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title: "Smile ID: Identity Verification in Africa"
description: "Verify users across 52 African countries with document + selfie checks, government KYC, liveness detection, and AML screening against sanctions/PEP lists."
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published_at: "2026-03-10T03:52:30.415Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-20T03:00:36.076Z"
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# Smile ID: Identity Verification in Africa

Verify users across 52 African countries with document + selfie checks, government KYC, liveness detection, and AML screening against sanctions/PEP lists.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Cybersecurity](/categories/cybersecurity)
- [Smile ID](/smile-id)

## Summary

Verify identities and prevent fraud across African markets

A digital identity verification and KYC platform for African businesses that screens users, verifies documents and biometrics, and runs AML checks across Africa.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://smileidentity.com/ |
| Tagline | Verify identities and prevent fraud across African markets |
| Primary country | Nigeria |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS, API |
| Average rating | 5 |
| Published reviews | 1 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

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**.

## Features

- [Cybersecurity](/categories/cybersecurity): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [KYC Provider](/tags/kyc-provider): Product feature or technology
- [Threat Detection](/tags/threat-detection): Product feature or technology
- [Algeria](/countries/algeria): Market
- [Angola](/countries/angola): Market
- [Benin](/countries/benin): Market
- [Botswana](/countries/botswana): Market
- [Burkina Faso](/countries/burkina-faso): Market
- [Burundi](/countries/burundi): Market
- [Cabo Verde](/countries/cabo-verde): Market
- [Cameroon](/countries/cameroon): Market
- [Chad](/countries/chad): Market
- [Comoros](/countries/comoros): Market
- [Congo](/countries/congo): Market
- [Côte d'Ivoire](/countries/cote-divoire): Market
- [Djibouti](/countries/djibouti): Market
- [DR Congo](/countries/dr-congo): Market
- [Egypt](/countries/egypt): Market
- [Equatorial Guinea](/countries/equatorial-guinea): Market
- [Eritrea](/countries/eritrea): Market
- [Eswatini](/countries/eswatini): Market
- [Ethiopia](/countries/ethiopia): Market
- [Gabon](/countries/gabon): Market
- [Gambia](/countries/gambia): Market
- [Ghana](/countries/ghana): Market
- [Guinea](/countries/guinea): Market
- [Guinea-Bissau](/countries/guinea-bissau): Market
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market
- [Lesotho](/countries/lesotho): Market
- [Liberia](/countries/liberia): Market
- [Libya](/countries/libya): Market
- [Madagascar](/countries/madagascar): Market
- [Malawi](/countries/malawi): Market
- [Mali](/countries/mali): Market
- [Mauritius](/countries/mauritius): Market
- [Morocco](/countries/morocco): Market
- [Mozambique](/countries/mozambique): Market
- [Namibia](/countries/namibia): Market
- [Niger](/countries/niger): Market
- [Nigeria](/countries/nigeria): Market
- [Rwanda](/countries/rwanda): Market
- [São Tomé and Príncipe](/countries/sao-tome-and-principe): Market
- [Senegal](/countries/senegal): Market
- [Seychelles](/countries/seychelles): Market
- [Sierra Leone](/countries/sierra-leone): Market
- [Somalia](/countries/somalia): Market
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market
- [South Sudan](/countries/south-sudan): Market
- [Sudan](/countries/sudan): Market
- [Tanzania](/countries/tanzania): Market
- [Togo](/countries/togo): Market
- [Tunisia](/countries/tunisia): Market
- [Uganda](/countries/uganda): Market
- [Zambia](/countries/zambia): Market
- [Zimbabwe](/countries/zimbabwe): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/smile-id/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/smile-id/reviews)
- [Transparency](/smile-id/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/smile-id)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)