Geospatial intelligence for climate finance

Satellite evidence that climate finance can act on

Shamba turns Earth observation data into forecasts, monitoring reports and verified triggers for insurers, lenders and humanitarian funders. Since 2022 our data has settled real payouts for pastoralists in Kenya.

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What we do

Three services, one geospatial pipeline

We pull from more than 30 satellite and sensor data streams, compute indicators such as vegetation health and rainfall for the exact area that matters to you, and deliver them in the form your process needs.

01 Predictive analytics

See the shock before it lands

Forecasts of drought and excess rainfall for a defined area, so cash and cover can move before losses happen.

How it works
02 Real-time reporting

Know what is happening on the ground

Daily monitoring of vegetation, rainfall and land condition, delivered as feeds and reports your team and partners can read.

How it works
03 Verification layer

Prove that the trigger fired

Independent, auditable evidence that a threshold was crossed or a practice happened, so payouts and credits settle without manual claims.

How it works
Track record

Results from live deployments

These figures come from our work with lenders, insurers and NGOs in East Africa. Each one says where it came from.

3,000+
Farmers reached
Across East Africa, since 2022
262
Pastoralists paid ahead of drought
Laikipia & Kajiado pilot, 2023
150
Cattle herders insured
Northern Kenya pilot, 2022–2023
75%
Lower transaction cost
Laikipia & Kajiado pilot, 2023
90%
Faster settlement
Laikipia & Kajiado pilot, 2023
Up to 40%
Lower insurance cost
Satellite MRV vs. manual audits, MIT Solve profile
Featured pilot

Paying pastoralists before the drought peaked

In September 2023, with Mercy Corps Ventures, Fortune Credit and DIVA, we monitored pasture condition across Laikipia and Kajiado counties. When the vegetation signal fell to distress levels, donated funds held in escrow were released automatically to 262 pastoralists.

Signal
Vegetation index (NDVI) over grazing land
Action
Anticipatory cash transfer
Outcome
$11,271 USDT disbursed, 90% faster settlement
Read the case study
Chart: a vegetation index falls through the dry season and crosses a trigger line, releasing a payout, then recovers after the rains.
Illustrative How a vegetation trigger works. Not pilot data.
Partners

Who we have worked with

Press

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 TechCabal, 2023

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 InsurTech Digital

Blockchain insurance tackles Kenya's climate credit crisis

Also covered by Yahoo Finance, Digital Carbon Pulse, AgFunder News, Blockchain Reporter and BSC News.

Where we are going

Today we run the pipeline ourselves. Over time we want the same checks to be run and confirmed by independent parties, so no single provider decides when a payout happens. Read our vision.

Have a portfolio, a programme or a product that needs climate evidence?

Tell us the area, the risk and the decision you need to make. We will show you what the data can and cannot tell you.

Talk to us about a pilot