Iranti

Name

Iranti

Legal name

Iranti

Website

https://iranti.org.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

LBQTI Human Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

LGBTQ+ Rights & Advocacy Organizations (BPAGAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK), Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights (BPADAGAH)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• LBQTI rights
• Multimedia storytelling
• Movement building
• Research documentation

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation and Institutional Grants: Iranti receives funding from international foundations and institutional donors including Heinrich Böll Foundation, The Baring Foundation, OSISA, RFSL, COC Nederland, Astraea, The Other Foundation, and Arcus Foundation. These grants fund programmatic work in advocacy, research, documentation, and movement building.
2. Donations: Iranti solicits public donations through its website to support emergency interventions for LGBTQTI community members facing violence or discrimination. The organisation relies almost entirely on donated money for emergency case support as no funding partners currently fund such interventions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Iranti is a Johannesburg-based human rights organisation that advocates for the advancement of the rights of lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex (LBQTI) persons in Africa. It works within a human rights framework by producing multimedia storytelling, evidence-based research and documentation, targeted advocacy at national, regional and international platforms, and movement-building training for activists and community-based organisations.

Product overview

Iranti is a Johannesburg-based human rights organisation (not a technology company) that provides advocacy, research, documentation, and movement-building services for LBQTI persons in Africa. Its core offerings consist of multimedia storytelling, evidence-based research, advocacy campaigns, and training programmes. Key documented products include documentary films (B*TCH MAKOYA, Decriminalisation in Our Time, ILGA World Conference Documentary), the Trans Health Series video programme, the Safety Dignity and Freedom (SDF) multi-country campaign, and the #NoOneIsOneThing social media initiative. The organisation also maintains the Africa Queer Media Makers Network (AQMMN) and acts as fiscal sponsor for Intersex South Africa (ISSA).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Co-hosted the 2024 ILGA World Conference — the first time the conference returned to Africa in 25 years.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Gender DynamixflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIranti co-hosted the 2024 ILGA World Conference with Gender Dynamix — the first time the conference returned to Africa in 25 years. This is a flagship partnership representing Iranti's deepest collaboration.
• Intersex South Africa (ISSA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIranti acts as fiscal sponsor to Intersex South Africa (ISSA), supporting the organisation as it re-launched and redeveloped after having shut down for several years. Iranti also hosted a National Dialogue on Intersex Rights in conjunction with ISSA.
• Africa Queer Media Makers Network (AQMMN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIranti coordinates the Africa Queer Media Makers Network (AQMMN), an initiative to increase reporting output and awareness of violations against lesbian, transgender and intersex persons across Africa.
• NANHRI (Network of African National Human Rights Institutions)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIranti participated in NANHRI's SOGIE inception workshop centred on Resolution 275 and the lived realities of queer people in Africa, held in Côte d'Ivoire. NANHRI serves as an important platform for advancing LBQTI rights through national human rights institutions across Africa.
• Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEW partnered with Iranti to launch an accountability symposium under the theme 'Building Trust. Ensuring Justice' — bringing together LBQTI advocacy organisations to foster coordinated litigation strategies and sustainability efforts.
• Department of Home Affairs (South Africa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIranti partnered with South Africa's Department of Home Affairs to conduct Road Trips across the country, bringing name change and gender marker change services directly to transgender and intersex community members.
• WPATH (World Professional Association of Transgender Healthcare)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIranti worked with WPATH and the WHO to advocate for the depathologisation of trans and intersex identities, contributing to the 2018 milestone when the WHO removed transgender topics from the mental health section of the ICD.
• LEGABIBO (Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIranti is documenting the story of the decriminalisation case in Botswana led by LEGABIBO, which will be screened as a documentary film. This is part of Iranti's ongoing decriminalisation advocacy.
• Centre for Human Rights (University of Pretoria)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Centre for Human Rights hosted a side event during the 45th ACERWC session where Iranti's Intersex Officer presented evidence on challenges faced by intersex children in Africa, in partnership with the Centre.
• EATHANminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEATHAN collaborated with Iranti and RFSL to organise the RFSL Rainbow Academy on Leadership, training trans-activists from Southern and East Africa.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gender Dynamix: South African transgender rights organisation co-hosting the 2024 ILGA World Conference with Iranti. Directly comparable in mission (LBQTI advocacy), geography (Southern Africa), and constituency, with overlapping programme areas around legal gender recognition and trans healthcare access.
• LEGABIBO (Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana): Botswana-based LGBTQI advocacy organisation that led the decriminalisation court case now being documented by Iranti. Closely comparable in target community, regional scope, and advocacy strategy, with regular direct collaboration.
• Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW): South African LBQTI organisation that partnered with Iranti on the accountability symposium on coordinated litigation and sustainability. Closely comparable in mission, constituency, and national advocacy strategy, with active operational partnership.
• GALCK (Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya): Kenyan LGBTQI coalition providing advocacy, legal aid, and movement-building across East Africa. Directly comparable in target community, advocacy model, and country-level focus, though geographically distinct from Iranti's Southern African core.
• Pan Africa ILGA: Regional LGBTQI network for Africa whose 7th conference was hosted in Johannesburg in 2025 with Iranti participation. Directly comparable in constituency and pan-African scope, with Iranti serving as both convener and member.
• Intersex South Africa (ISSA): South African intersex rights organisation fiscally sponsored by Iranti. Direct peer in target community (intersex persons), advocacy approach, and national scope, with shared leadership across the two organisations.

Others

• Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice: Global philanthropic foundation funding Iranti's work and other LBQTI organisations worldwide. Not a competitor but an ecosystem peer: comparable in serving the same constituency through grant-making rather than direct service delivery.

Regional players

• COC Nederland: Dutch LGBTQI+ organisation that funds Iranti and co-hosts UPR Advocacy Weeks. Comparable in target community and human-rights framework, but operates primarily in the Netherlands with international grant-making as the connection mechanism.
• RFSL (Swedish Federation for LGBTQI Rights): Swedish LGBTQI federation that funds Iranti and co-delivers the Rainbow Academy on Leadership training programme. Comparable in advocacy model and constituency, but operating from a European base with international grant-making rather than grassroots delivery.

Broad incumbents

• OutRight International: Global LGBTQI human rights organisation working across regions including Africa. Comparable in human-rights framework and advocacy goals but operates at global scale with a broader portfolio of programmatic areas than Iranti's media-advocacy specialisation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/IrantiOrg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iranti
• Xx.com/irantiorg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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