Africa-first compliance infrastructure

Verify identity.
Prove trust.

SectID is the compliance operating system for African banks, fintechs, SACCOs, and PSPs. KYC, KYB, AML screening, and transaction monitoring — built for local regulators and scaled for the continent.

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Verification Passport
KE · KYC

Document

verified

Biometric

verified

Sanctions

verified

Decision

approved

Final decisionApproved

The problem

African compliance is not an afterthought.

Global identity platforms treat Africa as a coverage tail. They miss local IDs, struggle with low-bandwidth uploads, and store data outside the continent. The result? Slow onboarding, rejected applicants, and regulatory risk.

SectID flips the model. Native authoritative-source rails, in-country data residency, and a compliance artifact pack for CBK, ODPC, CMA, and every market you expand into.

Platform

One system for the full compliance lifecycle

Each module shares the same tenant isolation, audit trail, and API envelope — so your team works from a single source of truth.

KYC

Identity verification

Document capture, liveness checks, and biometric matching with native support for Kenyan, Ugandan, Rwandan, and Nigerian IDs.

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KYB

Business onboarding

Registry lookups, UBO traversal, and beneficial-ownership disclosure — with local business registers where available.

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AML

Sanctions & PEP screening

Sanctions, politically exposed persons, and adverse-media screening with explainable match scoring and case routing.

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Transaction Monitoring

Real-time alerts

Configurable rules, suspicious-activity alerts, and SAR packaging for financial intelligence units.

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Data Residency

Jurisdiction-aware routing

Route identity, registry, and storage providers by country so sensitive data stays within regulator expectations.

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Audit & Compliance

Regulatory artifacts

Consent logs, DSR workflow, retention enforcement, and trust-center downloads that satisfy auditors out of the box.

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How it works

From first document to final decision

01

Collect

Applicants submit documents and selfies through a hosted link, SDK, or your own flow via the REST API.

02

Screen

Documents are matched against local authoritative sources. Biometrics confirm liveness. Names run against sanctions and PEP lists.

03

Decide

The risk engine recommends approve, review, or reject with full rule attribution. Cases are routed to the right reviewer automatically.

04

Prove

Every action is written to an append-only audit log. DSR requests, retention policies, and regulator-ready exports are one click away.

Developers

Built to integrate, not to trap

A versioned REST API, typed SDKs, and signed webhooks. Run deterministic mock providers locally without live credentials.

REST API with scoped API keys
TypeScript, React Native, iOS, and Android SDKs
Signed webhook deliveries with HMAC-SHA256
Sandbox mode with deterministic mock data
curl example
curl https://api.sectid.com/api/v1/kyc/sessions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer kyc_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "applicantId": "appl_123",
    "countryCode": "KE",
    "callbackUrl": "https://your.app/webhooks/sectid"
  }'

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