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Corporate Co-Executor & Custodian — Kampala, Uganda · 2026

Your life's work
deserves a
guardian it can trust.

Legacy-Vault is Africa's first system-level inheritance protection platform — decoupling will custody from legal drafting so no single person can alter, hide, or ignore your final wishes.

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African family — a legacy worth protecting
A Legacy Worth ProtectingEvery family deserves certainty.
70%
Ugandans die without a will
45M
Total addressable population
$1.4B
African market opportunity by 2030
$0
Dominant players — zero rivals in trustless African inheritance
SHA-3 512-bit Encryption Multi-party Trustee System Blockchain Audit Trail 3-2-1 Backup Rule Succession Act (Cap 162) Compliant Data Protection Act 2019 Professional Indemnity Insurance Air-gapped Cold Storage Role-Based Access Control Split-Key Security Protocol E&O Indemnity Cover SHA-3 512-bit Encryption Multi-party Trustee System Blockchain Audit Trail 3-2-1 Backup Rule Succession Act (Cap 162) Compliant Data Protection Act 2019 Professional Indemnity Insurance Air-gapped Cold Storage Role-Based Access Control Split-Key Security Protocol E&O Indemnity Cover
Built on
Legal Compliance
Military-grade Encryption
Multi-party Oversight
Tamper-proof Execution Guarantee
Tamper-evident Audit Trail
About Legacy-Vault

A new kind of custodian for African families

Legacy-Vault is a Professional Corporate Co-Executor & Custodian Entity that works exclusively alongside licensed lawyers — not to replace them, but to stand beside the client as an independent, professional overseer of the entire will custody and execution process.

Our core innovation is the decoupling of secure storage and controlled execution from legal drafting. We implement multi-layer safeguards designed to prevent unauthorised alteration — so that by the time a will reaches our vaults, no single person — lawyer, executor, or family member — can change what you decided.

Our business is active oversight + custody + trust assurance — the missing layer in African estate planning.

How we fit in: Legacy-Vault acts as a professional Co-Executor alongside your chosen personal executor, providing independent oversight and secure asset distribution in accordance with the Succession Act (Cap 162) — a partner in the process, never a replacement.

Oversight pillar
We manage paperwork, vet lawyers, and oversee the client-lawyer relationship on your behalf — the independent eye that never blinks.
Security pillar
As Guardian of the Truth — our encryption and trustee system ensures the will has never been swapped or edited after sealing.
Execution pillar
As Co-Executor, we ensure distribution happens exactly as written — preventing property grabbing, bias, and family conflict.

Legacy-Vault at a glance

Founded2026, Kampala
Primary marketUganda & East Africa
ModelCorporate Co-Executor
Legal frameworkSuccession Act (Cap 162)
InsuranceE&O Indemnity Cover
EncryptionSHA-3 / 512-bit (NIST)
Data complianceDPPA 2019
www.legacy-vault.africa
African family
Families worth protecting
Father with children
A father's greatest duty
Family home
A lifetime of work
The African inheritance crisis

What happens to your family
when you are gone?

Across Uganda and East Africa, death triggers a painful chain of events that destroys what families spent generations building. The problem is not a lack of law — it is the absence of a trusted system to enforce it.

Land grabbed before burial ends
Relatives move onto property the moment news of death spreads. Without a legal hold in place, titles change hands within days.
Wills appear, disappear, or are altered
Existing wills are hidden, swapped for forgeries, or quietly amended by intermediaries with no independent oversight.
Children lose their inheritance
Without a tamper-proof system, the most powerful relative — not the law — decides who gets what. Widows and minors suffer most.
Court battles last decades
Cases enter the High Court and remain there for 10–30 years — draining savings, fracturing families, and destroying legacies entirely.
How Legacy-Vault works

Four steps to certainty

A system-level guarantee that replaces human trust with verified, auditable process — every single time.

01

Lock

Client records final instructions in a secure, encrypted format — witnessed, sealed, and stored in our vaults.

02

Verify

Multiple neutral parties witness and confirm. No single point of control. No possibility of silent modification.

03

Execute

Upon verified death, instructions are released to a neutral executor bound contractually and legally by our system.

04

Audit

Every action is logged. Tamper-evident. Legally enforceable. A complete chain of custody for every asset.

The Legacy-Vault principle: No single person — not heirs, not family executors, not lawyers, not even us — can alter a client's final wishes. We replace trust with certainty. Low-tech where needed. High-security always.

