Africa × Legal & Compliance Tech

Legal & Compliance Tech in Africa

5 legal & compliance tech providers across Africa, publishing 41 APIs.

5 providers 41 published APIs 41 indexed documents

Legal & Compliance Tech across Africa — 5 providers on the APIs.io network sit in both cohorts, and between them they publish 41 indexed APIs.

4 of the 5 publish at least one machine-readable API; 1 publish nothing indexed at all. That split is the first thing worth reading here — a vertical can be well represented in a market and still have almost no programmable surface.

By Kin Score band: 3 developing, 1 emerging, and 1 minimal.

Leading by rating: africacompliancedata-com, MetaMap, Smile Identity, Earnipay, and ElMetr.

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 (5)

Provider Description APIs Rating
africacompliancedata-com Africa Compliance Data provides a public API and dataset covering holidays, business days, VAT rates, withholding tax, tax identification formats, filing deadlines, payroll tax ... 6 developing
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... 10 developing
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... 12 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... 13 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 (41)

Two numbers, both real: these providers publish 41 APIs as their own documents, which the catalog indexes split one-per-resource into 41 documents.

africacompliancedata-com Countries API

africacompliancedata-com
Coverage, full country profiles, your account and your Pro country pack. All plans (tax sections of the profile: Compliance, and Pro for ...

africacompliancedata-com Holidays and business days API

africacompliancedata-com
All plans, including calendar feeds; the holiday watch from Developer up.

africacompliancedata-com Private mode API

africacompliancedata-com
Signed country-year bundles for computing on your own machine (the SDKs' private mode). Holiday parts on all plans; tax parts on Pro (cou...

africacompliancedata-com Public API

africacompliancedata-com
No key needed.

africacompliancedata-com Tax data API

africacompliancedata-com
Pro (countries of its pack) and Compliance plans; the finance-law digest is Compliance only.

africacompliancedata-com Webhooks API

africacompliancedata-com
Signed notifications when a country's data changes, and the change log (every changed value with its reason): Developer and Pro for holid...

MetaMap Authentication API

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

MetaMap Background Checks API

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

MetaMap Credit Checks API

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

MetaMap Custom Watchlists API

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

MetaMap Email Checks API

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

MetaMap GovChecks API

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

MetaMap Phone Checks API

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

MetaMap Verifications API

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

MetaMap Watchlist Checks API

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

MetaMap Webhooks API

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

Smile Identity Authentication API

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

Smile Identity Biometric Authentication API

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

Smile Identity Biometric Enrollment API

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

Smile Identity Biometric KYC API

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

Smile Identity Callback Replay API

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

Smile Identity Document Verification API

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

Smile Identity Enhanced Document Verification API

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

Smile Identity Enhanced KYC API

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

Smile Identity Services API

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

Smile Identity Smart Selfie Compare API

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

Smile Identity Users API

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

Smile Identity Verification Status API

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

Earnipay App API

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

Earnipay APP Provider API

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

Earnipay Authentication API

Earnipay
User authentication and authorization endpoints

Earnipay Bank API

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

Earnipay Business API

Earnipay
Business profile management and FIRS configuration

Earnipay Customers API

Earnipay
Customer management for invoicing

Earnipay Invoices API

Earnipay
Invoice creation, management, and FIRS validation

Earnipay IRN Generator API

Earnipay
Generate FIRS-compliant Invoice Reference Numbers

Earnipay Payment Details API

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

Earnipay Products API

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

Earnipay QR Code Generator API

Earnipay
Generate FIRS-compliant encrypted QR codes for invoices

Earnipay Team API

Earnipay
Team member and invitation management

Earnipay Users API

Earnipay
User profile management

Other industries in Africa

Financial Technology 90 Payments & Money Movement 74 E-Commerce Platform 32 Financial Services 32 Banking & Open Banking 23 Supply Chain & Procurement 23 Logistics 17 Mobility & Fleet 17 Artificial Intelligence 15 Retail 14 Telecommunications & Connectivity 12 Accounting & Finance Operations 11 All of Africa →

Legal & Compliance Tech elsewhere

North America 154 Europe 108 United Kingdom & Ireland 35 DACH (Germany · Austria · Switzerland) 25 Latin America 19 France & Iberia 16 MENA (Middle East & North Africa) 15 Middle East 13 India & South Asia 11 Australia & New Zealand 8 Nordics 8 Global / Multi-region 7 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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