Smile Identity Blog

Usman Abiola · 30 September 2019

Introducing Smile ID Artificial Intelligence and KYC Results

We just released a major update to the Smile Identity portal! We are bringing some powerful and long-awaited new functionality and features to the ID verification ecosystem.

Mark Straub · 13 August 2019

Announcing Smile ID Web API

Web API allows you to use the key parts of our system in almost any user journey without changing your product’s existing UX/UI.

Mark Straub · 30 July 2019

Taking Great Selfies in Africa

To deliver for our Partners and users, we have to make face recognition work no matter what environment they find themselves in, whether they are ordering a taxi at night in Lagos or applying for a loan from the back of a bumpy Matatu in Nairobi’s morning rush hour.

Mark Straub · 25 April 2019

Good ID: Estonia did, and you can too

A country of 1.3M people built an ID system called “e-Estonia” that enables secure, electronic voting from home and allows even non-citizens to become e-citizens in order to incorporate new companies and bank accounts in Estonia.

Mark Straub · 4 March 2019

Principles for Good ID in Africa

What makes an identity system “good?”. Digital identity is simultaneously becoming a hot topic in the global development community and in high technology circles — a rare coincidence.

Mark Straub · 18 February 2019

African Fintechs are knocking down old walls, unleashing growth

Following a global trend in venture activity, much of the investment into Africa has been into “Fintech.” In 2017, Fintech startups took home nearly a third of all African venture funding.