Legal & Compliance Tech in Africa

4 legal & compliance tech providers across Africa, publishing 3 APIs.

4 providers 3 published APIs 35 indexed documents
Thin cohort — 4 providers, below the 5-provider floor. This page publishes its roster and deliberately generates no statistics about it. A distribution over 4 providers is not a small characterisation of legal & compliance tech in Africa — it is a wrong one. Read the number as a statement about what the catalog has profiled, not about the market: Africa holds 158 providers overall and Legal & Compliance Tech holds 1149. If a company belongs here and is missing, add it.

Legal & Compliance Tech across Africa — 4 providers on the APIs.io network sit in both cohorts, and between them they publish 3 indexed APIs.

This cell is below the 5-provider floor, so it carries no generated statistics. A distribution over 4 providers is not a small characterisation of legal & compliance tech across Africa, it is a wrong one. What follows is the roster and nothing more. The gap is a statement about catalog coverage rather than about the market: Africa holds 158 providers in total and Legal & Compliance Tech holds 1149, so the intersection being this small is worth reading as a queue of organisations not yet profiled.

Region membership is derived from three explicit signals — a provider tag, a provider-name pattern, or a stated headquarters in the provider’s own description. This is a map of stated headquarters, not of markets served.

Providers (4)

Provider Description APIs Rating
MetaMap MetaMap (formerly Mati) is an identity verification platform founded in 2017 in San Francisco and headquartered there, serving 600+ companies across 50+ countries with a focus o... 1 strong
Smile Identity Smile Identity (Smile ID) is Africa's leading digital identity verification, fraud detection, AML and KYC/KYB compliance platform. Its V3 REST API and v12 mobile/web SDKs let bu... 1 developing
Earnipay Earnipay is a Nigerian fintech that operates an NRS/FIRS-compliant e-invoicing platform for businesses. As an accredited Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) and NITDA systems integrat... 1 emerging
ElMetr ElMetr (المتر) is a Middle East legal-tech company providing online legal consultation and guidance for companies, entrepreneurs, and individuals. The platform combines licensed... 0 minimal

Indexed API documents (35)

Two numbers, both real: these providers publish 3 APIs as their own documents, which the catalog indexes split one-per-resource into 35 documents.

MetaMap Authentication API

The Authentication API from MetaMap — 2 operation(s) for authentication.

MetaMap Background Checks API

The Background Checks API from MetaMap — 2 operation(s) for background checks.

MetaMap Credit Checks API

The Credit Checks API from MetaMap — 1 operation(s) for credit checks.

MetaMap Custom Watchlists API

The Custom Watchlists API from MetaMap — 1 operation(s) for custom watchlists.

MetaMap Email Checks API

The Email Checks API from MetaMap — 2 operation(s) for email checks.

MetaMap GovChecks API

The GovChecks API from MetaMap — 34 operation(s) for govchecks.

MetaMap Phone Checks API

The Phone Checks API from MetaMap — 2 operation(s) for phone checks.

MetaMap Verifications API

The Verifications API from MetaMap — 7 operation(s) for verifications.

MetaMap Watchlist Checks API

The Watchlist Checks API from MetaMap — 1 operation(s) for watchlist checks.

MetaMap Webhooks API

The Webhooks API from MetaMap — 1 operation(s) for webhooks.

Smile Identity Authentication API

The Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for authentication.

Smile Identity Biometric Authentication API

The Biometric Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric authentication.

Smile Identity Biometric Enrollment API

The Biometric Enrollment API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric enrollment.

Smile Identity Biometric KYC API

The Biometric KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric kyc.

Smile Identity Callback Replay API

The Callback Replay API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for callback replay.

Smile Identity Document Verification API

The Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for document verification.

Smile Identity Enhanced Document Verification API

The Enhanced Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced document verification.

Smile Identity Enhanced KYC API

The Enhanced KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced kyc.

Smile Identity Services API

The Services API from Smile Identity — 4 operation(s) for services.

Smile Identity Smart Selfie Compare API

The Smart Selfie Compare API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for smart selfie compare.

Smile Identity Users API

The Users API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for users.

Smile Identity Verification Status API

The Verification Status API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for verification status.

Earnipay App API

The App API from Earnipay — 1 operation(s) for app.

Earnipay APP Provider API

Third-party APP provider integration (Taxly) for FIRS submission

Earnipay Authentication API

User authentication and authorization endpoints

Earnipay Bank API

The Bank API from Earnipay — 2 operation(s) for bank.

Earnipay Business API

Business profile management and FIRS configuration

Earnipay Customers API

Customer management for invoicing

Earnipay Invoices API

Invoice creation, management, and FIRS validation

Earnipay IRN Generator API

Generate FIRS-compliant Invoice Reference Numbers

Earnipay Payment Details API

The Payment Details API from Earnipay — 2 operation(s) for payment details.

Earnipay Products API

The Products API from Earnipay — 2 operation(s) for products.

Earnipay QR Code Generator API

Generate FIRS-compliant encrypted QR codes for invoices

Earnipay Team API

Team member and invitation management

Earnipay Users API

User profile management

Other industries in Africa

Financial Services 29 Banking & Open Banking 22 Supply Chain & Procurement 21 Mobility & Fleet 17 Logistics 16 Blockchain, Crypto & Web3 14 Retail 14 Artificial Intelligence 11 Venture Capital & Investing 10 Human Resources & Payroll 9 Cybersecurity & Identity 7 Digital Health & Telehealth 7 All of Africa →

Legal & Compliance Tech elsewhere

North America 118 Europe 72 United Kingdom & Ireland 25 DACH (Germany · Austria · Switzerland) 21 France & Iberia 10 Middle East 10 Latin America 9 India & South Asia 6 Nordics 6 Australia & New Zealand 5 Japan & Korea 5 Southeast Asia 4 All of Legal & Compliance Tech →

This page is the intersection of two independently computed cohorts: Africa and Legal & Compliance Tech. A provider appears here only when it is already a member of both. Africa membership is matched on tag, name pattern, stated HQ, so this is a floor rather than a census — coverage gaps show up here as small numbers, not as absent pages.

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