# African Company Registry Search: Nigeria, Ghana + 16 More (`mansalabs/african-company-lookup`) Actor

Search official company registries in 18 African countries at once: Nigeria (CAC), Ghana, Tanzania (BRELA), Senegal, Uganda, Zambia, Mauritius and more. Registration number, status, type, incorporation date, address, activity and officers where published. For KYB and AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mansalabs/african-company-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Mansa Labs](https://apify.com/mansalabs) (community)
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $20.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## African Company Registry Search: 18 Countries

Search **official company registries across 18 African countries** in one call and get clean,
structured records: registration number, legal name, status, entity type, incorporation date,
registered address, business activity, tax ID and officers, where the registry publishes them.

**Countries:** Nigeria (CAC), Ghana, Tanzania (BRELA), Senegal (RCCM), Uganda (URSB), Zambia (PACRA),
Malawi, Namibia, Angola, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Burkina Faso, and the OHADA registries of
Togo, Niger, Gabon, Chad and the Republic of Congo.

### What can you use it for?

- **KYB and due diligence**: confirm an African company is registered, and whether it is active,
  before you sign, pay or onboard it.
- **Supplier and counterparty checks**: verify partners across several countries with one input list.
- **Pan-African groups**: search "ecobank" or "vodacom" across all 18 countries and see every
  registered entity of the group.
- **Lead enrichment**: add registration numbers, status and addresses to prospect lists.
- **AI agents**: call it from your agent through Apify's MCP server to verify entities on the fly.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `mode` | `search` (by name) or `lookup` (exact registration numbers) |
| `queries` | Company names, one search each |
| `country` | One country code, or `ANY` for all 18 |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | 1 to 100 |
| `includeDetails` | Adds officers, address and activity for every match |
| `companies` | Lookup mode: `COUNTRY:REGISTRATION_NO`, e.g. `NG:208767` |

### Output example

```json
{
  "legal_name": "DANGOTE CEMENT PLC",
  "registration_no": "208767",
  "country": "NG",
  "country_name": "Nigeria",
  "status": "active",
  "entity_type": "Public Limited Company (PLC)",
  "incorporation_date": "1992-11-04",
  "registered_address": "1 ALFRED REWANE ROAD, IKOYI, LAGOS",
  "activity": "Manufacture of other non-metallic material products",
  "registry": "CAC (Corporate Affairs Commission)",
  "confidence_score": 0.9,
  "fylings_url": "https://fylings.com/company/ng/208767/dangote-cement-plc",
  "search_query": "dangote",
  "match_type": "prefix"
}
```

Fields differ by country, because each registry publishes different data. Some registries publish
names and numbers only; others add status, dates, addresses and officers. Every record says which
registry it came from and how confident the match is (`match_type`, `match_score`, `confidence_score`).

### Pricing

Pay per company returned. Searches with no match cost nothing beyond the run start, and are listed
in the `FAILURES` record of the run's key-value store.

### Need more?

For full company profiles, ownership and beneficial-owner data, monitoring and bulk access, see
[Fylings](https://fylings.com), the African company intelligence platform behind this actor.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Search by company name, or look up exact companies by registration number.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One search per entry, e.g. "dangote", "vodacom", "ecobank". Used in Search mode.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Limit the search to one country, or search all of them.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

1 to 100. You only pay for companies returned.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the full record for every match, including officers and directors where the registry publishes them. Slower.

## `companies` (type: `array`):

COUNTRY:REGISTRATION_NO, one per line, e.g. NG:208767 or TZ:38501.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "queries": [
    "dangote"
  ],
  "country": "ANY",
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 25,
  "includeDetails": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `failures` (type: `string`):

No description

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "dangote"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mansalabs/african-company-lookup").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": ["dangote"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mansalabs/african-company-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "dangote"
  ]
}' |
apify call mansalabs/african-company-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mansalabs/african-company-lookup"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/5lcrxXypojt05OCrr/builds/b5kJM7KdgBnjIWh8B/openapi.json