About Us
Intelligence Africa can act on.
Policyport was built by a team that experienced firsthand how regulatory surprises derail strategy — and decided to fix the information gap for good.
Our Story
Built for the teams left in the dark.
In 2021, our founders were on opposite sides of a regulatory review that cost a fintech months of runway — not because the change was unforeseeable, but because there was no reliable way to track it early. The bill had been in committee for six weeks. Nobody had flagged it.
That experience crystallised a problem they had each seen dozens of times: Africa's legal and compliance teams were relying on WhatsApp groups, informal networks, and newspaper headlines to track policy. The intelligence existed — it was just scattered, delayed, and inaccessible to anyone who didn't already have the right contacts.
Policyport was founded to fix that. We built the monitoring infrastructure that aggregates parliamentary records, regulatory gazettes, and ministry publications across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana — then added the human analyst layer that turns raw data into actionable intelligence.
Today, compliance teams, legal counsel, and strategy leads at financial services firms, energy companies, and consulting practices across Africa use Policyport to get weeks of lead time — not days — before policy becomes law.
2021
Founded
4
Markets covered
500+
Regulations indexed
Team
People who know the terrain.
Amara Okafor
Co-founder & CEO
Former policy advisor at the African Development Bank. 12 years mapping regulatory risk across West Africa.
David Kimani
Co-founder & CTO
Built data infrastructure for three of East Africa's largest fintechs. Passionate about making intelligence accessible.
Fatima Al-Hassan
Head of Research
Former CBN analyst and legislative researcher. Leads Policyport's network of in-country regulatory experts.
Sipho Ndlovu
Head of Markets — Southern Africa
A decade tracking FSCA, SARB, and parliamentary developments. Joined from a Big 4 regulatory advisory team.
Contact
Get in touch.
Whether you want a demo, have a press inquiry, or are interested in joining the team — we'd love to hear from you.