Smile ID provides the best onboarding, identity verification, and user authentication service for fast growing businesses and startups in Africa.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Founders name: Skip Koppenhaver
Founders Related Locations: United States, California, San Jose
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Everywhere... | everywhere... |
| 12.09.2024 | CRE Ventur... | cre.vc/ |
Persons 2
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| - | Skip | Koppenhave... | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
| - | Nick | Haber | Advisor | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
Mentions in press and media 9
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| 29.01.2025 | The Future of Learning and Security: How AI is Shaping Tomorrow's Workforce and Data Protection | In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, two sectors are emerging as front-runners in innovation: education and data security. Companies like Infosys and Siemens AG are harnessing the power of generative AI to transform learning exp... |
| 29.01.2025 | Gen AI is Fueling a New Wave of Fraud in Africa, 2025 Smile ID Report Reveals | Smile ID, Africa’s leading provider of identity verification solutions, has released its 2025 Digital Identity Fraud in Africa Report, highlighting critical fraud trends across the continent. The report uncovers sophisticated fraud tactics ... |
| 29.11.2024 | Smile ID Releases Nigeria’s First Ever eKYC Report, Hits 200M Identity Verification Checks | The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 16 envisions universal legal identity by 2030 as part of its mandate for inclusive societies and accountable institutions. This goal is particularly crucial in Africa, where identity documents serve as ... |
| 03.09.2024 | Mastercard and Smile ID collaborate to accelerate merchant onboarding in Africa. | Collaboration to streamline and digitise the merchant onboarding process, enabling acquiring partners to automatically onboard merchants in over 50 African countries in three minutes or less. Mastercard has teamed up with Smile ID, a leadin... |
| 01.02.2024 | National IDs are the most used documents for identity fraud in Africa | Identity fraud is one of the fiercest sieges accompanying the rise of digital technology. Yet many African countries seem to have their guard down against it. In the last two years, National ID cards suffered 80% of all document fraud attac... |
| 24.01.2024 | Smile ID Celebrates 100M Verifications Milestone and Unveils Groundbreaking Report on Identity Fraud in Africa. | 24th January 2024 — In its most recent report, Smile ID, the leading provider of identity verification services in Africa, announced a significant milestone: completing over 100 million identity checks across the continent. This achievement... |
| 12.09.2023 | Smile ID launches Smile Links, a no-code tool for next-gen identity verification. | Smile ID, a leading provider of biometric identity verification solutions, has today announced the launch of Smile Links—a no-code solution that lets businesses verify customers faster. Smile Links is a customisable, no-code KYC solution th... |
| 07.08.2023 | Next wave: Providing liftoff for Tunisia’s tech talent | Cet article est aussi disponible en français --> TopBanner_END--> First published 6 August 2023 In Tunisia, raw talent and a tight-knit community of builders, entrepreneurs and tech workers could create Africa’s axis for deep tech. Bu... |
| 19.07.2023 | Smile Identity announces rebrand as Smile ID & new product updates. TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report Success! | Today, Africa’s leading provider of identity verification solutions, Smile Identity, announced its company-wide rebranding as Smile ID. Over the past few years, Smile ID has revolutionised African identity verification, conducting over 75 m... |