Know Who You Are Working With Before the Money Moves
Partner, supplier and counterparty due diligence built for African operating realities — including markets where registries are incomplete, offline or contested.
Services
What a check covers
- Partner due diligence
- Supplier and vendor checks
- Counterparty verification
- Company registration verification
- Ownership and control research
- Sanctions and watchlist screening
- Adverse media research
- Litigation and regulatory research
- Reputational assessment
- Integrity and conflict-of-interest checks
- Local presence verification
- Red-flag reporting
Due diligence dashboard
How a due diligence file is built
Due diligence is only useful if you can see how each conclusion was reached. These panels set out the research flow, source mix and risk exposure we work through on an Africa counterparty file. Figures are illustrative benchmarks.
Research flow — from name to decision-ready file
- 01
Subject definition
Entities, individuals and jurisdictions in scope confirmed before research starts.
- Typical
- 1 day
- Output
- Scope note
- 02
Registry & records
Corporate registry, ownership, filings, litigation and insolvency checks.
- Typical
- 2–4 days
- Output
- Records pack
- 03
Screening
Sanctions, PEP, watchlist and adverse media screening with false-positive triage.
- Typical
- 1–3 days
- Output
- Screening log
- 04
Human & field enquiry
Discreet local enquiry and, where commissioned, physical site verification.
- Typical
- 3–7 days
- Output
- Field notes
- 05
Analysis & grading
Findings assessed, contradictions resolved, confidence and gaps stated.
- Typical
- 1–2 days
- Output
- Graded file
- Registry & filings28%
- Litigation & regulatory22%
- Adverse media20%
- Sanctions & watchlists16%
- Human enquiry14%
- Horn of Africa32
- East Africa27
- West Africa18
- Southern Africa12
- North Africa7
- Central Africa4
- 1Opaque or nominee ownershipHigh · L4 × I4
Layered registry tracing and beneficial-ownership reconstruction.
- 2Sanctions or watchlist exposureElevated · L2 × I5
Screening with identity resolution and false-positive triage.
- 3Political exposure and influenceHigh · L3 × I4
PEP mapping with relationship and contract-award review.
- 4Unverifiable operating recordElevated · L3 × I3
Field verification of premises, staff and activity where commissioned.
- Every conclusion is cited to a named source, or the evidence gap is recorded explicitly.
- Confidence is graded; absence of evidence is never reported as clearance.
- Research is lawful and open-source or human-source based, never intrusive.
- Files are written for a decision, with a clear recommendation and residual risk.
Levels of check
Match the depth of the check to the size of the decision
A small local supplier and a multi-year consortium partner do not need the same work. We price and scope three levels so you are not paying for depth you do not need — or relying on a screening when you needed a full enquiry.
Level 1 — Screening
- Identity and registration verification
- Sanctions and watchlist screening
- Basic adverse media
- Turnaround in a few working days
Level 2 — Enhanced
- Ownership and control mapping
- Litigation and regulatory research
- Local and international language media
- Relationship and conflict-of-interest analysis
Level 3 — Field enquiry
- Local presence and premises verification
- Discreet reputational enquiry through vetted sources
- Available in the Horn of Africa and via partners elsewhere
- Scoped only where it can be conducted safely and lawfully
Who uses it
Anyone who is accountable for the counterparty
NGOs and humanitarian
- Downstream partner vetting
- Consortium member checks
- Donor compliance evidence
- Sub-grant assurance
Commercial
- Supplier and vendor onboarding
- Agent and distributor checks
- Joint-venture partners
- Pre-investment counterparty review
Finance and insurance
- Borrower and grantee checks
- Portfolio monitoring
- Claims-related enquiry
- Sanctions exposure review
How we handle the limits of the record
What is in scope
- Every finding sourced, dated and labelled by origin.
- Explicit statement of what could not be verified and why — a missing registry is reported as missing, not inferred.
- Screening against publicly available sanctions and watchlist sources, with the list and date recorded.
- Clear separation between fact, unresolved question and our assessment.
What this does not include
- Legal advice, or any opinion on whether you may lawfully transact.
- Credit ratings or financial audit opinions.
- Covert surveillance, pretexting, or any unlawful collection method.
- A guarantee of integrity — a clean report reflects the available record at a point in time.
How a check runs
Define. Research. Corroborate. Report.
- 01
Define
Confirm the subject, the decision the report supports, and the depth of check that decision justifies.
- 02
Research
Registries, sanctions and watchlists, court and regulatory records, media in local and international languages.
- 03
Corroborate
Cross-check identities and relationships across independent sources; note where records are unavailable.
- 04
Report
A red-flag report separating verified fact, unresolved question and analyst assessment, with sources listed.
Engagement models
Three ways to engage us
Per check
A single subject at the level you select, delivered as a standalone red-flag report.
Volume retainer
An agreed monthly or annual allowance of checks for partner and supplier onboarding.
Programme framework
Vetting built into your grant or procurement cycle, with a shared record of who has been checked and when.
Priced per engagement based on level, jurisdiction and turnaround. Request a quote.
Source of intelligence
Built on the Africa Intelligence Centre
Country context, regulatory volatility and sanctions exposure are drawn from the same Africa Intelligence Centre record used across the platform, so a due diligence report and a country risk brief never contradict each other.