Dojah (YC-W22)
“Can one platform become the default identity, compliance and fraud-risk infrastructure for Africa's digital economy?”
Founded2021
HQLagos, Nigeria
Total raised$635K
IndustryInfrastructure / KYC
The story
Dojah launched in 2021 as a KYC/identity verification API for African fintechs and joined YC's W22 batch. Over 2023–2025 it evolved from a pure ID-verification vendor into a broader anti-fraud and risk-intelligence platform (Anti-Fraud Hub + Identity Hub), covering transaction monitoring, AML, credit checks and financial-data connections. Its strategic angle is to be the horizontal compliance/fraud layer underneath Africa's digital economy, competing with Smile ID and Youverify.
Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2021
Dojah founded in Lagos as an identity verification and KYC infrastructure company for African digital businesses.· pivot
2022
Accepted into Y Combinator's W22 batch alongside 17 other Nigerian startups.· pivot
2024
Expanded product suite into anti-fraud infrastructure including transaction monitoring, AML compliance and risk scoring.· pivot
2025
Published Fraud Insights Africa 2025 Edition, positioning as pan-African fraud/risk intelligence provider.· pivot
Same company
Dojah (YC-W22) was analysed under more than one name on the same domain, so its stack is split across these dossiers. Each was analysed independently and may name providers the others do not.
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Dojah (YC-W22)’s embedded-finance stack
Lending
Credit Check API
Accounting gap: none