We built the
standard the
market was missing.
African art is underinfrastructured relative to its market trajectory
In the past decade, African contemporary art has produced some of the most significant price appreciation of any art market segment. Amoako Boafo has achieved 14× price growth. Njideka Akunyili Crosby commands institutional museum prices. The West Africa Index has outperformed traditional Western contemporary art indices in the last 24 months.
The infrastructure has not kept pace. Provenance documentation remains inconsistent. Authentication standards vary wildly. Market intelligence is siloed inside major auction houses and inaccessible to diaspora collectors. The result is a market defined by information asymmetry, where hype fills the gaps left by data.
Earth Inc. exists to close that gap. We built the provenance, authentication, and intelligence infrastructure that African contemporary art deserves.
Every work. No exceptions.
ENORA™ is Earth Inc.'s proprietary authentication standard. Seven core layers, each cleared independently, before a Certificate of Authenticity is issued: automated registration and hashing, duplicate and registry cross-checks, a blockchain anchor, a physical ultraviolet inscription, visual inspection against the archived capture photographs, and a Stolen Or Lost Art Register check. Above $10,000, an independent specialist sign-off is added on top of the seven. The full protocol specification is available to institutional partners and PaaS clients under NDA.
An interlocking infrastructure, not a single product
Earth Inc. is not a gallery with a website. It is a financial infrastructure layer built around three interlocking products, each reinforcing the others.
The Marketplace - a curated platform for the acquisition of authenticated African contemporary works. Works are listed only after passing ENORA™. Price discovery is transparent. Documentation is complete at point of sale.
Provenance-as-a-Service (PaaS) - our B2B offering. We provide ENORA™ authentication, blockchain anchoring, and COA issuance as a service to galleries, auction houses, and institutions. Available on pay as you go and Standard terms.
Collector Intel - market intelligence for the collector who reads before acquiring. Auction results, artist movement, regulatory watch, and provenance deep-dives, published weekly for members.
Built by people who collect
Leads Earth Inc.'s strategy, product vision, and investor relationships. Conceived ENORA™ as the provenance and authentication infrastructure the African contemporary art market requires.
Oversees operations, platform delivery, and collector experience. Drives the build-out of Earth Inc.'s authentication pipeline, market intelligence infrastructure, and institutional partnerships.