Kenyan-founded electronic invoicing firm DigiTax has set up offices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following receipt of pre-approval by the UAE Ministry of Finance as an e-invoicing service provider.
DigiTax’s arrival is timely, as the Gulf state is currently rolling out a mandatory e-invoicing system, the Decentralized Continuous Transaction Control and Exchange (DCTCE) framework, also known as the 5-Corner Model.
Subsequently, from January 2027, enterprise businesses will be required to exchange and validate invoices digitally through a Federal Tax Authority (FTA)-approved Accredited Service Provider (ASP).
Businesses operating in the UAE are moving to comply with the new requirements; hence, they will look to work with ASPs such as the Kenyan firm.
“Being accredited here means DigiTax now sits inside that infrastructure for the UAE, a market executing on a clear, ambitious digital economy agenda. This is a track record we’ve built across every market we operate in: helping businesses meet regulatory compliance without having to rebuild their infrastructure,” said Caine Wanjau, DigiTax CEO and co-founder.
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The company was launched in 2022 and claims to have helped companies and sole individuals process over USD 20 billion worth of invoices since.
Ahmed Farouk, DigiTax’s UAE Director, added, “We have a real advantage for businesses in the UAE because we already have a proven recipe for e-invoicing success built in international markets.”
After the UAE, the Kenyan company is eyeing 10 other markets before the close of 2026.
