The problem we set out to fix
For years, giving in Nigeria has run on cash envelopes, forwarded bank alerts and screenshots that nobody can independently check. A giver rarely learns whether a donation arrived, what it paid for or who authorised the payout, and organizations rebuild the same proof from scratch for every supporter who asks. The cost of that opacity is not abstract: worthy appeals go unfunded because nobody can confirm them, while honest ministries lose support they never knew had quietly stopped. AzarFaith exists to change that. Our mission is to make giving between givers and faith-based organizations open, verified and dignified, so that trust is earned by evidence rather than familiarity. The platform is built in Nigeria, for Nigerian givers, and every feature starts from that reality: Naira amounts, local bank transfers, church treasurers working on Sundays, and campaigns that must survive an honest audit.
How AzarFaith works in three steps
- 1Find a verified organization or campaign. Search by cause, location or category; every listing shows the verified badge, the target and the receiving organization before you commit a naira.
- 2Give in Naira by card or bank transfer. Your donation is recorded against the campaign and you receive a receipt with a reference you can check later, or forward to a treasurer.
- 3Follow the impact. Organizations publish dated, public updates as funds are used, so you can see what your giving paid for without needing a private answer.
What the verified badge means
The verified badge is not a logo we sell. Before an organization can publish a campaign, we review its registration or incorporation documents, confirm the identity of the people who lead it, and check that the bank account receiving donations matches the organization's name. We re-check whenever leadership or account details change, and we suspend campaigns that stop meeting the bar. Verification covers the entity, not the promise of a single appeal — that is what campaign updates are for. If an organization cannot pass the checks, it cannot collect through AzarFaith, however well known it may be.
Traction, team and the principles we hold
Today, ₦35M+ is given weekly through AzarFaith, 480+ verified organizations run campaigns on the platform, and 18,000+ active donors give at least once a month. Those numbers are carried by a small, remote-first team across engineering, verification, operations and support, many of whom have sat on church treasuries or mission boards themselves. The team is deliberately small, and everyone — engineers included — spends time reading support messages from givers, because that is where the platform's real behaviour shows itself. Four principles govern how we work: stewardship before scale, evidence over promises, the giver's money is never our story to tell, and nothing ships if it makes verification weaker. We measure ourselves by receipts issued, payouts settled and questions answered — not by attention.
“We are not trying to make giving fashionable. We are trying to make it accountable — one receipt, one verified organization and one honest update at a time.”