B2B.Africa

Trust & methodology

Every organization on B2B.Africa moves through the same verification ladder. Here is what each step checks, what we check for sanctions exposure, and where the underlying data comes from.

Verification ladder

  1. 1

    Unclaimed

    The organization appears in our data from public sources. No one from the company has claimed the profile yet.

  2. 2

    Claimed

    Someone from the organization has claimed the profile and confirmed its basic details.

  3. 3

    Domain verified

    The claimant has proven control of the company's own domain, by a DNS record or a file on the company's website.

  4. 4

    Registration checked

    Registration is checked when the company provides documents.

  5. 5

    Documents checked

    Supporting documents — registration certificate, ownership or authorization — are reviewed by our team.

  6. 6

    Fully verified

    Gold · On-site Verified

    A physical site visit confirms the business operates at the stated address.

Scope of checks

  • Registration — checked when the company provides documents.
  • Domain & site evidence — domain control at Claimed, a physical site visit at Fully verified.
  • Sanctions: UNSC via FIC TFS — every organization we verify is checked against this list before its verification status is published.

Disclosure

Each verification report discloses whether the subject paid for the verification process.

Sources

  • Government sources — Public government sources used for a specific check, named with the date in each report.
  • National Treasury eTenders (OCDS) — Data: National Treasury eTenders (OCDS), CC BY 4.0
  • The company's own website — Read from the domain the company itself controls.
  • Licensed data providers — Contracted providers, used under the terms of our agreement with each.

Every datapoint carries a source and a date.

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