We help millions of Nigerians prove their identities & make payments online

We are building the most trusted identity and payments platform in Africa.

Our team of experts

We have a great team of experts with diverse experience in artificial intelligence, customer experience management, compliance and so much more. We are driven by our shared passion to change the identity verification and payments space in Nigeria.

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Trusted by Africa's fastest
growing companies

We are trusted by Nigeria's fastest growing companies to help them verify their customers.

Our mission and values

How we work at
Smile Identity

Our mission is to make it easy for people to prove their identity and payments online, regardless of the origin of their IP Address or ID Card

We are Seekers of Truth

Whether it is the real identity of a person or the source of a partner's problem, we are always proactively seeking the most truthful answers.

We Own the Outcome

We are not afraid to fail. We believe that we can only learn from our mistakes allowing us to dream big.

We Obsess over our Partners Success

We love seeing our partners making huge strides in Africa, so we ensure that we make it easy for them to grow and scale exponentially.

We Build for Scale

We are always looking at the future and coming up with solutions and processes that will stand the test of time.

Our investors

We are backed, in our mission, by African and US investors including Future Africa, 500 Startups, Costanoa Ventures, CRE, Susa Ventures, Pontem, Savannah Fund and Vinod Khosla.

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