
Leading digital identity and KYC company, Smile Identity has acquired Ghana-based identity verification company Inclusive Innovations. Inclusive Innovations is the parent company of Appruve which operates in the same arena as Smile Identity and offers ID verification for individuals and businesses. This acquisition will aid Smile Identity’s on-ground expansion plans and the spread of its digital identity solutions across Africa.
Smile Identity helps businesses across Africa verify the identity of their users/customers before onboarding them into a product/system of value. They do this by providing automated document verification and authentication services, AML Compliance screening, biometric authentication, user verification and onboarding, and other fraud prevention security services.
Appruve on the other hand focuses on connecting multiple databases to create a story around an…