One Security. Every Document. Every Organisation.
PDSecure enables governments, regulators and institutions to issue documents that can be independently verified in seconds—without replacing existing systems or disrupting established workflows.
The Cost of Unverifiable Documents
Governments and institutions issue millions of certificates, licences, permits and official records every year. As document fraud increases and verification demands grow, ensuring those documents can be trusted has become a strategic priority across Africa.
10,000+
Fake Certificates Identified
Kenya’s National Qualifications Authority identified more than 10,000 suspected fake certificates during a public-sector verification exercise. The findings highlighted the growing challenge of ensuring trust in official qualifications and credentials.
27%
Verification Attempts Rejected
East Africa recorded the highest document verification rejection rate on the continent in 2024. Verification failures continue to increase operational costs and delay critical services across both public and private sectors.
Nationwide
Verification Initiatives Expanding
Governments across Africa are strengthening credential verification programmes. Nigeria’s nationwide academic credential verification initiative reflects a growing demand for trusted, independently verifiable documents.
Sources: Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA), Smile ID Africa Fraud Report 2024, Federal Government of Nigeria.
Why Existing Verification Systems Fall Short
Many organisations have invested in document verification tools. The challenge is that these solutions often operate independently, creating fragmented processes, inconsistent standards and growing administrative burdens.
Siloed Systems
Fragmented Trust: Different departments often use different verification methods. The result is inconsistent processes and varying levels of trust across the same organisation.
Platform Dependency
Verification Stops When Systems Fail: Many QR code solutions rely on a specific database or website making them a single points of failure and amplifying disruption to sub processes.
Rising Verification Costs
Rising Verification Costs: When documents cannot be independently verified, organisations rely on emails, phone calls and manual checks, increasing costs and slowing service delivery.
No Common Standard
Inconsistent Citizen Experience: Citizens, employers and partner organisations often face different verification processes for similar documents, creating confusion and reducing trust.
A Better Approach
PDSecure provides a common verification standard that works across existing systems. Organisations can continue using their current applications while ensuring every certificate, licence, permit and official record can be trusted and independently verified.
How PDSecure Works
From setup to trusted verification in four simple steps.
01
Configure
Define your document types, verification requirements and security standards. PDSecure is configured to work alongside your existing systems and processes.
02
Issue
Generate certificates, licences, permits and official records using your existing workflows. Each document is secured with a unique encrypted verification code.
03
Verify
Documents can be verified in seconds using the PDS Verify mobile app. Verification works online or offline, providing instant confidence that the document is genuine.
04
Control
Maintain visibility of issued documents, manage document lifecycles and apply updates when required—all from a single platform.
PDSecure works alongside existing systems, enabling organisations to issue documents that can be trusted and independently verified without disrupting existing processes.
Why Institutions Choose PDSecure
Most document security solutions add another system to manage. PDSecure creates a common verification standard across the systems you already have.
Unified Verification
Many organisations operate multiple document systems across departments. PDSecure provides a common verification layer that works across them all, reducing fragmentation without replacing existing infrastructure.
Organisation Branded
Deploy PDSecure under your own identity and branding. Citizens interact with your organisation—not a third-party platform.
Data Sovereignty
Documents remain within your own systems. PDSecure does not rely on a central document repository, reducing exposure to large-scale database breaches.
Instant Verification
Documents can be verified in seconds using the PDS Verify mobile app. Verification works online or offline, making it suitable for nationwide deployment, including low-connectivity environments.
Track, Trace and Update
Maintain visibility of issued documents, apply updates when required and manage document lifecycles from a single platform.
Rapid Deployment
PDSecure integrates with existing processes and infrastructure, allowing organisations to deploy a trusted verification standard without costly transformation projects.
Revenue Protection & Public Trust
Fraudulent, duplicated and unverifiable documents create financial losses and administrative costs for issuing organisations. PDSecure helps protect revenue, strengthen trust in official records and support sustainable document verification programmes.
Unlike department-specific verification tools, PDSecure provides a common verification standard that works across multiple systems, organisations and document types.
Designed to Work With Existing Systems
PDSecure is designed to fit around the systems you already use. No document migration, no infrastructure replacement and no disruption to existing workflows.
Compatible With Existing Systems
PDSecure integrates with existing records, databases and workflows without requiring replacement of current systems.
API or Desktop Deployment
Integrate through existing applications or begin immediately using PDSecure’s desktop tools.
Low Technical Overhead
Most organisations can begin issuing secured documents without building new systems or hiring specialist development teams.
Try before Scaling
Start with a single document type or department and expand only when you’re ready.
From Annual Permits to Lifetime Credentials
PDSecure works with any identity, compliance or entitlement document — whether it expires or lasts a lifetime.
Expiring Documents
Documents with a validity period
- Insurance — certificates of cover, motor and liability insurance documents
- Transport — vehicle licences, road worthiness and roadworthiness permits
- Health — medical certificates, vaccination records and test results
- Government & Compliance — annual permits, regulatory and compliance certificates
- Finance — bank statements and financial declarations
Permanent Records
Lifetime validity documents
- Education — university degrees, diplomas and academic transcripts
- Civil Registration — birth, death and marriage certificates
- Legal — affidavits, sworn declarations and legal instruments
- Property — certificates of occupancy and land ownership documents
- Professional — licences, qualifications and membership certificates
Not sure which category your document falls into? Get in touch — we’ll confirm for you.
Flexible Pricing for Every Document Type
No hidden costs. 4 cost components. User & document onboarding, support and per print fees.
Two Licence Types
Tenured Documents Documents with a validity period — licences, permits, insurance certificates and compliance documents that expire and require renewal.
Untenured Documents Lifetime validity documents — degrees, birth certificates, affidavits and professional qualifications that are issued once and valid permanently.
Not sure which applies to your documents? Get in touch — we’ll confirm for you.
Designed to Support Cost Recovery
- Volume discounts available on orders above 1,000 licences.
- Per-print costs can be passed on to document recipients at the point of issue — making PDSecure potentially cost-neutral for your organisation.
- All prices in USD.
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