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Afriwise

Est. 2017 HQ Belgium Employees 57 Updated 2026-02-10
What it is

Afriwise is a legal intelligence platform focused on Africa, founded in 2017 (registered 2018) by Steven De Backer (former Freshfields and Webber Wentzel lawyer), headquartered in Belgium. Covers 40+ African jurisdictions across 22 areas of law (competition, employment, ICT, ESG, AML/CFT, etc.). Key products: Afriwise Pulse (regulatory alerts), Laws & Monitoring (legislation database), 360 Legal Regulatory Intelligence, local counsel directory. ~57 employees, 12,500+ LinkedIn followers. Acquired LawExplorer (South African legal tech company) to scale up data capabilities. Cura Software integration for compliance risk management. Africa Legal partnership. Award-winning platform.

Company Info

  • Founded: 2017
  • HQ: Belgium
  • Sector: LEGAL_SERVICES

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Platforms Afriwise integrates with. Depth — where curated — reflects how native the connection is. Uncurated entries render without a depth dot.

  • Droit-Afrique
  • Sentinel
  • Cura Software

Deep — bi-directional API Medium — one-way sync / webhook Shallow — middleware / Zapier-class

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