Standards & Methodology
(ACA)
African Compliance Authority (ACA)
ASBL governed by Luxembourg law — RCS Luxembourg F15408
The African Compliance Authority (ACA) is an independent normative authority responsible for defining, adopting and maintaining the official standards applicable to AfrikScore™ ratings and CERTIFIUS™ certifications.
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The standards published on this page constitute the public and binding normative framework governing all analyses, decisions and certificates issued under the authority of the ACA.
AFRIKSCORE™ Risk & Integrity Standard
AFRIKSCORE™ Risk & Integrity Standard (ARIS-2026) — v1.1
Public methodological framework
Adopted by the African Compliance Authority (ACA)
Effective date: 15 January 2026
AfrikScore™ is the official analysis and scoring system developed by the ACA.
Its purpose is to produce a reliability, traceability and risk index for land, documentary, legal and contextual files, in order to structure information, detect inconsistencies, assess risks and support investment, financing, acquisition and certification decisions.
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The ARIS-2026 v1.1 standard is based on four core pillars:
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Documents (existence, coherence and traceability)
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Territory (location, boundaries, surface and physical reality)
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Law (chain of rights and legal compliance)
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Risks (conflicts, instability, institutional and land pressures)
Scores are expressed on a 0 to 100 scale and constitute a comparative reliability index, not a legal validation.
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CERTIFIUS™ — Certification Standard ACA
CERTIFIUS™ Compliance & Certification Standard (CCCS-2026) — v1
Adopted by the African Compliance Authority (ACA) — CERTIFIUS™ Division
Effective date: 15 January 2026
CERTIFIUS™ is the official certification division of the ACA.
It acts as an independent trusted third party responsible for assessing the compliance of land, documentary and identity files according to the standards adopted by the ACA.
Each file is assessed based on four pillars:
Documents, Territory, Law and Risks, integrated into the AfrikScore™ framework.
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Two official indices may be produced:
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AfrikScore™ (0–100): documentary, territorial and factual reliability index
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CERTIFIUS™ Score (0–100): overall compliance index integrating legal validity, technical coherence and institutional risks
The official certification decision is one of the following:
Compliant, Compliant with reservations, or Non-compliant.
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Public Register and Legal Effect
Each CERTIFIUS™ certificate is:
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numbered,
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recorded,
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publicly verifiable,
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and accessible via a QR code.
The CERTIFIUS™ public register constitutes the single source of truth.
A certificate is valid only if it corresponds to an active record in this register.
The versions of the applicable standards are indicated on each certificate and determine its legal and normative validity.
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Governance and Independence
The ARIS-2026 v1.1 and CCCS-2026 v1 standards are:
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developed,
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versioned,
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and maintained
under the exclusive authority of the African Compliance Authority (ACA).
Detailed calculation rules, weightings, algorithms and operational tools belong to the internal CERTIFIUS™ system in order to ensure:
the integrity of scoring, resistance to manipulation and security of decisions.
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Legal Scope
AfrikScore™ ratings and CERTIFIUS™ certificates :
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do not constitute property titles,
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do not replace any public authority,
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but establish a verifiable state of compliance and risk at a given date according to ACA standards.
They are intended for use by:
investors, banks, notaries, authorities, and public and private institutions.
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Les versions détaillées, opérationnelles et confidentielles des standards AfrikScore™ et CERTIFIUS™ sont réservées aux analystes, auditeurs et partenaires accrédités par l’ACA.”