About
Verifra
Verifra is the trust layer for trade with Africa: verification, physical inspection, escrow-protected deals, sourcing and six-leg logistics on the corridors between China, the UK, Europe, North America and West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana first).
How we operate
We never hold client funds
Escrow accounts are operated by licensed partners; payouts run through regulated payment providers. Verifra's own service fees are collected separately. All amounts are in ordinary currencies: GBP, USD, EUR, NGN, GHS and RMB.
Evidence over assertion
No verified badge, seal or report claim exists in our system without the evidence behind it: geotagged, timestamped and hashed at the moment of capture, with a public QR seal on every report.
Facts, not outcomes
Our reports attest observed facts against the client's own specification under declared standards. We tell you what our agents saw and measured, with the proof attached.
Where we stand
Where we stand
Verifra is headquartered in the United Kingdom and operates on the ground across Nigeria, Ghana and China: our own agents in Lagos, Onitsha, Aba, Kano, Accra and Kumasi, partner inspectors in Guangzhou and Yiwu, and UK-based accountability for every report we issue.
Why this, why now
China–Africa trade hit $348bn in 2025 while intra-African trade sits near 15%. The missing layer is trust.
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China–Africa trade reached $348 billion in 2025, growing 17.7% year on year, with Chinese exports to Africa at $225 billion. Nigeria is China's largest African customer. China now applies zero tariffs to imports from almost all African countries, opening a serious third demand side for African exporters beyond the UK and EU.
Meanwhile intra-African trade sits near 15% of the continent's total, against 54–70% in Europe, Asia and North America. The missing ingredient on all of these lanes is the same: a way for two parties who have never met to transact without one of them carrying all the risk.
Figures from public trade statistics, 2025.
The stack behind the protocol
Licensed escrow, regulated payments, established KYC and inspection rails, selected per integration slot.
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Verifra is built on established, regulated infrastructure, selected per integration slot: Escrow.com for deal escrow; Fincra for Nigeria and Ghana collections and payouts; Conduit for China settlement; Stripe and Paystack for our own service fees; Smile ID and Sumsub for identity verification; QIMA-network inspection capacity in China alongside Verifra's own agents in Nigeria and Ghana; OnePort 365 for logistics; CarVertical for vehicle histories; and WhatsApp Business for deal notifications. Supabase and Vercel run the platform.
Naming a provider describes our integration stack, not an endorsement by that provider.
What you will never find here
No invented client counts, no fabricated testimonials, no placeholder profiles, no badge without evidence behind it. Where something on this site is not yet live, like the supplier directory, we say so plainly.
Expansion roadmap
Where Verifra goes next
Verifra launches in Nigeria and Ghana. Kenya, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire and Tanzania are planned markets. Each opens only when our entry criteria are met: a licensed escrow or payment partner operating in-market, identity-verification coverage, completed legal review, and a seeded, vetted agent network.
Planned means planned: no Verifra service is offered in these markets today.