The company
A startup that builds its foundation before its products.
VERIION was created to do one thing well: build the technical layer and the AI layer that were missing, then the products that run on them.
VERIION was incorporated in Benin in June 2026. The company came out of an observation made while trying to ship a product: every building block we needed — collecting a small payment, delivering video over an unstable network, identifying a user with no email address, automatically processing a course document — had to be built from scratch, or bent out of a tool designed for another market.
So we inverted the order. Rather than stacking independent products, we built the foundation first: artificial intelligence, identity, payments, delivery, measurement. Oniix and then iSkul plugged into it and reached production; Wiix and Eduoo followed on the same base.
That is what defines the company. We are not trying to launch many products; we are trying to make each new product cheaper to build than the last, and to make opening a market an operational task rather than a new construction site. Four platforms live in the same year as incorporation is the first evidence that the reasoning holds.
How we work
Build for the real constraint
Unstable networks, entry-level devices, metered data, no bank card. These are not edge cases to handle later: they are the default case.
Share before you multiply
Anything useful to two products moves down into the foundation. A startup our size cannot afford to solve the same problem twice.
AI does the work, not the demo
We do not add an assistant so we can say we have one. An AI feature only ships when it removes a task someone was actually doing by hand.
Production is the proof
A demo proves nothing. A product counts from the moment people use it and pay for it.
Distribute with those already there
Carriers, schools, institutions, publishers. We would rather have a partnership that puts a product in front of users than a campaign that rents their attention.
Structure
The company
- Legal name
- VERIION SARL
- Legal form
- Simplified joint-stock company (SARL)
- Share capital
- 5,000,000 FCFA (≈ 7,622 €)
- Incorporated
- 4 June 2026
- Registered office
- Cotonou, Benin
- Trade register (RCCM)
- RB/ABC/26 B 11612 du 04/06/2026
- Tax ID (IFU)
- 3202687988385
Leadership
One founder, a team that ships.
Frédy Ricardo AKPI founded VERIION and designs its technical foundation. Around him, four leads cover operations, product, content and marketing. This is the team that took all four platforms to production.
Frequently asked
VERIION, answered directly.
The questions we are asked most often, answered without detour.
- What is VERIION?
- VERIION is an African technology and artificial intelligence company, incorporated in Benin in June 2026. It builds and operates digital products across video streaming, education, social networking and school ERP, with the ambition of reaching, from Africa, the standard of the world's largest technology companies. All four of its platforms — Oniix, iSkul, Wiix and Eduoo — are live in production.
- Who founded VERIION?
- VERIION was founded by Frédy Ricardo AKPI, who serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He is the company's sole founder and personally architects the technical foundation and the artificial intelligence layer every platform runs on. He is supported by a leadership team of four covering operations, product, content and marketing.
- Where is VERIION based?
- VERIION SARL is a Benin-registered company based in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa. Benin is its initial market, with expansion planned into other West African markets.
- What platforms does VERIION build?
- VERIION builds and operates four platforms, all live in production. Oniix streams live TV, sport and on-demand video to mobile with no set-top box, paid with mobile money. iSkul is an AI-assisted online learning platform. Wiix is a social network built around paying African creators. Eduoo is a school ERP platform, from enrolment to tuition collection.
- What role does artificial intelligence play at VERIION?
- Artificial intelligence is the first layer of VERIION's technical foundation, shared by every platform. On iSkul it automatically processes and structures the library's documents, generates assessments from the chapters of course videos, and supports each student throughout their programme. It also powers moderation on Wiix. Further artificial intelligence projects are in development and have not been made public yet.
- What makes VERIION different?
- VERIION builds its infrastructure before its products. Artificial intelligence, identity, mobile money payments, video delivery and measurement are built once and then reused by every platform. That is what allows a small team to operate four products aimed at different audiences, and to have taken all four to production in the year the company was founded.
Let's work together
You build, you fund, or you distribute.
Carriers, institutions, publishers, investors: if your problem overlaps with ours, write to us. We answer.