Barnksforte Technologies

A brand refresh for the company building Africa’s trusted digital identity infrastructure.

Client: Barnksforte Technologies
Sector: Technology and digital identity
Year: 2026
Scope: Purpose, values, identity system, applications

The Barnksforte mark rendered as a glass shield beside the line Powering Africa’s digital future through Identity.

The challenge

The work had grown into national identity infrastructure. The identity had not grown with it.

The insight

For an identity company, trust is the product. The mark has to look like something you would build a nation’s records on.

The outcome

A refreshed identity built to stand beside national institutions across Africa.

At a glance

500M+users across Africa

5values, written down

1shield mark

31pages in the identity presentation

The problem

What stood in the way

Barnksforte connects data, people and governments to build a unified, trusted digital identity ecosystem. When your clients are institutions, how you look is part of the security case.

The old BT emblem and wordmark belonged to an earlier stage of the company. The refresh had to carry its purpose, its personality and its values into every screen, document and room it enters.

The old Barnksforte identity: a BT emblem above the words Barnksforte Technologies Limited.

BeforeAfter

Drag the handle to compare the old identity with the new.

The insight

The idea everything rests on

We exist to give Africa the technological foundation it deserves, so institutions can function, identities can be trusted, and economies can grow.

Authoritative. Visionary. Dependable. African. Precise.

Values

Security FirstPurposeful PartnershipAfrican AmbitionInnovation with AccountabilityPrecision in Delivery

Personality

AuthoritativeVisionaryDependableAfricanPrecise

What we did

The system, piece by piece

Construction grid for the Barnksforte mark on black, lit in cobalt.

The mark

B and T, joined into a shield.

The negative space forms the T for technology. The B stands for Barnksforte: bold, strong and forward-thinking. The shield carries security, trust and the foundational role the company plays in national identity infrastructure.

Colour

A confident cobalt system, from mist to deep blue. Select a colour to copy it.

Type

Funnel Display

One family, light to extra bold

In the world

The brand at work.

Scroll or swipe to move through the work.

Social posts: Digital systems for everyday services, and Partnering for Innovation.

Three phone screens from the Barnksforte social and app system.

Phone, ID badge, cap, laptop and shirt in Barnksforte blue.

A Barnksforte business card and a phone home screen with the app icon.

Stationery set: mug, letterhead, envelope and cards.

An exhibition stand with the glass mark and the line Powering Africa’s digital future through Identity.

A white car wrapped with the Barnksforte mark.

The film

The refresh, in under a minute.

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The result

The impact, in numbers.

500M+users across AfricaThe reach Barnksforte states for its identity platforms, now carried by one refreshed brand.

5values, written downFrom Security First to Precision in Delivery: standards the company can be held to.

1shield markB and T joined into a shield, built to sit beside national institutions.

31pages in the identity presentationPurpose, personality, values, mark, colour, type and applications.

What changed

From a supplier’s logo to an infrastructure partner’s identity.

One cobalt system across screens, stationery, uniforms, vehicles and exhibition space.

A stated purpose and five values the whole company can be held to.

Infrastructure for a confident Africa.

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