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Keep
The
Wild
Alive.
We deploy wildlife monitoring technology across Africa's most critical ecosystems — and connect the people who want to protect what matters most.
We deploy wildlife monitoring technology across Africa's most critical ecosystems — and connect the people who want to protect what matters most.
Africa's greatest ecosystems face threats that are urgent, complex and chronically underfunded. The passion exists. The technology exists. What's missing is the structure to connect them.
The passion exists. The technology exists. What's missing is the structure to connect them — and the accountability to make every euro count.
Martijn is based in Nairobi, building relationships on the ground. Idus is based in The Hague, building the funding network in Europe. Together we form the corridor.
We deploy wildlife monitoring systems and early-warning infrastructure on the ground in Africa. Every deployment is measured. Every result is shared.
Borana faces growing organised intrusions — groups of 50+ people entering simultaneously to steal livestock. EarthRanger and LoRa infrastructure are in place, but there are no sensors feeding real-time perimeter data.
ScannerEdge detects human device signals up to 1km radius — alerting rangers before intrusions escalate. FenceEdge monitors perimeter integrity in real-time, flagging breaches within seconds. Both systems integrate directly into Borana's existing EarthRanger setup. Borana will serve as an open-source living tech lab for the Laikipia region.
2,700 elephants, a growing human population on the borders, and 100km of fence that gets breached for hours without detection. In 2023: 5 human deaths and 10 elephants injured in retaliation. The fence is expanding to 600km.
FenceEdge sensors at the highest-risk elephant crossing hotspots cut breach response time from hours to seconds. ScannerEdge units cover the Chyulu Hills rhino sanctuary. Both systems feed directly into Big Life's existing EarthRanger platform — no new tools to learn.
Corridor Wildlife combines three things that rarely exist in one place: deep on-the-ground knowledge of East African wildlife challenges, access to proven European technology partners, and a network of European contributors who want to back measurable impact.
Our current focus is East Africa — because that's where Martijn lives and where our first projects are. But the model works wherever there's a wildlife challenge worth solving.
We come from a background in Lean Startup and innovation consulting. Every stage has defined KPIs. Every stage-gate is a go/no-go decision. Every milestone is shared with the people who make the work possible.
We visit parks, build relationships with conservancy management and map urgent wildlife challenges where technology creates measurable impact.
Minimum viable deployment at highest-risk locations. Budget defined, roles agreed, KPIs set before a single unit ships.
Hardware deployed, rangers trained, systems live. We manage the project and report measurable results at each stage-gate.
A validated pilot becomes the blueprint for regional rollout — across bordering conservancies, broader ecosystems, other regions.
Entrepreneur and venture builder based in Nairobi. Leads on-the-ground project scouting and partner development — turning local wildlife challenges into actionable opportunities.
Entrepreneur and venture builder focused on businesses that combine commercial logic with environmental impact. Leads partnerships and capital raising in Europe.
A Dutch tech-for-nature foundation co-founded by Tim van Deursen and Thijs Suijten — originally built within Q42, independent since 2025. Hack the Planet develops and deploys technological innovations for ecological protection, including ScannerEdge and FenceEdge.