Accelerate your startup's growth
With the Smile For Success Program, your startup will get $6000 in free usage credits (up to 30,000 KYC checks) to verify the true identities of your customers.
Everything you should know
Allow in trusted users from the start
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Widest coverage in Africa
Integrating with Smile Identity once gives you access to pan-African coverage.
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High accuracy on African faces
Our artificial intelligence and identity verification tools have been specially designed for African faces and have a 99.8% accuracy rate.
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Quick and Easy Verification
Verify your users quickly and easily onboard customers without compromising your user experience.
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Our Products
Smile Identity provides the best solutions for real time Digital KYC, identity verification, user onboarding, and user authentication across Africa.
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Basic KYC
Verify that the personal information submitted by your users matches what is stored in the ID authority database. We return a value of match, partial match, or no match.
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Enhanced KYC
We query a user’s identity information at an official ID authority, using their ID number, and returns that information.
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Biometric KYC
We match a user-submitted selfie to the photo on file in an ID authority database, so you can be sure that your users are who they say they are.
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SmartSelfie™ Authentication
We authenticate your users with our innovative facial verification technology which combines face matching, liveness and spoof checks, all with a high rate of accuracy.
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Document Verification
We verify the authenticity of 142 IDs across 100 countries to validate the identity of your customers.
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Business Verification
Directly access government business registries in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa in real-time.
Partners who trusted Smile Identity from the start
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“Our partnership with Smile Identity has given us the compliance tools and flexibility we need to move fast and onboard users swiftly.”
Tayo Oviosu
CEO, Paga
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“Smile Identity’s liveness checks, identity verification, and AI-aided fraud detection service have allowed us to focus on other important things.”
Babs Ogundeyi
CEO, Kuda Bank
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“Smile Identity provided us with better KYC that improved our onboarding KYC accuracy with more reliable customers and reduced fraudulent applications”
Olayode Olayemi
CEO, Palm Credit
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“Using Smile Identity we were able to bring down our cases of reported fraud by 85–90%.”
Chirag Garg
Product Manager, Umba
Trusted by Africa's fastest growing companies
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about the Smile Identity Scale Up Program
Is the program free?
Yes, the Smile for Success startup program is free for all startups. No application fee is required.
What are the benefits of this program?
The benefits include:
- Eligible startups will get access to all Smile Identity verification solutions except where access is restricted by licensing or regulatory requirements.
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We are giving eligible startups $6,000 Smile usage credits.
- The Smile usage credits will enable startups to onboard between 20,000-30,000 users - enough to take your business to the next level.
- The Smile usage credits are not transferable and expire after 6 months.
- Exclusive invite to a networking session to meet and connect with top stakeholders and market leaders in the African ecosystem.
What kind of services will I have access to in this program?
You will have access to Smile Identity solutions that include: Basic KYC, Biometric KYC, Enhanced KYC, SmartSelfie™ Authentication and Document Verification
How do I get access to my usage credit upon my selection to the program?
Upon selection to the Smile For Success Program, you will be required to do the following:
- Create an account on the Smile Identity portal.
- Complete the business KYC process
- Have a payment card on file to activate your $6,000 Smile usage credits. This card will however not be charged until you exhausted your free $6000 credit or after 6 months, whichever happens first
- Voila! You are live!
Is there an expiration duration to my Smile usage credits?
Yes, the Smile usage credits expire 6 months after being issued.
What happens if I exhaust my $6000 usage credit before the end of the program?
Upon exhaustion, you will be transitioned to a contracted or pay-as-you-go pricing plan based on your verification volume/usage.
Can I share my account credentials with another team?
You can not share your Smile Identity login and integration credentials with anyone else.