Djibouti
East Africa · DJF (Fdj) · dial code +253 · French, Arabic, Somali, Afar
- Local currency
- DJF
- Phone numbers
- +25377831001
- National ID
- Carte d'identité nationale: coming
Available in Djibouti
- 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 Djibouti. 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: Carte d'identité nationale verification
A Djibouti-specific identity check against the Carte d'identité nationale (Ministry of Interior) is planned. Until it launches, you can verify people in Djibouti with document OCR, liveness and face match, which work with any passport, national ID or driver's licence photo.
Prices in DJF
Your balance is held in naira. Prices below are converted at ₦7.4969 per DJF, rounded up. Top-ups in DJF are credited at the same rate.
| Service | Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Phone verification (SMS OTP) | Fdj 0.81 | per code sent |
| SMS | Fdj 0.41 | per message |
| Document OCR and verification | Fdj 6.7 | per document |
| Liveness detection | Fdj 11 | per check |
| Face match | Fdj 11 | per check |
| Address verification | Fdj 21 | per check |
| Video call | Fdj 0.34 | per participant-minute |
| Voice call | Fdj 0.14 | per participant-minute |
| Website audit | Fdj 41 | per scan |
| AI text detection | Fdj 11 | per check |
Phone number format
Djibouti mobile numbers are written locally as 77 83 10 01 and internationally as +25377831001. There is no national 0 prefix to remove; we add +253 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": "+25377831001" }'
# 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": "77831001", "country": "DJ" }'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: "77831001", country: "DJ" }), // or phone: "+25377831001"
});
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": "+25377831001"},
)
verification_id = r.json()["id"]Topping up your balance
Card payments and mobile money (D-Money) in DJF, 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 Djibouti is governed by the Law 22/AN/22 on personal data. Phone verification stores only a salted hash of each code; check your own obligations as the data controller.

