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Zero Custody
The bank fulfils its CIP duty without ever holding raw PII. Verification artefacts encrypt to Africa-region servers under VEDDA's chain of custody — not yours.
Active across Africa · The VEDDA® Standard
Verifying identity across the African financial corridor.
A standardised, infrastructure-backed verification framework for the institutions that cannot afford to be wrong about identity. Satellite-connected. Solar-powered. AI-adjudicated. Delivered to regulated service providers across Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Côte d'Ivoire — and to their Diaspora desks in the US, UK, and EU. More African countries planned.
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Countries online
100%
Technical uptime
<24h
Time to certificate
Trusted infrastructure
African Wood Inc.✦African Wood Limited✦Dhamana Technologies✦Kenya✦Nigeria✦Ghana✦South Africa✦Côte d'Ivoire✦Kenya Data Protection Act✦AML/CFT✦African Wood Inc.✦African Wood Limited✦Dhamana Technologies✦Kenya✦Nigeria✦Ghana✦South Africa✦Côte d'Ivoire✦Kenya Data Protection Act✦AML/CFT✦African Wood Inc.✦African Wood Limited✦Dhamana Technologies✦Kenya✦Nigeria✦Ghana✦South Africa✦Côte d'Ivoire✦Kenya Data Protection Act✦AML/CFT✦
Three pillars
Three pillars. One audit-ready standard.
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Infrastructure Sovereignty
Every analyst desk runs on satellite uplink + industrial solar with lithium reserve. Verifications continue at full fidelity through grid failures, ISP brown-outs, and election windows.
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Audit-Ready Fact
PIV and CIV certificates land tamper-proof. Biometric liveness, geolocation-stamped signature, registry cross-check, analyst adjudication. One report, trusted everywhere.
By the numbers
The standard, measured.
- 47counties
Resident analyst desks online
vs. Nairobi-only verification under manual CIP
- <24hto certificate
Median time-to-PIV
vs. days-to-weeks on physical document collection
- 100%technical uptime
Satellite + solar sovereignty
vs. local power and ISP dependency
- 0raw PII held
Zero-custody by design
vs. full custody and breach liability under manual CIP
The bottleneck
Manual CIP is the bottleneck.
Approximately 70% of Kenya National IDs lack retrievable biometric data. Compliance officers fill the gap with paperwork — and the institution carries the cost.
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Loss of time
Diaspora and corporate accounts take days to weeks. Every new account triggers a fresh paperwork cycle — even for existing members.
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Loss of money
Skilled compliance officers spend the day on data entry instead of risk adjudication. Manual error invites Data Protection Act and AML/CFT fines.
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Loss of trust
Photocopies in inboxes. Wet-ink signatures no analyst can verify. The bank holds the PII custody — and the breach risk that comes with it.
Operational sequence
Six steps. No paper.
A digital "pull" replaces document collection. The institution requests the fact; VEDDA delivers the certificate.
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The artefact
What lands on your desk.
A representative PIV certificate as it arrives at the institution — tamper-proof, geolocation-stamped, cross-checked against the issuing registry, signed by the Regional Desk Chief.
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VEDDA® · Personal Identity Verification Certificate
Document classification · OFFICIAL
Audit-ready
Page 1 of 1 · A4
Issued to
[ Institution name ] · Branch Code [ ··· ]
Issued
03 May 2026 · 14:21 EAT
- Reference
- PIV-2026-05-K-1029384
- Subject
- [ Redacted · Audit hash on file ]
- Liveness
- PASS · 0.97 confidence
- Geolocation
- −1.2921, 36.8219 · Nairobi
- Signature
- 2026-05-03 · 14:21 EAT
- Registry
- KRA · ACTIVE · matched
- Synthetic Shield
- PASS · no artefact
- Adjudicator
- Regional Desk · Nyanza
Signed by Regional Desk Chief
Jane K. ··· ········
[ Adjudicator name ] · Nyanza Desk · Lic. VEDDA-RA-0042
Audit hash
7c4e9a · b1f0 · ··· · f11b
SHA-256
Ukweli kabla ya hati.
Truth before paperwork.
VEDDA is a discipline as much as a platform. Three commitments govern every certificate that leaves the network — without exception, without override, without local discretion.
Pathogen-free foundation
Nothing in custody we cannot release. Raw PII never persists in your systems or VEDDA's beyond verification.
Never adulterated
Synthetic Shield filters deepfakes and template fraud before adjudication. No silent passes.
One step backward
Every certificate is reproducible from the audit hash. Regulators can re-walk the chain to source.
The Elevator model
PIV and CIV for identity. PEDD and CEDD for diligence.
PIV · Personal Identity Verification
Biometric liveness, not photocopies.
3D biometric liveness, geolocation-stamped e-signature, registry cross-check, analyst adjudication. Delivered as a tamper-proof PIV certificate.
- Liveness · 0.95+ confidence threshold
- Issuing-country registry cross-check
- Geolocation-stamped e-signature
CIV · Corporate Identity Verification
Beneficial owners, in the clear.
CR12, incorporation, KRA standing, and director PIVs in one report — no insecure email, no raw-PII custody. Audit-ready fact.
- CR12 + incorporation pulled from Registrar of Companies
- Director PIVs auto-attached to the corporate report
- AML/CFT-defensible chain of custody
PEDD · Personal Enhanced Due Diligence
Deeper scrutiny when stakes are higher.
