Investor Overview

The visibility layer for African research.

AORCT is a subscription-based research intelligence platform that turns ORCID, outputs, and engagement data into actionable insights for researchers, universities, librarians, funders, and national research bodies — starting in Zimbabwe, scaling across Africa.

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Institutions in scope (Zimbabwe)
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Researchers addressable
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Research outputs to surface
Market Opportunity

A structural need, no dominant African solution.

Higher education institutions increasingly need reliable research visibility, impact tracking, ORCID integration, and open science reporting. Global tools are expensive, unfocused on African ecosystems, and miss the institutional-support workflows librarians need.

Revenue model

Individual, institutional, national, plus consulting, training, data reporting, and ORCID rollout support.

Competitive moat

Africa-first design, ORCID-centred, librarian-friendly, supports promotion, collaboration, and funding readiness.

Expansion path

Zimbabwe → SADC → East Africa → West Africa → continental research visibility network.

Strategic alignment

Maps to open science commitments, national R&D strategies, and funder transparency mandates.

Rollout Plan

Five-phase rollout, anchored in Zimbabwe.

1Now
Concept validation & ORCID demo prototype
2Q1–Q2
Pilot with selected Zimbabwean HE institutions
3Q3–Q4
Institutional dashboard deployment
4Year 2
National aggregator launch
5Year 3+
Regional expansion (SADC → continental)

Let's discuss the pilot, the cap table, and the regional roadmap.