Dataphyte Foundation

What Dataphyte Foundation does

Dataphyte Foundation is a Nigerian-headquartered research and data analytics company that repositioned itself in 2019 as a social impact organisation providing data access, insight, and hyperlocal research for businesses, governments, and development organisations across Africa. Its core product is a vertically integrated platform-plus-services stack: Goloka provides AI-powered research design and spatially-enriched data collection via a network of thousands of field agents; Dataplex is a marketplace for free and premium socioeconomic datasets in machine-readable formats; Anfani offers beneficial ownership data for accountability work; Nubia is an AI-powered news agency; and supporting products include an Election Platform, Climate Data Centre, Dataphyte Academy (training), and a Data Journalism Platform. The technology layer combines human agency (field agents, researchers, data journalists) with AI tooling across generative AI, knowledge retrieval, process automation, and predictive analytics modalities, with geospatial and location intelligence software used for mapping and policy-grade reporting.

The company operates a multi-channel go-to-market that pairs product-led self-serve distribution (dataphyte.com, goloka.io, dataplex.dataphyte.com, datadive.substack.com) with enterprise field sales targeting Nigerian state governments and large development organisations. Monetisation is diversified across five streams: premium subscriptions (Substack), paid dataset access (Dataplex), training services (Dataphyte Academy), custom research and analytics contracts, and design/visualisation services. Pricing is freemium at the consumer end and quote-based for enterprise/GovTech engagements, with multi-year contracts disclosed for custom research. Headcount stands at 33 employees across headquarters in Gwarimpa, Abuja, and a regional office in Colchester, England; named customers include Ekiti, Plateau, and Gombe State Governments, alongside Nigerian private sector buyers and international development organisations.

Name

Dataphyte Foundation

Legal name

Dataphyte Foundation

Website

https://dataphyte.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dataphyte Foundation is a Nigerian research and data analytics firm operating a multi-product platform — Goloka, Dataplex, Anfani, Nubia, and an Election Platform — to deliver AI-assisted socioeconomic data, training, and custom research to governments, businesses, and development organisations across Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Analytics and Research Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Sharing, Data Exchange & Data Marketplace Platforms (HDAEABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Platform (Unified Data & Analytics) Suites (HDAEABAD), Data Science & Analytics (Data Literacy, SQL, Visualization) (EDAMACAF), Data Strategy & Governance Services (BPAEAHAA)

Keywords

• Data analytics services
• Socioeconomic research
• Data journalism training
• Open government data
• Policy advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gwarimpa, Abuja

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscriptions: Premium subscription offerings providing exclusive features, in-depth reports, and advanced data access. Revenue generated through recurring subscription fees for datadive.substack.com and premium dataset access
2. Dataset Sales: Both free and paid datasets across categories including Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Extractive, Finance, Health. Premium datasets are well-curated and ready for analysis with location intelligence documentation
3. Training Services: Dataphyte Academy offers physical and virtual classes in data science and data journalism, generating revenue through course fees for individuals and organisations
4. Custom Research and Analytics: Bespoke data collection, surveys, focus groups, and project monitoring services for businesses and development organisations requiring primary data collection and analysis
5. Design and Visualization Services: Data and report design services helping organisations present data in visually compelling ways using state-of-the-art design tools

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dataphyte Foundation is a research and data analytics company that builds AI-powered data platforms and delivers data services for public and private sector organisations. Its core offerings include Goloka (AI-powered research design and verification), Dataplex (socioeconomic data marketplace), Anfani (beneficial ownership data), Nubia (AI-powered news agency), an Election Platform, and a Climate Data Centre. The company also provides custom data collection via thousands of field agents, Dataphyte Academy training, data journalism, and premium socio-economic reports.

