Kenya Counties
4+
EAC Nations
500M+
Population Reach