Building the data intelligence layer for Africa

We're on a mission to unlock the opportunities hidden in fragmented data across the continent, giving African financial institutions the competitive intelligence they need to grow.

Our Story

Baza was born from a simple but powerful question: why are African financial institutions with massive amounts of customer data still making decisions based on gut feel and incomplete information?

The answer revealed a fundamental gap. While Western institutions invested billions in proprietary data infrastructure, African companies were left with off-the-shelf tools never designed for their reality: fragmented systems, multi-currency operations, and limited technical resources.

So we built what didn't exist. An AI-powered intelligence layer designed specifically for African financial services. Not a retrofitted Western tool. A platform built from day one to handle the complexity of African markets and surface the insights that drive real competitive advantage.

2025 Founded
Pre-Seed Building with design partners
Current Markets Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt & expanding
Our Vision

To make world-class data intelligence accessible to every financial institution in Africa

Our Mission

Empower African financial institutions with AI-powered tools that surface hidden opportunities in their data, enabling faster, smarter decisions that drive growth and competitive advantage.

Our Core Values

The principles that guide everything we do

Africa-First

We don't retrofit Western tools. Every feature is designed for African market realities, from multi-currency operations to fragmented data sources.

Innovation

We advance the industry with cutting-edge AI that surfaces insights traditional analysis would never find, giving our customers a true competitive edge.

Partnership

We build with customers, not for them. Real problems drive our roadmap, not feature wish lists or what looks good in demos.

Trust

Financial institutions trust us with their most sensitive data. We earn that trust through enterprise-grade security and complete transparency about how our platform works.

Excellence

We attend to every detail, from data accuracy to design refinement. We hold ourselves to the highest standard in everything we build.

Impact

We believe African financial institutions can compete globally. We're building the infrastructure that makes that possible, one insight at a time.

Built for African Financial Services

Enterprise-grade infrastructure designed for the complexity of African markets

AI Intelligence

Advanced machine learning trained specifically on African financial data, surfacing patterns and opportunities traditional analysis would never find.

Enterprise Security

Bank-level encryption, SOC 2 compliant, and GDPR ready. Your data is protected by the same standards employed by major financial institutions.

Built to Scale

Cloud-native infrastructure designed to grow with you. From thousands to millions in transaction volume, our platform scales seamlessly.

Multi-Market Ready

Purpose-built for African complexity. Multi-currency operations, cross-border data flows, and local regulatory compliance built in from day one.

Meet Our Team

Building the future of financial intelligence in Africa

EK

Erica Kaze

Co-Founder & CEO

I believe better decisions start with better access to information, especially in markets where resources are limited. My background includes fintech and banking, where I witnessed how cumbersome systems and scattered data hinder productivity.

At PayPal, I oversaw reporting for $130 million in operating expenses and built the Finance Data Mart from the ground up, providing stakeholders with a reliable source of truth. Now, I'm applying that experience to bridge the analytics gap in Africa, mixing strategic insight with user-friendly technology to drive real-time action.

JP

JP Mugizi

Co-Founder & CTO

My career has spanned fintech, logistics, government, and enterprise SaaS, always building data infrastructure that makes messy, complex information usable for people who aren't data engineers.

Working across African markets showed me how deep that problem goes when the infrastructure itself isn't there. Businesses across Africa make critical decisions every day on incomplete, fragmented data, much of which still lives offline. This isn't purely a software problem. It's an infrastructure problem masquerading as one.

That's why we're building Baza: data intelligence for African financial institutions that fits how they actually operate, unifying fragmented and offline data, making it accessible without a technical team, and built for these markets from the start.

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