Legacy-Vault acts as a professional Co-Executor alongside your chosen personal executor — providing independent oversight and secure asset distribution in full accordance with the Succession Act (Cap 162).

Platform capabilities

Everything your legacy needs

Will Custody & Vault

Air-gapped cold storage with SHA-3 512-bit encryption. Your will is sealed the moment it enters our system.

Multi-party Trusteeship

Split-key protocol ensures no single party holds complete access. Consensus required for any action.

Blockchain Audit Trail

Every document interaction is logged immutably. Tamper-evident. Legally enforceable in Ugandan courts.

Lawyer Oversight

We vet, pair, and monitor the client-lawyer relationship — ensuring your legal advisor acts in your interest alone.

Beneficiary Portal

Named beneficiaries receive secure access at the right moment — no guesswork, no disputes, no delay.

Co-Execution Service

We stand beside the appointed executor, ensuring distribution happens exactly as written — not as relatives demand.

Security architecture

Built like a vault.
Audited like a bank.

Every layer of Legacy-Vault is designed with one principle: no single person should ever hold enough power to change your wishes.

01

Cryptographic Sealing

SHA-3 / 512-bit encryption (NIST standard) applied at the moment of will submission. Any tampering breaks the hash chain — instantly detectable.

02

Split-Key Protocol

No single party holds the complete decryption key. Access requires multi-party consensus — preventing insider threats at every level.

03

Air-gapped Cold Storage

Physical document backups stored offline following the 3-2-1 rule — three copies, two formats, one offsite location.

04

Role-Based Access Control

Every party (client, lawyer, trustee, executor) has precisely scoped access. Nothing more. Nothing less. All actions logged.

KEY 1 KEY 2 KEY 3 SPLIT-KEY PROTOCOL

Multi-party key consensus — no single holder can unlock

Encryption
SHA-3 / 512-bit
Standard
NIST Approved
Backup
3-2-1 Rule
Compliance
DPPA 2019
Air-gapped Storage Blockchain Log RBAC E&O Insurance Neutral Executors Tamper-evident
What clients say

Trust, heard in their words

Early adopters from Uganda's pilot cohort — teachers, traders, and professionals who decided their family's future was worth protecting today.

For the first time, I feel certain that what I have built will actually reach my children. Not a relative's version of it — mine.
JM
James Mwesigwa
Business owner, Kampala
I watched my father's estate torn apart in court for eleven years. I will not let that happen to my family. Legacy-Vault gave me a system I can trust.
GN
Grace Namukasa
Teacher, Entebbe
The process was transparent, the team was professional, and I knew at every step that no one could interfere. That peace of mind is worth everything.
DK
David Kyobe
Engineer, Jinja

Proof of motion — before a dollar of external capital

Built on community trust. Proven in the field.

5 pilot clients onboarded
20+ community meetings held
v2.0 governance charter complete
E&O insurance secured
Legal pack fully ready
Website live at legacy-vault.africa
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Why Legacy-Vault

The missing layer in African estate planning

System-level, not person-level

Traditional wills rely on trustworthy humans. Legacy-Vault replaces human trust with cryptographic certainty — the system enforces your wishes, not a person.

Works with your lawyer

We don't compete with legal professionals — we complement them. Your lawyer drafts; we custody, verify, and execute. Every party stays in their lane.

Culturally rooted

Built by Ugandans who have lived through inheritance disputes. Our processes work for teachers, traders, and farmers — not only city elites.

WhatsApp-friendly onboarding

Remote onboarding via WhatsApp and email. No need to travel to a law office. Accessible to Uganda's working families wherever they are.

Service packages

Choose the right protection

From individual wills to full estate co-execution — every tier includes independent oversight, tamper-proof custody, and legal coordination.

Starter

Will Guard

Essential will custody with encrypted storage and independent oversight. Ideal for individuals beginning their estate planning journey.

$199
per year
  • SHA-3 encrypted will vault
  • Lawyer vetting & referral
  • Independent oversight
  • Annual review meeting
  • WhatsApp support
Most popular

Family Shield

Full co-execution service with beneficiary dashboard, audit trail, and active oversight. The complete Legacy-Vault experience.

$499
per year
  • Everything in Will Guard
  • Co-executor appointment
  • Beneficiary portal access
  • Blockchain audit trail
  • Property distribution oversight
  • Dispute mediation support
Estate

Legacy Estate

Enterprise-grade protection for high-value estates, businesses, and diaspora clients with complex multi-jurisdiction assets.

