IT News Africa is proud to announce that KYCDD, a leading South African compliance and workflow automation platform, has joined Digital Retail Africa 2026 (#DRA2026) as a Silver Sponsor.
The event, taking place on 26 February 2026 at Southern Sun Cape Town, will bring together retail leaders, innovators, and decision-makers to explore strategies for thriving in a rapidly evolving digital marketplace.
About KYCDD
KYCDD helps organizations digitize customer onboarding, verification, and related operational processes. While widely recognized for its KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) capabilities, KYCDD’s no-code platform is designed more broadly as a configurable workflow engine.
The platform enables retailers and customer-facing businesses to automate identity, compliance, and adjacent operational workflows that have traditionally been too costly, manual, or time-consuming to digitize, particularly in brick-and-mortar environments.
By combining low-code workflow design, screening technologies, and strong auditability, KYCDD empowers organizations to improve efficiency while maintaining regulatory accountability and decision-making ownership. The company is ISO 27001 certified and operates as a trusted technology provider to both regulated and non-regulated businesses across South Africa.
Sina Bahrami, Founder, KYCDD, commented, “We’re excited to be part of Digital Retail Africa 2026 because it reflects a growing shift in how retailers think about trust, identity, and operational efficiency. For many brick-and-mortar and hybrid retailers, compliance and identity processes have historically been manual, fragmented, or simply too expensive to automate. Our goal at DRA2026 is to show how the same workflow technology used for KYC can also be applied to a wide range of adjacent retail processes, without adding complexity for staff or customers.”
Through its participation at Digital Retail Africa 2026, KYCDD aims to:
- Introduce its workflow platform to brick-and-mortar retailers that may not traditionally see themselves as compliance-driven organizations.
- Demonstrate how KYC and identity workflows can be extended to support other retail use cases, such as customer onboarding, risk-based access, approvals, and record-keeping.
- Showcase how automation can improve operational efficiency while supporting regulatory and governance requirements where applicable.
By sponsoring #DRA2026, KYCDD seeks to contribute to practical, solution-focused conversations around innovation in South African retail, helping organizations rethink which processes are truly “too complex” or “too expensive” to automate.
This must-attend convention will bring together leading retailers, eCommerce merchants, and technology innovators to explore strategies that will define the future of digital retail across Africa. #DRA2026 is designed to help you future-proof your retail strategy, enhance customer experience, and drive growth in the digital economy.
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About Digital Retail Africa 2026
Hosted by IT News Africa, Digital Retail Africa 2026 is the continent’s premier retail technology summit, designed to equip businesses with insights to adapt to shifting consumer behavior, implement emerging technologies, and overcome challenges in the digital marketplace. Attendees will gain access to thought leaders, case studies, and solution providers shaping the future of retail in South Africa and beyond.
