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What happens when Nigerian landlords, employers and platforms stop taking documents at face value, three stories from the registry.
A Lekki letting agency cut problem tenancies by two-thirds.
Havenfield Properties manages 340 units across Lekki and Ikoyi. Before VettingMate, referencing meant a phone call to a number the applicant supplied and a guarantor form nobody verified. After moving tenant and guarantor checks onto the registry, NIN/BVN identity, bureau credit, and affordability, the agency reports a decisive shift in tenancy quality, and disputes now start from a documented record instead of hearsay.
“The guarantor check alone changed our business. Half the guarantors applicants offered couldn’t have covered one month’s rent, we just never used to know.”
A Lagos fintech screens 200 hires a year without a compliance team.
A payments company scaling from 80 to 280 staff needed pre-employment screening that satisfied both its board and its regulators, without building an internal vetting unit. Pre-employment bundles (identity, education, employment, references, police clearance) run per role through the API, with hiring managers seeing only finished dossiers.
“Our auditors used to sample files and find gaps. Last cycle they sampled twenty files and stopped asking questions.”
A property platform made verified profiles its paid feature.
A Nigerian proptech marketplace integrated VettingMate’s API so tenants apply with a verified profile instead of uploading documents to every listing. Landlords on the platform pay a premium for verified applicants, and the platform takes a margin on every check.
“Renters with a verified profile get picked first, so everyone wants one. It became our best-performing premium feature in a quarter.”
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