Know it's genuine before you buy.

Find the QR code on the pack, point your camera at it and see the result in seconds — product, manufacturer, batch, NAFDAC number and expiry.

Phone showing a VERIFIED result for a scanned product
About Authentic

Protecting Nigerians from counterfeit products.

Counterfeit products put Nigerians' health and livelihoods at risk and shoppers cannot always identify genuine products from fake products by just physical checks. Our mission is to use technology to protect Nigerians from purchasing and consuming counterfeit consumer products which have proliferated the markets.

We are working with Manufacturers, regulators and other stakeholders concerned with public health and consumer protection to make sure that every product purchased by Nigerian consumers is genuine. Together we are ridding Nigerian markets off counterfeit products.

How it works

Three steps. A few seconds.

01

Find the QR code

Look for the verification code printed on the pack.

02

Point your camera

Align the code inside the frame. Low light? Switch on the torch, or type the code in by hand.

03

See the result

A clear answer about what you bought, saved to your scan history.

Results

One scan, one clear answer.

Every result tells you what to do next — and if something looks wrong, you can report it from the same screen.

VERIFIED

See its name, manufacturer, batch, NAFDAC number and expiry. Expired stock is flagged so you don't buy it.

NOT VERIFIED

We could not find this code. Check the code is clean and scan again in good light, or contact the seller or NAFDAC.

EXPIRED

This product has expired and shouldn't be used

RECALLED

The manufacturer has recalled this batch. Do not use it. Report it so it can be traced.

For manufacturers

Protect your products — and the people who buy them.

Register each product, generate a unique code for every pack, and publish to your own table. When something goes wrong, recall a whole batch in one step.

  • Uploads validated in full — nothing loads if any record fails
  • A permanent audit log of every action
1

Register products

Add the name, description and regulatory number. A unique PUIN is generated for each product type.

2

Generate and publish codes

Create serials and QR codes per batch, upload them, and publish to your own table. Codes become verifiable the moment you publish.

3

Consumers verify — you stay in control

Shoppers scan in the app. Recall a batch and every code in it returns RECALLED from the next scan.

Privacy and trust

Built to check products, not people.

Camera reads codes only

The camera is used only to scan the QR code. No photos are stored.

Location is your choice

Reports share an approximate location only if you switch it on.

Serials stay protected

Operator screens never show plaintext serials, and only the manufacturer can recall a batch.

Copies get caught

A code scanned too many times is blocked and sent for review.