Smile ID

Smile ID is a digital identity verification and compliance platform for businesses in Africa that need to onboard users, verify identities, and reduce fraud across multiple countries.

Key capabilities include:

• Document Verification to authenticate ID documents and match a selfie to the ID photo, plus Enhanced DocV that cross-references documents with government databases.
• Government KYC checks (including Basic KYC and Enhanced KYC) to match user details against official government records.
• Biometric KYC and SmartSelfie™ Authentication for face matching and liveness checks; the service reports 99.8% facial recognition accuracy and an average 2-second verification time.
• AML Check to screen users against 1100+ global sanctions, PEP, and adverse media watchlists, including 170K+ news sources.
• Fraud prevention tools such as Smile Secure, designed to identify duplicate account creation using facial biometrics.
• Business Verification to retrieve business records and stakeholder information from official registries, plus bank account verification and phone number verification (South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya).

Available via REST API, server-to-server, Web/Mobile Web integration, mobile SDKs, and no-code verification tools; demo apps are available on Android and iOS.

It targets B2B teams such as fintechs, banks, lenders, crypto platforms, remittance providers, BNPL, and investment and savings products operating across Africa.

Notable in the African market for pan-African coverage (every African country) and reported scale metrics including 200M+ verifications completed and 2.3B+ unique identities covered, with security certifications listed as ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, and ISO/IEC 30107-1:2023.