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São Tomé and Príncipe

Central Africa · STN (Db) · dial code +239 · Portuguese

Local currency

STN

Phone numbers

+2399812345

National ID

Bilhete de Identidade: coming

Available in São Tomé and Príncipe

• ✓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 São Tomé and Príncipe. 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: Bilhete de Identidade verification

A São Tomé and Príncipe-specific identity check against the Bilhete de Identidade (Ministry of Justice) is planned. Until it launches, you can verify people in São Tomé and Príncipe with document OCR, liveness and face match, which work with any passport, national ID or driver's licence photo.

Prices in STN

Your balance is held in naira. Prices below are converted at ₦61.1299 per STN, rounded up. Top-ups in STN are credited at the same rate.

Phone number format

São Tomé and Príncipe mobile numbers are written locally as 981 2345 and internationally as +2399812345. There is no national 0 prefix to remove; we add +239 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": "+2399812345" }'

# 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": "9812345", "country": "ST" }'

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: "9812345", country: "ST" }), // or phone: "+2399812345"
});
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": "+2399812345"},
)
verification_id = r.json()["id"]

Topping up your balance

Card payments in STN, 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 São Tomé and Príncipe is governed by the Law 03/2016 on personal data. Phone verification stores only a salted hash of each code; check your own obligations as the data controller.