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Smile ID is Africa’s leading digital identity verification, fraud detection, anti-money laundering, and KYC compliance solution for businesses scaling across the continent.
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Unparalleled identity verification solution for Africa

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Accuracy you can trust

Accurately verify African faces with Smile ID. Our facial recognition technology boasts a 99.8% accuracy rate across all skin tones, ensuring correct user approval.
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Stay compliant at scale

With on-ground experts across Africa, we easily deal with regulatory complexities and keep tabs on the ever-changing requirements, ensuring you are compliant at every step.
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Effectively mitigate fraud

Combining facial biometrics with fraud risk signals such as AML checks and duplicate user screening allows you to make informed decisions about who you onboard.

Most extensive coverage in Africa

With coverage in every African country, you can verify customers remotely, regardless of location.

Trust the experts

We enable businesses to rapidly scale across the continent while confidently verifying their users' identities.

2s
Average verification time
99.8%
Accuracy for African faces
200M+
Verifications completed
2.3B+
Unique identities covered

All-in-one KYC/AML provider

Our identity verification solutions cater to various use cases, ensuring secure and compliant onboarding processes for businesses across industries.

Document Verification

Accurately verify customers anywhere

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AML Check

Screen users against over 1100+ global sanctions, PEP, adverse media watchlists and 170K+ news sources.

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Government KYC Check

Verify users against reliable government sources

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Biometric Authentication

Accurately match faces for user-friendly authentication

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Business Verification

Access reliable records from Africa's business registries

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Fraud Prevention

Automatically spot anomalies to prevent fraud on your platform

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Bank Account Verification

Easily confirm bank account ownership

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Phone Number Verification

Validate phone number records in South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya

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Pan-African coverage

Our identity verification solutions cater to various use cases, ensuring secure and compliant onboarding processes for all businesses.

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South Africa

6 ID Types

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Zambia

8 ID Types

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Nigeria

7 ID Types

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Ghana

10 ID Types

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Everything you need to know about Digital Identity Fraud in Africain 2025

Helping teams simplify identity verification

Trust can be scarce in Africa's digital sphere, especially as businesses came online for the first time during COVID-19. To foster trust and combat fraud, Flutterwave leveraged Smile ID's Biometric KYC solution that reduced fraudulent sign-ups by up to 90% and transformed merchant onboarding from 24 hours to 10 minutes.

90%
Reduction in fictitious sign-ups
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No-Code Verification

Seamless ID Verification Without Coding

Empower your business with our no-code ID verification tools. Add IDs, customize the interface, and share the link with customers.

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Add IDs and Verification Methods

Easily add the IDs and verification methods you need to streamline the process.

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Customize the User Interface

Tailor the look and feel to match your brand and provide a seamless experience.

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Share the Link with Customers

Generate a unique link and share it with your customers to start the verification process.

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Unmatched Security and Compliance

Smile ID sets the standard in data protection with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications. Our latest achievement, ISO/IEC 30107-1:2023, boasts a 0% biometric facial recognition attack rating, ensuring 100% security against test attacks, making us the leading identity security company in Africa. Trust us to keep your data and your customers safe and secure.