$999
per year
  • Everything in Family Shield
  • Business succession planning
  • Diaspora asset coordination
  • Bank & SACCO integration
  • Independent financial audit
  • Priority legal team access
Recurring

Annual Custody

Ongoing custody-only plan for clients whose wills are already drafted and simply need a trusted guardian to hold and execute them.

$120
per year (custody only)
  • Air-gapped will storage
  • Annual integrity verification
  • Death notification protocol
  • Basic executor support

Co-executor commission model

In addition to annual fees, Legacy-Vault earns a 2–5% co-executor commission on estate value at the point of distribution — only when execution is successfully completed. Our incentives are aligned with yours.

Investor opportunity

We are creating a market,
not entering one.

No dominant player exists in trustless African inheritance protection. Legacy-Vault is raising to prove the model — then scale across the continent.

$30K
Seed raise
6mo
Pilot duration
50
Target families
Use of funds
33%
Technology & secure lock system
27%
Pilot family onboarding (50)
17%
Legal registration & compliance
13%
Training neutral executors
Investor returns
Equity at pilot valuation First right at seed round Revenue-share option

We are not over-raising. We are raising exactly what we need to prove the model works in the real world.

Market opportunity

Uganda population45 million
Without wills~70%
Africa by 2030$1.4 billion
Est. ARR, year 1$15,000+
Dominant competitorsZero

36-month roadmap

Phase 1 (yr 1)Kampala — 50 clients
Phase 2 (yr 2)Uganda-wide + diaspora
Phase 3 (yr 3)East Africa — 5 countries

Join the founding round

$30,000 to prove the model. A continent to scale it across. View our full investor deck instantly — no email required.

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The team

Built by Africans who refused to look away

Not lawyers. Not bankers. People who have lived through inheritance disputes — and chose to build the system that would have saved their families.

Robert Kabanda, Founder
Founder & CEO

Robert Kabanda

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Community Psychology + HR & Administration. Community psychology taught me: the best interventions are preventive and community-centred. That is exactly what Legacy-Vault does. HR gave me the systems thinking to make it work at scale — for families, not just corporations.

Community Psychology background
Human Resources & Admin specialist
Kampala-based, Uganda-wide network
MA

Mackline Ayebazibwe

Co-Founder & COO

Security Operations. Brings the discipline of asset protection and risk management — the same discipline that keeps your estate safe.

BB

Barbara Bukirwa

Business Development Director

Save the Children — Community. Builds the grassroots trust no law firm can replicate, reaching teachers, traders, and farmers.

DK

Darius Katondwaki

Finance & Audit Director

Logistics + Economics (B.Sc.). Estate distribution is a logistics challenge. He ensures assets move accurately and transparently.

We are actively engaging succession law expertise to join our Board. Our legal framework has already been reviewed by senior counsel. An independent auditor is budgeted for financial oversight. We know what we don't know — and we have a plan to fill every gap.

"We are Africans building for Africa — from inside the communities we serve."

Succession Act (Cap 162) Compliant
Uganda Data Protection & Privacy Act 2019
Errors & Omissions Indemnity Insurance
NIST SHA-3 Cryptographic Standard
Uganda Law Society — Legal Partner Network
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How can we help you?

Whether you want to protect your family's future or invest in Africa's trust infrastructure — choose your path below.

For families

Protect My Legacy

Secure your will, protect your family from disputes, and ensure your final wishes are executed exactly as written.

Secure My Legacy
For investors

Back the Mission

Join the $30,000 seed raise. Get equity, first right to participate in the seed round, or a revenue-share agreement.

Contact Us
Get in touch

Let's protect your legacy, together.

Whether you are a family ready to secure your estate, a lawyer seeking a trusted custody partner, or an investor who sees what we see — we would love to hear from you.

Phone / WhatsApp
+256 775 176 685  |  +256 770 827 579
Location
Kampala, Uganda
Our location

Kampala, Uganda

Serving clients across Uganda and East Africa. Remote onboarding available via WhatsApp and email — wherever you are.

EntityLegacy-Vault — Corporate Co-Executor
CityKampala, Uganda
Emailinfo@legacy-vault.africa
Webwww.legacy-vault.africa
Phone+256 775 176 685
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Protect your legacy · Protect your family · Kampala, Uganda · 2026