Afritrust is Africa's identity verification infrastructure. Helping businesses verify who people are and make confident decisions based on trusted data.
Thousands of businesses across Africa rely on Afritrust to confirm who people truly are. Verify identities, validate credentials, and assess financial history before making critical decisions.
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Businesses use Afritrust to verify the identity of employees, customers, and partners. We connect directly to government registries, financial databases, and education records so you do not have to.
Businesses verify NIN, BVN, Voter's Card, Driver's Licence, and International Passport. Confirm a person is exactly who they claim to be before onboarding begins.
Identity checks →Lenders and fintechs access credit history, outstanding loans, and risk indicators before approving any application. Make confident decisions with full financial context.
Credit checks →Employers verify WAEC results and NYSC status directly from source records. Eliminate certificate fraud before it becomes a costly problem for your organization.
Credential checks →Platforms confirm residential addresses through utility and meter validation. Meet KYC and compliance requirements with documented, verifiable proof of address.
Address checks →Businesses match phone numbers to registered identities and detect SIM-swap fraud before it affects their customers. Verify the digital identity behind every number.
SIM checks →All verification results are synthesised into a single 0 to 100 Trust Score. One clear, actionable metric your team can rely on to make fast and confident decisions.
About Trust Score →Businesses submit a request, Afritrust handles the complexity across every data source, and delivers a clean, structured result within seconds.
Your team submits an individual's name, ID number, or document through the Afritrust dashboard. No technical integration required to get started.
Afritrust runs parallel checks across government registries, financial databases, and education records at the same time. No waiting for sequential queries.
Every data point is compiled into a structured report. Matched, unmatched, and flagged fields are all visible at a glance so your team can act immediately.
A composite Trust Score gives your team a fast, confident basis for every hire, loan, or onboarding decision. One number backed by real verified data.
Businesses use the Afritrust Score to make confident decisions in seconds. Identity, financial, and credential signals are synthesised into a single 0 to 100 metric. An instant, defensible basis for action.
From HR teams verifying candidates to lenders assessing borrowers, Afritrust slots directly into the workflows of businesses that depend on verified identity.
HR teams verify the identity, education, and work history of candidates before extending an offer. Complete background checks in minutes, not weeks.
Learn more →Lending businesses verify borrower identity and access credit history before approving loans. Reduce default risk from the very first interaction.
Learn more →Online platforms verify every merchant and user at the point of onboarding. Build trust between transacting parties before the first payment is made.
Learn more →Operations teams verify the identity and driving licences of agents before they enter the network. Protect your brand and your customers from day one.
Learn more →Across African markets, identity is scattered across dozens of registries, bureaus, and institutions. Businesses waste weeks trying to verify a single person manually. Afritrust brings it all together in one place.
"We used to spend three to four days manually verifying candidates. With Afritrust, the same check takes under two minutes. It has completely changed how we hire at scale."
"Our loan default rate dropped by 31% within six months of using Afritrust for borrower verification. The credit check and Trust Score combination is incredibly accurate."
"Onboarding a verified merchant on our marketplace used to take a week. Afritrust brings it down to minutes. Trust between our buyers and sellers has never been higher."
Most verifications complete in under three seconds. Complex multi-source checks may take up to eight seconds depending on the number of checks requested and the availability of external registries.
Afritrust verifies NIN, BVN, Voter's Card, Driver's Licence, International Passport, WAEC certificates, NYSC status, utility bills for address, and SIM registration records.
No. All data submitted to Afritrust is used solely for the purpose of the verification requested. We do not sell or share personal data with any third party. All handling is compliant with NDPR regulations.
Not at all. The Afritrust dashboard allows any team member to run verifications with no technical setup. Simply create an account, add your team, and start submitting verification requests immediately.
The Trust Score is a weighted composite of all verification results including identity match confidence, credit standing, credential validity, and address confirmation. Each component contributes a weighted portion of the final score.
Afritrust is currently live and fully operational across Nigeria. We are actively expanding to Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. Businesses with cross-border needs can join the waitlist for early access to new markets.
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Afritrust is Africa's identity verification infrastructure. Helping businesses verify who people are and make confident decisions based on trusted data.