Houseafrica

HouseAfrica is a blockchain-based real estate platform for African real estate companies, developers, agents, and buyers who need faster, more trusted land verification and property transactions.

Key capabilities focus on digitising land data and reducing fraud in property investment and sales:

• Sytemap digitises estate layouts using satellite imagery and blockchain to help users verify land locations, status, and distances.
• Land registry aggregation records unique land titles and proofs of ownership as NFTs, helping reduce duplicate titles and disputed ownership.
• Instant transaction authentication supports due diligence for buyers, lawyers, mortgage banks, and agents by providing verifiable property records.
• Fractional property ownership enables investors to buy shares in properties recorded on-chain for potential returns.

Available on Web.

Target audience: B2B2C, serving African real estate firms and developers while also supporting individual buyers and property investors.

Notable in the African market context, the platform was founded in 2019, raised $400,000 from investors including Future Africa, SSE Angel Network, ARM Labs, CV VC, and Startupbootcamp Afritech, and partnered with the Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC) in 2020. It reports usage by (including , , and ) and focuses primarily on , with plans to expand to .