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.
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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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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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15/04/2021
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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.
13/04/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
The number of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has grown significantly over the past 10 years and the total value of assets in SOEs globally is now estimated to be over US $45 trillion.
Find out how ClarifiedBy.com can help you identify SOEs in the Middle East and Africa.
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07/04/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
Finding detailed information on companies in the Middle East & Africa can be hard to source due to minimal disclosure requirements.
Read how we helped one of our clients when they needed information on the ownership structure of a company in Saudi Arabia.
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30/03/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
NEW: State-Owned Enterprises dataset
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new dataset which allows users of ClarifiedBy.com to identify organisations across MEA which are directly or in-directly state-owned and to take an in-depth look at the ownership structure.
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23/03/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
Diligencia’s Patrick Lord considers what the UAE’s new Trust Law, which allows capital and assets to be transferred into onshore trusts, means for wealthy families in the country and its wider significance across the Gulf.
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22/03/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
We've significantly increased our coverage in Benin, the Republic of the Congo and Senegal, bringing the total number of profiles available on ClarifiedBy.com to 7.8 million.
The publication of the data is the final step in our extensive and rigorous curation process which uses advanced technology combined with human insight to clean, standardise and map legal entities to relevant corporate structures and individuals within our database.
17/03/2021
@DiligenciaGroup
We’re delighted to be sponsoring The BIG Compliance Festival for the second year running, the largest online event for compliance and financial crime prevention professionals in 2021.
Register at: https://bigcompfest2021.int-comp.org/