Comply World(CW) - Your International Risk Management Partner, Leading Compliance in Africa

Comply World(CW) is an international company providing risk management solutions and a leader in compliance across Africa, offering a unique combination of advanced technologies and structured data.

Our global and tailored network is designed to meet the specific requirements of each country in combating money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CTF).

Global Network

's global network stands out due to the professionalism of its international and local partners in each African country, providing relevant and on-the-ground information. These "country partners" act as effective intermediaries, helping to conduct thorough and accurate due diligence, ensuring robust compliance and proactive risk management. They provide "street-level" data, crucial for effective due diligence, especially in Africa where information is often fragmented. This unique model reduces costs while improving the reliability of information, an unparalleled advantage among current compliance providers.

We have cultivated strong partnerships across Africa and within European countries, and to grow more across other continents

Adapted Compliance

strictly adheres to FATF standards and adapts these standards to the specific laws of each country. For example, the management of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), while regulated by FATF, requires adaptation to national rules, which can vary significantly. Similarly, the verification of sanction lists is aligned with local requirements, such as the use of specific lists like those of the United Nations (UN) in Morocco or multiple lists in France (OFAC, UN & EU), ensuring complete and locally adapted compliance.
Unlike many competitors who often limit themselves to following only FATF recommendations, CW ensures precise adaptation to national contexts. This approach ensures that CW users, such as compliance officers, fully comply with local legal requirements, offering a complete and accurate compliance solution.

Unmatched Personalization and Flexibility

Comply World strictly adheres to FATF standards and adapts these standards to the specific laws of each country. For example, the management of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), although regulated by FATF, requires adaptation to national rules, which can vary significantly. Similarly, sanctions list verification is aligned with local requirements, such as the use of specific lists like those from the United Nations (UN) in Morocco or multiple lists in France (OFAC, UN & EU), ensuring complete compliance and adaptation to local regulations. Unlike many competitors who often limit themselves to following only FATF recommendations, CW ensures precise adaptation to national contexts.
AML/CFT measures must be accurate and tailored to each client's specific needs. Instead of imposing standardized solutions that are often inappropriate, CW adopts a personalized approach. We tailor our solutions based on each client's specific needs, considering local laws, their industry sector, and particular AML requirements. Our tools are designed to provide unmatched accuracy in KYC, KYB, and KYS, and to avoid high fines and penalties imposed on entities failing to meet crucial criteria such as PEP or sanctions list verification. CW thus ensures optimal compliance and enhanced protection against financial risks.


Ambitions and Developments

Our goal is to become the indispensable partner for global compliance. By establishing our holding in Geneva, we have launched direct subsidiaries in several countries. This rapid expansion reflects our commitment to offering robust and localized compliance solutions.


Services and Solutions

distinguishes itself by its ability to provide comprehensive compliance services, including:

Sanction and PEP Screening Tools: Ensuring entities and individuals comply with international regulations.

Advanced Investigation Technologies: Allowing thorough and efficient research.

Country Information Platforms: Covering all 54 African nations, these platforms offer a detailed understanding of local actors and their influences.

Our platforms are enriched with precise and structured data, including profiles, biographies, functions, and specific contact details, essential for understanding local contexts.

Core Activities

Compliance: Dedicated to AML/CTF, ensuring complete compliance with FATF and local regulations.

Data : Integration via APIs, allowing connection to databases and numerous lists.

Enhanced Due Diligence: Specialized reports for rapid and thorough analysis, particularly on African countries.

Training: Representing the ACAMS group in Africa for compliance officer certification, with both in-person and remote training.

Our platforms are enriched with precise and structured data, including profiles, biographies, functions, and specific contact details, essential for understanding local contexts.

Target Clients

ComplyWorld CW caters to four main categories of clients:


Entities Subject to AML/CTF Laws: Banks, insurance companies, lawyers, notaries, accountants, etc.

Large Companies and Holdings: Compliance obligations for boards of directors, partners, suppliers, or during mergers and acquisitions.

State Markets: Presidencies, administrations, official agencies, cells, public institutions.

Specific Sectors: Technological solutions for sector-specific information, allowing risk anticipation (Extractive Industries, Pharma, etc.).

