Empowering Trade Across Africa – Africa is a continent rich in resources

ASIDEKA is building an interactive, user-friendly database of Africa businesses that combines business intelligence, trade policy insights, and due diligence tools—all in one place.

We aim is to help you make informed decisions, reduce risks, and seize opportunities. With Asideka, you get the resources to understand market trends, connect with trusted partners, and navigate trade regulations specific to each African country.

Core Features

Business Database

At Asideka, we’re building one of the most comprehensive and reliable databases of African businesses. Currently, our database includes over 98,000 businesses from across the continent, spanning key industries and sectors that are crucial for intra-Africa trade.

For our Minimum Viable Product (MVP) release, we will provide access to 5,000 businesses carefully selected from key economies and sectors. Our goal is to make it easier for businesses, investors, and stakeholders to connect with trusted partners and seize opportunities in African markets.

As our platform grows, we will regularly update and expand this database, as we optimise our methodologies, APIs, and preliminary verification processes.

Business Intelligence

ASIDEKA provides real-time, data-driven insights on the trade and interest in goods and services across sectors, countries, and regional trade blocs. Our platform equips African businesses with reliable information to identify opportunities, understand market trends, and make strategic decisions to stay competitive.

We achieve this by leveraging advanced analytics, machine learning, and verified data from our platform. With customizable dashboards and actionable reports, ASIDEKA ensures businesses have the tools they need to thrive in Africa’s dynamic business environment.

Trade Policy Information

We understand that navigating trade regulations across African countries can be complex. Our platform simplifies this by providing easy-to-understand trade policies, tariffs, and compliance requirements between different African countries, tailored to the products or services you’re interested in.

Asideka is leveraging a comprehensive, continuously updated database sourced from trusted government and trade organizations. Using smart algorithms, we match policies to your needs, providing actionable insights and tools to explore tariff impacts, compliance checklists, and more.

Due Diligence Tools

Cross-border trade comes with inherent risks, and ASIDEKA helps mitigate these by offering due diligence tools for verification and risk assessment. Our platform ensures you can make secure, informed decisions about potential partners and transactions, giving you the confidence to expand your business safely.

We achieve this by integrating trusted data sources and partnering with trusted due diligence providers. Through our intuitive tools, you can access partner profiles, compliance checks, and risk ratings tailored to your needs, helping you minimize uncertainty and focus on growth opportunities.

Meet the Founder

Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi

Founder

Basil brings 14 years’ experience working on technology development across Australia, China, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, the DRC, Djibouti, South Africa, Namibia, and Cameroon.

Basil is currently the Managing Director at Tersus Innovations, a boutique consulting firm providing innovation design, diagnostics and business development solutions to tech companies across Africa. He is also a co-founder at Qknow leading Innovation and Strategy.

Basil has a PhD in Sustainability Transitions (with a focus on Innovation Studies) from the University of Western Australia. He’s held Project Developer and ESG Lead roles at Fortescue and has pioneered research on green hydrogen technologies in China.

For General Inquiries

We’d love to hear from you! Whether you’re a business, an investor, or a partner interested in learning more about Asideka, please reach out.