Identity infrastructure for Africa's next billion
TrustLayer AI verifies identities, screens for fraud and powers compliance in milliseconds. One API for KYC, KYB, AML, liveness and document verification — built for the scale of African fintech.
TrustLayer AI answers one question: is this customer real?
Banks, fintechs, lenders and marketplaces must prove who their customers are before letting them transact. We do that check for you — instantly, across Africa — so you can onboard good customers and block fraud without building it yourself.
Your customer signs up
They enter an ID number (NIN, BVN, passport) or snap a photo of their ID and a selfie inside your app.
We check it in under a second
TrustLayer AI matches the ID against official registries, confirms the face is a real live person, and screens for sanctions and fraud.
You get a clear yes or no
One API response: approved, review or rejected — with the reasons, a risk score and an audit trail regulators accept.
Designed for African fintechs, telcos, marketplaces and government — onboarding our first partners now.
One platform. Every verification layer.
From onboarding to ongoing monitoring — TrustLayer AI replaces a stack of point solutions with a single, programmable API.
Identity (KYC)
Verify NIN, BVN, passport, voter's card, driver's license across Africa.
Business (KYB)
CAC, RC numbers, beneficial ownership and corporate structure validation.
Face & Liveness
Active and passive liveness with anti-deepfake AI and 3D depth checks.
Document AI
OCR, MRZ parsing, tamper and forgery detection on 4,000+ ID templates.
AML & Sanctions
OFAC, UN, Interpol, PEP and adverse media screening with continuous monitoring.
Fraud Engine
Device fingerprinting, velocity, behavioral biometrics and synthetic ID detection.
From selfie to sign-off in under a second.
A single /verify call orchestrates capture, liveness, OCR, face match, AML and fraud scoring — returning a structured decision with full audit trail.
- Sub-second decisionsp95 under 900ms across the continent
- Pluggable workflowsDrag-and-drop or YAML — branch by country, channel or risk
- Explainable AIEvery decision ships with reason codes and evidence
Stop fraud before it happens.
Our AI fraud engine evaluates 200+ signals per request — from device fingerprints to deepfake artifacts — updating risk models continuously across the network.
Powering every onboarding flow on the continent.
Fintechs & Lending
Instant onboarding, transaction monitoring, loan origination.
Telcos & SIM Reg
NIN-linked SIM activation and subscriber compliance.
Marketplaces & Gig
Driver, courier and merchant verification at scale.
Government & Public
Citizen onboarding, social programs and digital ID.
Ready to verify smarter?
We're a new African trust-infrastructure company. Become one of our first design partners and shape the platform.