Company
Who we are and why we exist.
Founding thesis
We started BRIAC X because we kept seeing the same problem: African institutions buying digital systems they didn't understand, from vendors they couldn't audit, running on infrastructure they didn't control.
We believe that sovereignty is not a feature — it is the foundation. A system you don't own is a liability you don't see coming.
We are based in Douala. We work across the continent. We are not a satellite office — we are the origin.
The team
Bema E. Briac
Founder & Principal Engineer
Built and secured production systems across financial services, telecommunications, and the public sector. Trained in software engineering and offensive security. Based in Douala.
Software EngineerData Analyst
What we won't do
- —Take equity in exchange for work
- —Subcontract our core practice to teams we haven't vetted
- —Sign engagements we cannot staff from Douala
- —Publish client data without explicit consent
- —Sign NDAs that prevent us from publishing aggregated, anonymized threat data
- —Recommend tools we haven't deployed in production ourselves