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Cameroon

Cameroon eKYB validates the legitimacy of Cameroonian businesses by checking their tax ID, business name, and address against Cameroonian government sources of truth.

Warning

Cameroon eKYB is currently available only in the Incode demo environment, not in production. Contact Incode support for availability.

UBOs and directors are not currently supported for Cameroon.

Source

Country Source Description
Cameroon Cameroonian government sources of truth Verifies submitted business details against records maintained in Cameroonian registries.

Direct API approach

For general integration notes and shared response semantics, see the eKYB API Reference.

Request parameters

Parameter Required Description
plugins Mandatory Array. Must be ["ekyb"].
businessName Mandatory String. Name of the business.
country Mandatory String. Two-letter Alpha-2 country code. Must be CM.
taxId Mandatory String. NIF (Numéro d'Identification Fiscale). Typically alphanumeric.
street Optional String. Street name of the business.
houseNo Optional String. Building or house number.
addressLine2 Optional String. Second line of the business address.
city Optional String. City in the business address.

Sample request

{
  "plugins": ["ekyb"],
  "businessName": "Equatorial Beverages Ltd.",
  "street": "Rue de la République, Bonanjo",
  "city": "Douala",
  "country": "CM",
  "taxId": "CM0000087219"
}

Sample response

{
  "kyb": [
    { "key": "name", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "tin", "sub_label": "Verified", "reasonCodes": ["REGNO"] },
    { "key": "address_verification", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "cityMatch", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "registrationStatus", "sub_label": "Active" },
    { "key": "entityType", "sub_label": "Société à Responsabilité Limitée (SARL)" }
  ]
}

Response fields

Key Status Description
name Verified, Approximate Match, Unverified Submitted business name against the business name associated with the tax ID.
tin Found, Not Found Submitted tax ID against the government database.
address_verification Verified, Approximate Match, Unverified Submitted address against the address associated with the tax ID.
cityMatch Verified, Approximate Match, Unverified Submitted city against the city associated with the tax ID.
registrationStatus Active, Inactive, Unknown Registration status of the business. Inactive includes suspended businesses and those no longer in operation.
entityType Legal entity type of the business The legal entity type of the company, if available. If not available, displays Unknown.

Error responses

See the eKYB API Reference for standard error responses.

Single Session Dashboard results

View eKYB results on the Business tab in single Session view.

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