In-country sourcing · Investigation · Risk in MEA
The source layer for due diligence in places where data isn't enough.
Roots Intelligence is an in-country sourcing firm operating across the Middle East and Africa. Verification, asset tracing, complex investigation, and subject-matter expertise supplied to consultancies, law firms, and corporates working in jurisdictions where automated DD reaches its limits.
§ 01 · What we do
Six commercial services. One shared discipline.
Verification
Identity, document, and corporate-existence verification on a named subject in a single jurisdiction. KYC refresh, vendor onboarding, and pre-screening at predictable cost.
Read moreAsset Tracing
Documented mapping of corporate, real-estate, and where lawful, financial assets across one or more jurisdictions, with chain-of-custody on every source.
Read moreComplex Investigation
Investigative-grade DD on sensitive subjects in difficult jurisdictions. Compartmented HUMINT, source-protected reporting, evidentiary discipline.
Read moreSME on Demand
Vetted subject-matter experts on call for short-form questions, pre-investment review, expert witness, or specialist regional advisory across MEA.
Read moreTraining
Bespoke training for in-house DD and compliance teams, regional desks, and investigation units. Practical, jurisdiction-anchored, taught by the operators.
Read moreAI Training Services
Curated, source-attributed datasets and structured evaluation for organisations training AI systems on MEA regulatory, risk, or compliance content.
Read more§ 02 · Coverage
Sourced presence across the Middle East and Africa.
Fifty-two jurisdictions, organised into seven regional desks. Open desks operate for direct engagement; the remainder by referral. Click through to the country catalogue for the full operating posture per jurisdiction.
§ 03 · Coverage at scale
Where the registry ends, the desks begin.
Roots Intelligence maintains active country desks and verified sources across Fifty-Two jurisdictions in MEA. Coverage extends from the GCC and Levant through the Maghreb to East, Southern, West, and Central Africa — including jurisdictions where most automated DD platforms cover thinly or not at all.
§ 04 · Why Roots
Three differences that decide outcomes.
Sources, not aggregated data.
Where automated tools rely on registry data and adverse media feeds, Roots adds a documented HUMINT layer — vetted local sources who validate, contextualise, and surface what isn't filed. The data layer is the floor, not the ceiling.
Confidentiality by structure.
Every source on a Roots engagement sees only the slice of work assigned. Client identity, parallel jurisdictions, and sibling sources are not disclosed. Confidentiality is structural, not promised.
Difficult MEA jurisdictions.
Roots was built for the jurisdictions where due diligence is hardest — Libya, Sudan, Yemen, the conflict-affected Sahel, sanctions-affected economies. Our hardest cases are where most firms decline to engage.
Ready when you are
An engagement starts with a clear scope — not a contact form.
Tell us the jurisdiction, the subject, and the question. Within one working day we revert with scope, fee, and timeline. If the work isn't right for us, we'll say so.