Afri Invoice, a Nigerian digital invoicing and payment-tracking platform, has introduced four subscription tiers—Beginners, Starter, Standard, and Premium Corporate—designed to cater to businesses ranging from freelancers to large organisations managing multiple entities. The announcement comes amid Nigeria's broader shift toward electronic invoicing and digital tax administration, but key details such as pricing, subscription periods, and usage limits were not disclosed, leaving prospective users without essential information to evaluate the plans.
Subscription Tiers Reflect Business Requirements
The Beginners plan provides basic digital invoicing tools for freelancers, startups, and businesses transitioning from manual records. The Starter category includes increased invoicing capacity, data storage, tax tracking, compliance-related tools, and basic reporting. For established businesses, the Standard plan adds client management, payment monitoring, customisable invoice templates, and digital document exports, alongside expanded invoicing and reporting functions.
The Premium Corporate tier targets organisations with higher transaction volumes and multiple operations, users, or business entities. According to the company, it includes advanced reporting and compliance-related functions. The subscription structure responds to businesses' need to improve transaction records and manage invoicing and tax-related processes, as stated in the company's announcement.
Electronic Invoicing Provides Policy Backdrop
The announcement comes as the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) advances electronic invoicing as part of the digitalisation of tax administration. The framework described in the company's statement covers the creation and submission of electronic invoices, validation by the tax authority, issuance of an invoice identifier, secure storage, and transaction reporting. It also provides for application programming interface (API) integration, allowing business systems and technology providers to exchange invoice data with the tax administration system.
However, the availability of invoicing or tax-tracking features does not establish regulatory approval. The announcement did not specify whether Afri Invoice has completed integration with the NRS system or received any relevant accreditation. This ambiguity leaves potential users uncertain about the platform's compliance status with Nigeria's e-invoicing mandate.
Focus on Financial Record-Keeping
Mark Odenore, founder and chief executive officer of Afri Invoice, emphasised the importance of strengthening transaction-record processes in light of digital tax administration. "The transition to digital tax administration requires businesses to also strengthen the way they create, manage and retain transaction records," he said. Odenore added that the company's approach is to provide tools suited to businesses at different stages of growth.
Afri Invoice identified small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as a target market for the plans, citing their need for systems that support invoicing, financial records, and payment monitoring. The company also argued that electronic invoicing should form part of wider improvements to internal financial processes, rather than serve solely as a replacement for paper invoices.
For prospective users, details not provided in the announcement—including subscription costs, transaction limits, and the platform's integration status—remain relevant to assessing its suitability for their operations. The company's recruitment drive, earlier reported by Legit.ng, aims to bring on more than 100 professionals across Nigeria as demand for e-invoicing services grows following the NRS's push for mandatory electronic invoicing.
