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Benin

West Africa · XOF (CFA) · dial code +229 · French

Local currency

XOF

Phone numbers

+2290190123456

National ID

CNI / NPI: coming

Available in Benin

• ✓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
• ✓File tools (PDF, images, audio)
• ✓Short links
• ✓QR codes
• ✓Video meetings

Nigeria only

These read Nigerian identity, banking and utility records, so they do not work for Benin. Calling them for another country returns 403 not_available_in_country:

• ●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)

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_available_in_country",
    "message": "BVN verification is only available for Nigeria. ...",
    "status": 403
  }
}

Coming: CNI / NPI verification

A Benin-specific identity check against the CNI / NPI (ANIP) is planned. Until it launches, you can verify people in Benin with document OCR, liveness and face match, which work with any passport, national ID or driver's licence photo.

Prices in XOF

Your balance is held in naira. Prices below are converted at ₦2.2832 per XOF, rounded up. Top-ups in XOF are credited at the same rate.

Phone number format

Benin mobile numbers are written locally as 01 90 12 34 56 and internationally as +2290190123456. There is no national 0 prefix to remove; we add +229 in front of what you send.

curl -X POST https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start \
  -H "X-IdentifyOrg-Key: io_live_xxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "phone": "+2290190123456" }'

# The same number in local format needs the country:
curl -X POST https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start \
  -H "X-IdentifyOrg-Key: io_live_xxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "phone": "0190123456", "country": "BJ" }'

const res = await fetch("https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "X-IdentifyOrg-Key": process.env.IDENTIFYORG_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ phone: "0190123456", country: "BJ" }), // or phone: "+2290190123456"
});
const { id } = await res.json(); // then POST /v1/phone/verify/check with { id, code }

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start",
    headers={"X-IdentifyOrg-Key": os.environ["IDENTIFYORG_KEY"]},
    json={"phone": "+2290190123456"},
)
verification_id = r.json()["id"]

Topping up your balance

Card payments and mobile money (MTN MoMo, Moov Money) in XOF, converted to your naira balance at the rate shown when you pay. Provider availability is set per country, and cards in US dollars are the fallback where a local-currency option is not open yet.

Data protection

Personal data in Benin is governed by the Digital Code (Law 2017-20). Phone verification stores only a salted hash of each code; check your own obligations as the data controller.