---
title: "yes:id: Identity Verification in Africa"
description: "Verify customers with eKYC APIs/SDKs: scan IDs from 150+ countries (OCR, MRZ/QR/barcode), run AML/adverse media checks, match biometrics."
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type: "product"
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published_at: "2026-05-08T16:36:29.444Z"
updated_at: "2026-10-05T05:12:54.423Z"
---

# yes:id: Identity Verification in Africa

Verify customers with eKYC APIs/SDKs: scan IDs from 150+ countries (OCR, MRZ/QR/barcode), run AML/adverse media checks, match biometrics.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Legal and Compliance](/categories/legal-and-compliance)
- [yes:id](/yes-id)

## Summary

Verify identities and run eKYC checks via APIs and SDKs

A digital identity and electronic KYC platform for African enterprises to verify customers, scan IDs, run background checks, and authenticate biometrics via APIs and SDKs.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.yesid.io/ |
| Tagline | Verify identities and run eKYC checks via APIs and SDKs |
| Primary country | Mauritius |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS, API |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

yes:id is a **digital identity** and **electronic KYC (eKYC)** platform for enterprises and service providers in Africa that need to verify individuals during onboarding, compliance checks, and access control.

Key capabilities delivered through **APIs and SDKs** include:
- **Identity verification and document intelligence**, scanning passports, driver’s licenses, and other government-issued IDs, verifying IDs from **150+ countries**, and extracting data using **OCR**.
- **MRZ, barcode, and QR scanning** to capture and validate document data for KYC workflows.
- **ID authority and government verification**, including real-time API cross-checks against government databases in **Sub-Saharan Africa and East Africa (8 markets)**, plus background checks across **AML**, adverse media, social media, and judicial systems.
- **Biometric authentication** with fingerprint, face, and voice recognition, including a **touchless fingerprint** option, plus **biometric matching and deduplication** for detecting duplicates across enrolments.

Available via **REST APIs**, plus demo apps on **Web**, **Android**, and **iOS**.

It is designed for **fintechs, insurtechs, telcos, banks, government agencies, and civil society organizations** that embed identity verification into customer onboarding and registry creation.

Notable for its Africa-focused coverage, including integrations with government data sources in multiple African markets, and reported usage across **7 EMEA countries** with **4,500,000+** individuals onboarded, verified, or authenticated.

## Features

- [Legal and Compliance](/categories/legal-and-compliance): 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
- [Mauritius](/countries/mauritius): Market
- [Tanzania](/countries/tanzania): Market

## Related pages

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

## Access and citation

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