About Bidanga

Opening Africa's Public Procurement to All

For businesses and governments alike (Bidanga GOV). One platform to discover tenders — and to publish them.

54
African Countries
OCDS
Data Standard
Daily
Updates
Free
Core Access

Our Mission

Public procurement in Africa represents hundreds of billions of dollars annually, yet information is scattered across dozens of national portals. We help businesses find opportunities and help governments publish their tenders in one place (Bidanga GOV).

The Problem

Businesses, consultants, and civil society organizations must monitor 45+ separate government portals — many of them unreliable, poorly structured, or in a single language — just to find relevant opportunities.

Our Solution

Bidanga automatically collects, normalizes, and presents procurement data using the international Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS 1.1.5), making it searchable, comparable, and accessible in one place.

Our Values

Transparency

We believe open access to procurement data strengthens governance and builds trust between governments and citizens.

Interoperability

All data follows the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS 1.1.5), enabling seamless integration with global procurement ecosystems.

Inclusion

By centralizing fragmented data from 54 countries, we level the playing field for businesses of all sizes across the continent.

For Governments

Bidanga GOV offers free, structured publishing: a guided wizard, full OCDS compliance, templates, and analytics. Publish once; your tenders are visible everywhere.

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Powered by OCDS 1.1.5

The Open Contracting Data Standard is the global reference for publishing structured, comparable procurement data. Bidanga is one of the first platforms to apply OCDS systematically across the entire African continent.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Bidanga?+

Bidanga is a pan-African public procurement platform that aggregates government tenders from all 54 African countries into a single searchable database, normalised to the OCDS 1.1.5 open standard.

Where does the data come from?+

Bidanga collects opportunities from official national procurement portals, sub-national governments and major international buyers such as the UN, the World Bank and the African Development Bank, then standardises them to a common format.

How many tenders and countries does Bidanga cover?+

Bidanga covers all 54 African countries and tracks tens of thousands of active public tenders at any time, updated daily across construction, IT, health, energy and many other sectors.

How is Bidanga different from checking government portals directly?+

Public procurement in Africa is spread across more than forty national portals, in five languages and incompatible formats. Bidanga brings them together in one place, with consistent search, filters and free alerts — so you monitor one feed instead of forty.

Is Bidanga free to use?+

Yes. Browsing recent tenders is free. Premium plans add historical data, more alerts, exports and API access for power users and organisations.

Ready to Explore?

Start discovering procurement opportunities across Africa today.