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🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 5 SDKs, 100% uptime

Most comprehensive Nigerian KYC provider, covering 9 government databases (NIN, BVN, DL, passport, voter and more) with biometric verification.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, identity, name matches “kyc”, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

Payments-plus-KYC bundle covering BVN, vNIN, NIN, passport, voter and TIN. Good for combined payment and identity flows.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

KYC aggregator covering NIN, BVN, FIRS TIN, DL, passport and voter. The only provider with fully public pricing. SDKs in Python, JS and PHP.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 97% uptime

KYC aggregator covering NIN, BVN, FRSC, NYSC, voter, passport and vNIN with good docs. Released the open-source FraudLens fraud-intelligence dataset in Mar 2026.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

Broad KYC aggregator covering NIN, vNIN, BVN, DL, voter, FIRS and JTB; the JTB tax-board coverage is unique among providers.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

Nigerian-founded KYC provider covering NIN, BVN, DL, passport and voter, with telco data coverage and field-agent address confirmation. Docs only, no published SDK.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

KYC provider covering NIN, BVN and a 300M+ global database. The only provider that explicitly states NDPC compliance (as of June 2026). Its passport API is disclosed as unstable.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, identity, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

Global identity provider with Nigeria coverage across NIN, business and tax verifications, including a FIRS TIN lookup.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based SDKs, listed under Identity (Python), tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, 100% uptime

Official Smile Identity server-side SDK for Python that wraps the Smile ID KYC, biometric and document verification APIs. It builds signatures and submits jobs to the Smile ID platform. Published on PyPI and maintained in the Smile Identity GitHub organization.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based SDKs, listed under Identity (Ruby), tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, 100% uptime

Official Smile Identity Ruby gem wrapping the Smile ID identity verification, KYC and biometric APIs. It signs requests and submits verification jobs to the Smile ID platform. Distributed on RubyGems and maintained in the Smile Identity GitHub organization.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based SDKs, listed under KYC, tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, 100% uptime

The official Smile Identity Python 3 SDK for African digital KYC, biometric identity verification and document verification. It handles request signing and calls to Smile ID's verification services. Distributed as an installable Python package.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based SDKs, listed under Identity (Node.js), tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, 100% uptime

Official Smile Identity server-side SDK for Node.js that wraps the Smile ID KYC, biometric authentication and document verification APIs. It handles signature generation and job submission to the Smile ID platform. Published by Smile Identity on npm and pushed to GitHub the same day as verification.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based SDKs, listed under KYC, tagged kyc, identity, mentions “kyc”, docs live, 100% uptime

The official Smile Identity JavaScript and TypeScript SDK for building digital KYC, identity verification and document verification across Africa. It signs requests and calls Smile ID's verification and utility endpoints. Published on npm as smile-identity-core.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, tagged kyc, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

Borderless-Africa-focused payment provider with strong API design. Bundles payments with KYC; minimal GitHub presence, Node SDK only.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

Bridgecard is an African card issuing platform whose API lets businesses issue physical and virtual Mastercard cards in NGN and USD to their customers after submitting incorporation documents. It supports cardholder KYC via BVN, NIN, driver's license and passport across multiple countries.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, listed under KYC / Identity, tagged kyc, mentions “kyc”, docs gated, verified, 100% uptime

Biometric-first KYC provider with an enterprise focus and government contracts.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based APIs, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified

Nigerian VTU/bill-payment aggregator exposing a RESTful API for airtime, data, electricity, cable TV (DStv/GOtv/Startimes), betting account funding and recharge-card (ePIN) printing. API requires a Reseller-role account with tiered KYC limits and supports IP whitelisting.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based MCP, tagged kyc, docs live, verified, 97% uptime

MCP server that screens a person or company name against Nigeria's official NIGSAC sanctions register (individuals and entities), returning CLEAR or POTENTIAL_MATCH with candidate names and similarity scores. Best-effort fuzzy matching (diacritic-folded, transliteration-tolerant) — a screening signal for human review, NOT a legal determination or sole compliance control, and the Nigerian list only. Live register, keyless. Tool: screen_sanctions.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based Tools, tagged kyc, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

JavaScript library that validates Nigerian phone numbers, BVN, NIN and bank codes.

🇳🇬 Nigeria-based AI, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 97% uptime

Open-source fraud-intelligence dataset for Nigerian fintechs (Mar 2026), the first of its kind. Relevant to payment fraud, KYC fraud and account-takeover detection.

🌍 Pan-African APIs covering Nigeria, mentions “kyc”, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

Licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure across 20+ African countries, offering a single REST API for cross-border payments, local fiat on/off-ramps, USD stablecoin savings and a Treasury Portal. SDKs in cURL/Python/Node/Ruby; converts USDT/USDC against NGN, KES, USD, EUR and 50+ currencies; KYB/KYC and sandbox required.

🌍 Pan-African MCP covering Nigeria, tagged identity, docs live, verified, 100% uptime

A remote HTTP MCP server (endpoint https://mcp.afro.tools) and Claude Code plugin that exposes a machine-readable registry of African API specs across 12+ providers (Flutterwave, LengoPay, Djomy and others) spanning payments, SMS, identity and logistics in 21 countries. Maintained by the afrotools org as an open community project.