Digital infrastructurefor African markets,built with European rigour.
Afrocentric Solutions is a venture studio headquartered in France. We build and scale ventures in identity, payments, mobility and property, and run an AI automation practice for enterprises across the continent.
Africa's economy is growing faster than its infrastructure.
We build what'smissing.
Identities can't always be verified. Payments don't always flow between systems. Properties go undigitised, and tourism revenue leaks out before it reaches the communities it should fund. Each gap is a missing system, and each missing system is an infrastructure opportunity.
Here's how the studio works:
- Identify
Start from a market gap with measurable cost: lost revenue, wasted time, broken trust.
- Architect
Design every product modular, so it stands alone and grows stronger inside the stack.
- Validate
Deploy with real users in real conditions. A product earns the right to keep being built.
- Scale
Grow what works through partnerships, integrations, licensing and infrastructure deals.
Verified people. Verified businesses.
Trade and finance start with knowing who is on the other side. e-ID Africa gives people one biometric identity that works across borders. VeriBiz does the same for companies, consolidating business registries into one verification hub.
- e-ID AfricaIn development
- VeriBizMVP
Cash trade, brought into the digital economy.
At the Kasumbalesa border between the DRC and Zambia, an estimated one billion dollars a year changes hands informally. Payola digitises that trade with a mobile-first, offline-capable payments network, starting where cash dominates.
- PayolaPilot
Moving people, and the businesses that serve them.
AfriBus brings intercity and cross-border bus travel onto one booking platform. With The Locals In connects travellers with independent local guides, and Jibu GPT gives travel agencies an AI answer engine for supplier quotes and contracts.
- AfriBusMVP
- With The Locals InLive
- Jibu GPTLive
Real estate that more people can own and use.
Black Palm Property opens premium developments to co-investors through a syndicated ownership model. WeSublet turns idle rooms into flexible rentals for a generation that moves for work, study and travel.
- Black Palm PropertyLaunch
- WeSubletIn development
AI automation practice
Practical AI automation for African enterprises.
The engineering behind our ventures also works for established businesses. We find where time is lost, build automation into the systems you already run, and stay until it is part of everyday work.
Explore AI automation- 01
Workflow automation
Process automation and RPA that removes repetitive work and connects the systems you already run.
- 02
AI agents and chatbots
Conversational agents on WhatsApp, web and voice that answer, qualify and act around the clock.
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Data analytics and BI
Dashboards, machine learning and predictive models that turn operational data into decisions.
Faster work. Lower cost. Fewer errors.
Processing up to10xfaster
Up to60%lower operating cost
99.9%accuracy in data entry
Portfolio
Eight ventures on one shared stack.
Every venture shares common building blocks for identity, payments and data. We build them once and reuse them, so each new launch starts further ahead than the last.
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e-ID Africa
A continent-wide biometric identity authenticator.
VeriBiz
The trusted source for cross-border business verification.
Payola
Digitising Africa's informal cash economy.
AfriBus
Smart, centralised transport booking for Africa.
WeSublet
Flexible subletting for Africa's mobile generation.
Black Palm Property
Shared ownership of premium African real estate.
With The Locals In
Authentic travel, guided by the communities you visit.
Jibu GPT
The answer engine for travel agencies.
- Digital identity
- Payments
- Mobility
- Property
- Travel
- AI automation
- Data sovereignty
For investors and partners
European governance. African markets.
We headquarter in France so that African opportunity comes with European institutional standards. Investors and partners get a well-regulated entry point into one of the world's fastest-growing regions, and our ventures get the technical standards, capital networks and operating discipline they need to scale.
Headquartered in France
Governance and reporting held to the standards European investors expect.
Data protection by design
Systems built for GDPR in Europe and POPIA in South Africa, mindful of where data must stay.
Responsible AI
Transparency and security at the core of every AI deployment we ship.
Continental alignment
Ventures designed around the AU's Agenda 2063 and the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Insights
Notes from the studio.
Writing and conversations on technology, trade and infrastructure across Africa.
All insights
African Smart City Technology: Transforming Urban Life Across the Continent
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Afrocentric Solutions Inc.: Addressing Africa's Unique Challenges with Innovative Technology Solutions
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How Blockchain Technology is Revolutionizing African Economies: The Future of Digital Security
Read the article- Podcast
The Afrocentric Business Podcast
Conversations on doing business on the African continent, on YouTube.
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Build Africa's digital infrastructure with us.
Whether you are an investor, a partner or a company ready to automate, the studio team will take it from here.
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