Kenya
Coverage by country
Verify, screen and monitorcustomers in Kenya
Check IDs against government records in Kenya, read passport and ID card chips over NFC, match a live selfie, verify businesses, then screen and monitor every customer from one platform.
Identity verification
Every check compares what your customer gave you with the document or the record, and can match a live selfie to the photo.
National ID card
Checked against the government record.
- NFC chip read
Passport
Checked against the government record.
- NFC chip read
- Face match
Driver's licence
Verified by reading the document.
- Face match
NFC chip verification
Our iOS and Android SDKs read the chip inside the document over NFC. The chip's data is signed by the issuing country, and we check that signature on our servers, so a forged or altered document is caught even when the photo page looks right. The chip's portrait can also be matched to a live selfie.
Chip-readable documents from Kenya: National ID card and Passport.
Business verification
Look up a company on the official register in Kenya and get its registration details, status and the people behind it. Directors and owners can each be sent their own verification link.
One platform
The same account, API and dashboard cover every step, from the first check to the ongoing work of compliance.
Use cases
Each use case shows the workflow behind it and what it costs.
- KYC OnboardingAn embeddable onboarding flow that verifies, screens and decides.
- Passport chip onboardingChip-grade onboarding for customers from any country that issues electronic passports.
- Merchant and seller onboardingRegistry, documents, the applicant and the owners, in one application a merchant fills in once.
- Beneficial owner verificationFrom a registry record to verified, screened beneficial owners, with the decision held until they are done.
- Fraud PreventionLayered fraud defence across the lifecycle: identity, liveness, face search, device signals, blocklists and monitoring rules.
- Sanctions and PEP screeningScreening at onboarding and for as long as the customer is yours, with each match judged once.
- AML & MonitoringThe ongoing AML workflow: screening, monitoring, cases and goAML reporting.
- Address verificationA pin, a document and presence at the address, graded by how strong the evidence is.
- Age VerificationAge gating built on identity verification and per-country age limits, not a checkbox.
Compliance
Financial businesses in Kenya answer to: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Financial Reporting Centre (FRC), and Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC).
Know your customer
Verify identity before an account is used, keep the evidence, and apply more checks where the risk is higher. Workflows let you choose which IDs you accept and what happens on a mismatch or an expired document.
Screen and keep watching
Screen customers against sanctions, politically exposed person and adverse media lists, re-screen them on a schedule, and score transactions and account activity as they happen.
Investigate and report
Alerts roll up into cases with an audit trail, and suspicious activity reports can be drafted from a case and reviewed by a second person before filing.
Protect personal data
Each check records the consent given. You choose which fields are returned to you and how long documents are kept.
Frequently asked
National ID card, Passport, and Driver's licence. IDs marked as checked against the government record are compared with the official record; the others are verified by reading the document.
Coverage
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo - Brazzaville
Congo - Kinshasa
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Réunion
Rwanda
São Tomé & Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
St. Helena
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Start verifying customers in Kenya
Create a free account, test with sandbox IDs, and go live when your business is approved.