Beyond identity. PEP screening, sanctions lists, adverse media, and source-of-wealth verification for high-value or politically exposed subjects.
- PEP and sanctions screening (OFAC, UN, EU consolidated)
- Adverse media review across regional and international sources
- Source-of-wealth and source-of-funds attestation
CEDD · Corporate Enhanced Due Diligence
Beneficial ownership traced through the chain.
Beyond incorporation. Ultimate beneficial owner mapping, director-level adverse media, sanctions screening, and operating-history verification.
- UBO mapping across cross-border corporate structures
- Sanctions and adverse media on directors and shareholders
- Operating history, litigation, and regulatory standing review
Market channels
Where the VEDDA® standard ships.
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Tier-1 Banks
Commercial banks digitising onboarding for retail, SME, and corporate accounts. Annual subscriptions and per-branch seats.
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SACCOs
Member-owned societies serving 47-county membership with KRA-cross-checked PIV — no in-branch paper.
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Diaspora Corridor
US, UK, and EU wealth managers onboarding Kenyan-passport applicants without insecure email.
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Corporate Trust
CR12, beneficial-owner due diligence, and director PIV in one CIV report. Built for institutional trust desks.
Qualified business need
Eight legitimate business needs.
VEDDA® is for Regulated Service Providers everywhere who have a legitimate need to verify Residents and Entities across the corridor. Access is granted on qualified business need only.
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Regulatory compliance
AML · KYC · KYB
Financial institutions, fintechs, and regulated entities verify individuals and businesses to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
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Vendor and supplier onboarding
Confirm the legitimacy of a new corporate partner — including Beneficial Owners — to prevent procurement fraud and protect supply chain integrity.
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Account opening and lending
CIP
Verify identity before granting credit, creating accounts, or issuing financial products under the Customer Identification Program.
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Fraud prevention and security
Protect against synthetic identity fraud, account takeovers, and unauthorised access to digital platforms.
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High-value transactions
Verify authorised signatories and company officers before transferring large sums or releasing sensitive assets.
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Age-restricted sales
Verify identity to ensure compliance with laws governing the sale of age-restricted goods or services.
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Employer due diligence
Verify the background and credentials of new employees, particularly for sensitive positions.
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Digital certificate issuance
Authenticate users requesting digital certificates or secure digital signatures.
The network behind the certificate
When the city goes dark, the network does not.
Every resident analyst desk operates on satellite uplink + industrial solar with lithium reserve. Verifications continue through grid failures, ISP brown-outs, and election windows — the moments due diligence matters most.
Satellite mesh
Sovereign uplink
Solar + Li-ion
Grid-independent
Synthetic Shield
Deepfake forensics
Pan-African
Resident analysts
Roadmap
Where we go next.
Four phases, mapped to the regulated calendar. Each phase ships a standard institutions can subscribe to.
- Phase 01NowActive
Five-country PIV deployment
Resident analyst desks online across Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Côte d'Ivoire. Tier-1 bank pilots and SACCO onboarding underway, with depth across Kenya's 47 counties.
- Phase 0212 moNext
Diaspora corridor opening
Remote PIV for Kenyan-passport applicants in the US, UK, and EU. Wealth-manager onboarding.
- Phase 0324 mo
Pan-African expansion
Standard extends across additional African corridors — ECOWAS and SADC member states with regional registry integrations beyond the founding five.
- Phase 0436 mo
Annual audit-ready archive
Per-institution archive of every certificate, retrievable for regulator review and AML/CFT defence.
Leadership · Three entities
Trading jointly as VEDDA®.
Three legal entities across the US, UK, and Kenya — adjudicating institutional accounts under one platform standard.
United States
African Wood Inc.
274 Liborio Dr. · Middletown, DE 19709 · USA
United Kingdom
African Wood Limited
23 Astley Crescent, Scotter · Gainsborough, England DN21 3SH
Kenya
Dhamana Technologies Limited
P.O. Box 1229–50200 · Bungoma · Kenya
Common questions
Things institutions ask first.
Are we still the data controller?+
Yes — you remain the data controller; VEDDA is the processor of the verification artefacts. The bank fulfils its CIP obligations under the Kenya Data Protection Act without holding raw PII custody.
What about applicants outside Kenya?+
PIV is designed for Diaspora corridors. Subjects in the US, UK, and EU complete biometric liveness and electronic signature remotely — geolocation-stamped and adjudicated against issuing-country registries where available.
How does pricing work?+
Annual subscription for unlimited institutional reports, branch seats per operational location, and standardised per-event pricing for PIV and CIV. Talk to us for an institutional quote.
What happens if a subject fails liveness?+
Synthetic Shield flags the artefact and routes to a senior analyst. If genuine fraud is suspected, the institution receives an adverse certificate — no false positives are silently passed.
Where is verification data stored?+
Encrypted, on Africa-region servers, fulfilling the residency mandates of the Kenya Data Protection Act. Institutions receive only the certificate; the raw artefacts remain under VEDDA's chain of custody.
Onboard the VEDDA® Standard
Verify once. Trust everywhere.
Annual subscriptions, branch seats, and standardised PIV / CIV pricing for Regulated Service Providers across Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Côte d'Ivoire.
Invitation only · Qualified business need
Interested Regulated Service Providers — request an invitation below. Access is granted on qualified business need only; a VEDDA team member will follow up directly.