Making the invisible, bankable
We're turning an informal home into generational opportunity, starting at street level and scaling globally.
We create digital home records from local community knowledge, secure them through technology, and recognise them through partnerships with banks, credit bureaus, and insurers.
Our vision
A world where every home has a voice
To unlock economic dignity by creating a trusted, community-led property rights system at scale.
This means not only recognising people where they live, but enabling them to access the value of their homes as collateral, proof of address, and a platform for trade and investment.
Our mission
To unlock dignity and economic opportunity by digitally recognising Person, Place, and Property,
enabling access to credit, insurance, and municipal services for households outside the formal property system.
We do this in 5 ways
Recognition
We believe every person has the right to secure, provable ownership of their home.
Value unlock
We turn informal homes into bankable, tradable, and insurable assets.
Bridging the gap
We connect informal households with banks, insurers, municipalities, and other service providers.
Community upliftment
We equip local agents and residents to verify, protect, and benefit from their own homes.
Sustainable impact
We make sure everything we do is socially just, economically viable, environmentally responsible, and digitally inclusive.
Directors
Our directors bring deep experience across banking and credit, property development, public service, and pan-African markets.
Jaco Carstens
Co-Founder & CEO
Financial executive with 2 decades in inclusive consumer and business credit. Leads strategy execution and institutional relationships.
Charles Robertson
Co-Founder & Non-Executive
Entrepreneur and property developer. Shapes vision, product direction, and community-grounded design.
Dr Ruben Richards
Chairman
Seasoned public servant and community leader. Anchors governance, stakeholder trust, and community legitimacy.
Ian Abrahams
Non-Executive
Banking, risk, credit, and operations experience across South Africa and Nigeria. Strengthens governance and pan-African execution.
Marcus Courage
Non-Executive
Pan-African market builder who mobilises capital and builds conditions for inclusive growth. Brings systems-level insight into policy, markets, and risk.
Company background
Founded on real-world need
Born from decades in banking, credit, property, and digital identity, DigiDeeds tackles the global challenge of unrecorded homes.
Built on proven innovation
Patent-pending, AI- and GIS-enabled platform that verifies ownership through local endorsement and secure data architecture.
Driven by impact
Aims to unlock over R300 billion in 'dead capital' in South Africa alone, turning informal homes into recognised, bankable assets.
Team
The people who build and run DigiDeeds day to day, working alongside our board with hands-on experience across community, technology, growth, finance, and brand.
Christopher MacRobert
Finance
CFO with 10 years' SaaS experience, managing company finances.
Deon Erasmus
Security
CIO with 15 years building fintech software and services in developing markets.
Dr Margarita Dimova
Growth
Advisor with 15 years' experience in emerging markets.
Abri Albertyn
Community
Leader with 7+ years building recycling and circular-economy projects in townships.
Ivan Kleintjies
Influence
Enabler with 20+ years' experience across corporates, groups, and NGOs.
Russell Petrie
Brand
Brand architect with 16 years' experience at Capitec Bank, building trust-led brand systems.
Heinrich de Lange
Engineering
CTO with 15 years' experience across diverse sectors, CEO of Octoco.
Herman Lintvelt
Database
Data scientist with 25+ years' experience shipping software products.
Patrick Schreiber
Product
CPO with 20 years' experience building software across emerging markets, CEO of Polymorph.
Governance and compliance
DigiDeeds follows applicable corporate governance standards and has an advocate's legal opinion confirming that its approach aligns with existing legal frameworks. The platform is designed for use by financial and service partners in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA).
- POPIA
- FICA
Registered details
- Legal name
- DigiDeeds Limited
- Registration number
- 2024/724884/06
- Incorporated
- 14 November 2024 (Republic of South Africa)
- Patent notice
- South African Patent Application No. 2024/07574
- Registered address
- 16 Elektron Avenue, Technopark, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa