The war against fraud isn’t a joke anymore, both online and in the real world, but it seems as though with every method fight fraud new techniques to defraud people is being connived, which is we why we appreciate start ups like Dojah…a rapidly growing identity verification and anti-fraud compliance platform that is helping businesses across Africa build trust, protect user data, and stay compliant in an increasingly digital world, what an insightful conversation our representative had with two of their attendant at the lagos start up expo 2.0.
As more businesses in Africa move online especially in fintech, e-commerce, mobility, and health so do the risks. Fraud, impersonation, money laundering, and regulatory violations have become everyday concerns. Dojah is providing the solution: a single, powerful API stack that verifies identity, detects fraud, and helps businesses comply with KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) regulations.
Verifying Trust in a Digital-First Africa
At its core, Dojah enables businesses to onboard customers securely and quickly by integrating a wide range of verification tools that authenticate identity, documents, biometrics, addresses, and even behavior patterns. The goal is simple but crucial: make sure people are who they say they are.
Whether you’re a bank, loan app, ride-hailing platform, or crypto exchange, Dojah’s technology can help you:
- Verify national IDs, BVNs, passports, and driver’s licenses in real time
- Perform biometric facial matching to prevent impersonation
- Run watchlist and PEP (Politically Exposed Persons) screenings
- Detect suspicious or duplicate user activity across multiple platforms
All of these services are accessible via a unified API, making integration fast and seamless for both startups and enterprise-scale companies.
Fighting Fraud with Intelligence inclined tech.
What makes Dojah unique is its use of AI-powered risk scoring and behavioral intelligence to detect fraud beyond just identity theft. The system analyzes user patterns—such as typing speed, IP address, or device fingerprint—to flag suspicious behavior before a breach happens.
Its tools are also built with Africa in mind, supporting a wide array of national databases across countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, and more—ensuring local accuracy with global-grade security.
In an environment where a single fraud case can cost a startup its reputation or license, Dojah provides real-time defense mechanisms and regulatory peace of mind.
Compliance Made Simple
Navigating compliance in Africa’s diverse and evolving regulatory landscape can be overwhelming. Dojah simplifies this by offering tools that help companies stay compliant with data protection laws (like NDPR, GDPR), financial KYC/AML standards, and sector-specific regulations—without compromising user experience.
Their platform automates customer due diligence, keeps audit trails, and provides dashboards for monitoring verification outcomes. It’s compliance without complexity.
Scaling Security for a Borderless Future
Dojah is already trusted by some of Africa’s top tech platforms and continues to scale rapidly. As digital trade, neobanking, and crypto adoption grow across the continent, Dojah’s infrastructure is becoming an essential layer for secure, cross-border interaction.
The startup has plans to expand into Francophone Africa, deepen its machine learning fraud detection capabilities, and build out a plug-and-play compliance engine for new fintechs entering regulated spaces.
In today’s Africa, where digital transactions are booming, people now move around nearly cashless and still go about their lives, who would have thought days like these would come to exist? but fraud is rising just as fast, Dojah is building the trust layer that holds it all together. By combining local data coverage, global security standards, and AI-powered risk intelligence, the startup is enabling safe digital transformation at scale.
Whether you’re onboarding your first user or scaling to a million, Dojah ensures your platform is secure, compliant, and fraud-resistant—because in the digital economy, trust is everything.