Product overview

Dataphyte Foundation is a research and data analytics company offering a platform-plus-products architecture. The core offerings include Goloka (AI-powered research design and verification), Dataplex (socioeconomic data marketplace), Anfani (beneficial ownership data), Nubia (AI data platform), Election Platform, and Climate Data Centre. Supporting services include Dataphyte Academy (training), Data Journalism Platform (storytelling), and Socio-Economic Reports (policy analysis). The ecosystem provides end-to-end capabilities from data access and insight generation to research and digital rights, with an AI-powered News agency component.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Goloka: AI-powered research design and verification solution providing real-time, highly-localised and spatially-enriched insights for organisations crowdsourcing data globally.
• Anfani
• Dataplex
• Nubia
• Election Platform
• Dataphyte Academy

Products and services

• Goloka AI-powered research design and verification solution providing real-time, highly-localised and spatially-enriched insights for organisations crowdsourcing data globally. Combines human agency with technology for primary and secondary data collection.
• Dataplex Socioeconomic data platform offering free and paid datasets covering Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health and other categories in clean, machine-readable formats with location intelligence documentation.
• Anfani Beneficial ownership data platform providing access to public data for policy advocacy and accountability in ready-to-use formats.
• Nubia AI-powered news agency platform generating text content for data-driven journalism.
• Election Platform Data platform providing election-related data, monitoring and analysis.
• Climate Data Centre Climate change data centre providing research, data access, and geospatial mapping for policy actions and improved practices.
• Dataphyte Academy Training platform offering physical and virtual classes in data science and data journalism, empowering individuals in data analysis, AI in media, and analytics skills. Tailored for individuals and organisations.
• Socio-Economic Reports (Datadive) Premium subscription reports offering policy analysis and advisory on socio-economic trends covering agriculture, energy, environment, finance, fiscal policy, gender, health, security, and transportation for decision makers in the Nigerian public, private and development sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Access to free and premium datasets across Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Extractive, Finance, Health categories
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ekiti State GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive partnership with Ekiti State Government to drive open government initiatives, including development of open data platforms and data strategy advisory services
• Plateau State GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive partnership with Plateau State Government for open government initiatives, data platform development and data strategy training to government agencies
• Gombe State GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive partnership with Gombe State Government to drive open government initiatives through open data platforms and data policy advisory

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Premise Data: AI-powered crowdsourced data platform that uses a global network of contributors to provide real-time, localised insights on markets and socioeconomic conditions. Direct peer given the parallel crowdsourced-data-plus-AI architecture aimed at organisations needing hyperlocal intelligence.
• Code for Africa: Pan-African civic-tech organisation operating data journalism initiatives, open data platforms, and field-research networks across multiple African countries. Direct peer because it shares Dataphyte's combination of data-journalism content, open data tools, and African focus, often competing for the same development-sector funding.
• Africa's Voices Foundation: Research organisation using digital media and AI to gather citizen feedback and produce socioeconomic and governance insights across African countries. Comparable due to shared focus on combining human-input primary data with AI-driven analysis for development-sector and government clients.
• GeoPoll: Mobile-based survey and data analytics provider operating across Africa and emerging markets, combining technology with field-agent-style data collection for development organisations and enterprises. Direct peer due to overlapping customer base (development organisations, governments, private sector) and similar crowdsourced primary data model.
• Development Gateway: International non-profit that builds data platforms and visualisation tools for development programmes, governments, and donors globally. Peer because it competes for similar GovTech and open-data platform engagements with development organisations and African governments.

Broad incumbents

• Statista: Global data and statistics marketplace providing curated, machine-readable datasets across sectors for researchers, journalists, and enterprises. Broad incumbent peer given the parallel data-marketplace business model and premium dataset monetisation, though Statista operates globally and across all themes rather than Africa-specific.
• Palantir Technologies: Large enterprise data analytics platform serving government and commercial customers with integrated data, AI, and decision-support tooling. Broad incumbent given the analogous data-platform-plus-AI stack serving government clients, though Palantir operates at enterprise scale and across geographies rather than African-specific socioeconomic data.

Others

• Code for All / Civic Tech Field Foundation: Network of civic-tech organisations supporting data-driven governance and accountability initiatives globally, including African members. Relevant as an enabling ecosystem that funds and shapes the African open-data and GovTech market in which Dataphyte operates.

Regional players

• Stears (Stears Business, Stears Data): Nigerian business and data intelligence company providing socioeconomic research, market data, and policy analysis to public and private sector clients in Nigeria and West Africa. Regional peer because it directly competes for Nigerian socioeconomic research and policy-analytics customers in the same vertical segments.

Emerging players

• AidData: Research lab producing development-finance and socioeconomic datasets for researchers and policy analysts. Comparable due to overlap in machine-readable socioeconomic datasets targeting policy researchers and development-sector customers, though focused more on aid-financing data than field-survey data.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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