Identity verification and SMS OTP API for Senegal

Local checks

A direct Senegalese national ID lookup is on our roadmap. Today, read the CNI with document OCR and confirm the person with liveness and face match. Personal data is governed by Law 2008-12 under the CDP.

Numbers and currency

Mobile numbers have nine digits and no leading 0: 77 123 45 67 locally and +221771234567 internationally. The CFA franc (XOF) has no cents and is shared with seven other West African countries, so one set of prices serves them all.

What you can use in Senegal

• ✓Phone verification (SMS OTP)
• ✓SMS and bulk SMS
• ✓Document OCR and verification
• ✓Liveness detection
• ✓Face match
• ✓Address verification
• ✓Verification Suite (applicant links and embed)
• ✓Website audit
• ✓Domain verification
• ✓AI content detection
• ✓Video and voice calls
• ✓Live streaming
• ✓Chat
• ✓WhatsApp assistant and platform
• ✓Short links
• ✓Video meetings
• ●CNI (Carte nationale d'identité) verification: coming

BVN verification, NIN verification, Driver's licence (FRSC), Bank account name check, BVN to account match, CAC business registry check, Credit bureau score, Bills (airtime, data, electricity, TV), Business payment gateway (collections) depend on Nigerian records and are available for Nigeria only.

Prices in XOF

Pay as you go. No subscription, and test keys are free.

Send your first code to a Senegal number

Send +221 numbers as they are, or local numbers with the country.

curl -X POST https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start \
  -H "X-IdentifyOrg-Key: io_test_xxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "phone": "771234567", "country": "SN" }'

# or, in international format, no country needed:
#   { "phone": "+221771234567" }

Mobile money widely used in Senegal: Orange Money, Wave, Free Money. Personal data is governed by the Law 2008-12 on personal data (CDP).

How teams use it in Senegal

Common questions

Also in West Africa