ZolileN/signaldesk-intelligence

An African-First Situation Intelligence Infrastructure Platform** continuously monitoring information, detecting events, connecting events into evolving situations, analyzing trajectory and impact, identifying organizational exposure, and providing decision-support intelligence. # SignalDesk Africa — Intelligence Infrastructure Platform > **An African-First Situation Intelligence Infrastructure Platform** continuously monitoring information, detecting events, connecting events into evolving situations, analyzing trajectory and impact, identifying organizational exposure, and providing decision-support intelligence. --- ## 🌟 The Core Product Promise SignalDesk answers **eight canonical questions** about any important situation: 1. **What is happening?** *(Situation summary, status, key events timeline, latest developments)* 2. **Is it getting worse or better?** *(Calculated trajectory: STABLE, IMPROVING, DETERIORATING, ESCALATING, VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN)* 3. **Where is it happening?** *(Country, province, municipality, city, coordinates, facility spatial scope via PostGIS)* 4. **Who is involved?** *(Entities & assigned roles: ACTOR, TARGET, RESPONDER, REGULATOR, BENEFICIARY, OPPONENT)* 5. **What is driving it?** *(Immediate triggers, structural, economic, political drivers vs hypotheses)* 6. **What happens next?** *(Observed facts, analytical inferences, forecasts, scenario analysis)* 7. **How am I exposed?** *(Customer asset mapping: operational, financial, security, regulatory exposure scores)* 8. **What should I do?** *(Actionable decision-support recommendations with urgency, rationale, and confidence scores)* --- ## 🏗️ Intelligence Hierarchy & System Architecture SignalDesk is built around the **Situation** as the primary intelligence asset. Articles, radio broadcasts, social posts, and government notices are sensors and evidence. ``` RADIO / NEWS / SOCIAL / GOVT / OPEN DATA SENSORS │ ▼ INGESTION LAYER (VectaNews Adapter / Radio Sensor) │ ▼ OBSERVATIONS (Immutable Captured Content) │ ┌──────────────┴──────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ENTITIES CLAIMS (Entity Resolution) (Claim Extraction) │ │ └──────────────┬──────────────┘ ▼ EVENTS (Event Detection & Roles) │ …