Manufacturing plant, South Africa
We want the facts we share to inform decisions and help companies succeed across the region, from young entrepreneurs and SMEs to large corporates.
Delivering clarity
Our purpose is as clear as our data - if you’re doing business in the Middle East, Africa or Iran, you can depend on our clear sourcing and knowledgeable local teams to deliver reliable information.
Talking business, Dubai
The economies of the GCC are among the most buoyant in the world. We exist to enable relationships to be formed and built on clear, reliable information.
Fostering relationships
Relationships are at the heart of our business - the connections within our database that unlock the power of our information, and the trusted partnerships we have with our clients and sources.
Expanding a mine, Africa
From our research across Africa, and in our own experience, we know it takes tenacity to realise a long-held vision; once achieved the benefits can ultimately be enjoyed by all stakeholders.
A story of tenacity
Tenacity to get to the facts you need. No matter how scattered and difficult to retrieve, our teams across the Middle East and Africa work hard to access, curate and deliver the data you need to make timely business decisions.
Our solutions
We provide specialist business intelligence and due diligence services based exclusively on primary sources in the Middle East, Iran and Africa.
FOR YOUR ORGANISATION
Corporates
Third party screening, enhanced due diligence, market entry consulting, business intelligence and investigative research.
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Financial institutions
Customer onboarding, KYC, financial crime compliance, financial intelligence and investigations, trade finance and insurance.
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Government & not-for-profit
Trade organisations, law enforcement, NGOs and campaign groups, media investigations.
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Professional services
Customer onboarding and conflict checks, disputes and litigation support, targeted research and business development.
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Business development & strategy
Data mining, market insight, pre-transactional due diligence, family offices.
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Business intelligence
Official record retrieval, local language research, source enquiries, asset tracing.
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Compliance & financial crime
Identify UBOs, trageted compliance screening, enhanced due diligence, ongoing monitoring.
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Supply chain & procurement
Supplier screening, supplier credit risk, supplier sustainability and ESG assessments, supplier monitoring.
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We are local
From Algeria to Zimbabwe, via Beirut and Dubai, we know our region. We cover the ground in over 100 jurisdictions across 70 countries in the Middle East, Iran and Africa to bring you the facts in a region where company and shareholder information is hard to come by. Authentic data, always from official sources.
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Instant access
Either via API, or through our flagship online platform ClarifiedBy.com, we have built the tools that give you access to millions of organisation and individuals data. Always available, one click away.
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10/05/2021
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The Entity Data Management Handbook 2021 provides a guide to the challenges and opportunities of entity data and entity data management, as well as detailed information on entity data, use cases, entity data management, regulations including entity data, the LEI, and how to improve the quality of your entity data.
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05/05/2021
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The world is awash with data and there’s never been a better time to take advantage of the opportunities that come with it. However, deriving value from data can be difficult.
At ICA’s BIG Compliance Festival last month, Patrick Lord suggested three main areas needed for a robust data strategy.
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04/05/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
Diligencia has sponsored the seventh edition of the Entity Data Management Handbook, published by the A-Team Group, and it is available to download for free now.
The handbook is designed to give you all the information you need to take on the challenges of entity data management and deliver benefits across your business.
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29/04/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
In support of our efforts to bring greater clarity to the economies we serve, Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) are included on ClarifiedBy.com organisation profiles for the entities in our region that have been assigned them so far.
27/04/2021
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Looking at investment opportunities in the Middle East? Need to understand more about family offices in the region?
Our Family Offices dataset is a meticulously verified and growing collection of identified family businesses in MENA. It provides proprietary data and insight on each family office’s commercial activity and is invaluable when conducting business research in the region.
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20/04/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
Engaging with entities that are directly or indirectly government owned comes with a number of risks and opportunities.
In our latest blog, Patrick Lord explains why insight into the government ownership and the decision makers involved within each entity is so important for investors, partners and suppliers.
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15/04/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
We’re looking forward to attending the ICA’s BIG Compliance Festival which starts next week.
Diligencia’s Patrick Lord will be joining a panel of speakers discussing ‘Harnessing the potential of data: A balancing act’ at 11.35am on Thursday 22 April.
Please register if you'd like to attend.
14/04/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
We’re delighted to announce that verified information on organisations and individuals in Pakistan is now available on ClarifiedBy.com, Diligencia’s flagship online platform.
With the addition of Pakistan, ClarifiedBy.com now provides users with access to over 8.2 million profiles across 64 countries within the Middle East and Africa.