Differentiation Comply World

What sets CW apart is our unique expertise in structured data specific to Africa. We understand the tribal, ethnic, and local dynamics essential to economic activity. For instance, in many African countries, tribal and ethnic councils occupy high governance roles, as well as regional or provincial roles, playing crucial roles in local management and conflict resolution within their communities. In North Africa, local administrative and mediation functions are often represented by local agents or neighborhood chiefs, frequently influencing economic decisions and playing key roles. We also recognize the importance of influential communities that play an active role on the African continent, including as a diaspora.

You will benefit from unparalleled expertise in compliance and structured data with CW, opening up new economic and security perspectives. Engage with us to transform challenges into opportunities. Together, we can establish strategic partnerships for a more transparent and secure world, where the future of compliance begins. The provision of information is not only crucial for compliance, but it also serves to discover business opportunities, establish connections, and gain in-depth knowledge. This is particularly important before a trip to Africa, where every move can be costly; it is essential to know to whom you can offer your services.

KYB & A Knowledge graph

Look up African companies from large to small across all 54 countries. Get access to Directors and Ultimate Beneficial Owners and see the connections they have across multiple businesses and links to individuals. Giving you the tools to spot and red flags s via in a simple to view spider graph that can drill down into multiple tiers of relationships and links.

Knowledge is key to make a risk based approach

The Indispensable Role of CW in Combating Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) in Africa: Crucial Support for Donor States

Transparency and Rigorous Compliance: CW offers unparalleled transparency through its strict adherence to both local and international laws. By complying not only with the 40 FATF recommendations but also with the specific laws of each country, CW ensures that international financing flows are used appropriately and do not fall into the hands of malicious entities. This rigor is essential for donor states that require assurances on the use of allocated funds.

Monitoring and Risk Detection: Thanks to its advanced analytical tools and access to detailed information on companies and individuals, CW can detect money laundering and corruption risks. Analytical patterns enable the visualization of connections and indirect risks, which is crucial for identifying and preventing illicit activities that could compromise projects funded by international donations.

Reliable Information for Strategic Decisions: The commercial information, profiles and biographies, as well as media and judicial source research provided by CW, enable donor states to make informed decisions. By having a complete and accurate view of the backgrounds and activities of local partners, donors can avoid risky transactions and ensure that their funds truly support development initiatives.

Cost Reduction and Improved Efficiency CW's unique model, which integrates "on-the-ground" data and local information often otherwise inaccessible, reduces information collection costs and enhances due diligence efficiency. This allows donor states to maximize the impact of their investments in Africa while minimizing financial risks.

Uniqueness and Advantages of CW

What makes CW unique is its comprehensive and detailed coverage of the 54 African countries. Unlike other companies, CW has structured the data to make it extremely useful for compliance, encompassing cultural and socio-economic aspects specific to each region. For example, CW integrates detailed information on the influence of ethnic groups and the role of certain administrative and local mediation functions, as well as the impact of influential communities in Africa.

This local expertise, combined with cutting-edge technology, enables CW to provide unparalleled risk management and compliance solutions. CW combines risk management expertise, advanced technology, and access to vast databases to help its clients make informed decisions and proactively manage risks.

ComplyWorld's "Advance Research Intelligence" (ARI) Project

Overview: CW uses advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to transform client (KYC), business (KYB), and supplier (KYS) knowledge operations through multilingual natural language processing.

Data Collection and Harmonization: ARI connects and harmonizes all relevant sources, whether structured or unstructured, including proprietary databases, web media, national registers, and internal lists. This approach ensures that all due diligence requirements are covered, with the possibility of adding specific sources upon request.

Multilingual Processing and Cultural Sensitivity: Automated multilingual processing allows reading and extracting information with human-like accuracy. CW's "sensitive" approach, particularly for the selection of watch lists, has been recognized as unique.

Monitoring and Alert Options: ARI offers monitoring options to generate alerts only when new, relevant, and important information is found, enabling proactive risk management.

Source Harmonization and Efficiency: By combining all sources defined by the client, ARI provides an accurate and holistic view of client risk. The tool harmonizes public, professional, and private data, improving efficiency and corroboration of results.

Identity Matching: ARI handles name variants and uses multi-attribute scoring to ensure accurate matching, minimizing the risks of false identification.

ARI Assistant Features: ARI functions as a research assistant, offering detailed and summarized responses to complex questions and allowing follow-up interactions for deeper research. With ARI, CW revolutionizes compliance and risk management, offering innovative solutions tailored to local and international requirements.