African startups raised over $4 billion from investors in 2021, and 5 of those startups became unicorns in the same year — more than all the unicorns from previous years combined. 24 African startups — 18 Nigerian — got into YC’s W22 batch, a record for African startups in a…

KYC, an acronym for ‘Know your Customer,’ refers to the customer due diligence process that B2C or Direct to Consumer companies put in place to protect their businesses and customers from illegal activities such as money laundering or fraud. …

Businesses need to capture, store, and analyze consumer data regularly. Collecting data allows them to improve customer experience, understand day-to-day operations, make informed business decisions and learn about their customers. One of such data is the customer’s address or location. Obtaining information about where a customer lives is critical for…

The month of May was an eventful one for us. It was a challenging, fun, and intense couple of weeks at Dojah. Building a business in the digital world is not a bed of roses. If it were, we would all be unicorns by now, worrying less about the risks…

Successfully running a business in Nigeria is challenging for entrepreneurs. There are several hurdles and obstacles they have to overcome to start and scale their business. Many entrepreneurs are plagued with having great business ideas but lacking the capital they need to implement these ideas. Those who can raise capital…

Have you ever heard the phrase; Trust, but verify? What do you think it means? In the 1980s, former American president Ronald Reagan negotiated a treaty with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) regarding U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. This was an arms treaty that banned certain ranges of land-based…

A whole lot has happened at Dojah in Q1 of 2022. It’s been a busy couple of months but we are excited about all the new developments and changes that have come with growing as a brand. We’re glad to have new and existing businesses trust us with onboarding, verifying…

We are proud to announce that we have joined YCombinator with the Winter 22 batch. Here at Dojah, we’re passionate about making scaling easier for startups and organisations looking to do business in Africa. Being serial founders ourselves, we know the pain of having to provide a service across multiple…

Users can be easily identified using just their phone number, with the lookup phone number endpoint that Dojah provides. Businesses can easily cater for the customers at the bottom of the pyramid who may not have some other government issued means of identification. There are roughly 170 million mobile phone…