Capture
Web and Android apps, or your own app through the API. Document photo and selfie, guided.
Identity infrastructure for Central Africa
The trust layer between people and institutions.
HECID lets banks, operators and public agencies verify, decide and prove who someone is, on infrastructure they control. Built in Cameroon.
- Runs on your servers
- French and English
- Four-eyes review
- Hash-chained audit
- AI anti-fraud
- OpenID Connect
The platform
Four layers, one chain of evidence
Each case moves through the same four layers. Every step adds evidence; nothing is decided without a record.
Verify
Machine-readable zone read and checked, liveness tested, selfie compared with the document photo.
Decide
A second, MFA-authenticated reviewer approves or rejects. Automated checks never decide alone.
Prove
Result and evidence sealed in an append-only, hash-chained ledger, ready for the auditor.
AI anti-fraud
Document authenticity, liveness and face match powered by AI. Detects fake IDs, spoofed selfies and synthetic identities before they reach a reviewer.
Services
Identity, screening and background checks
Everything an organisation in Cameroon needs to know who it is dealing with.
Background checks
Comprehensive background checks on individuals and companies in Cameroon. Criminal records, identity verification, employment history, education, and adverse media.
KYC & onboarding
Full KYC pipeline for banks, telcos, and agencies. Document capture, liveness, face match, and MFA-protected human review — all self-hosted.
Screening & compliance
AML screening, sanctions list checks, PEP screening, and adverse media monitoring for businesses operating in Cameroon and beyond.
Company verification
Verify companies wishing to do business in Cameroon. Registration checks, director verification, beneficial ownership, and document validation.
Cross-border screening
Screen individuals and entities against international sanctions lists, PEP databases, and adverse media for cross-border business.
Audit & compliance reports
Generate defensible KYC and AML evidence packages. Hash-chained audit ledger ready for regulators and auditors.
Sectors
Built for regulated onboarding
Wherever you must know who a person is before you serve them.
Banking and microfinance
Open accounts remotely and keep a defensible KYC and AML file for every customer.
Telecom and mobile money
Register SIM cards and wallets against a verified identity, not a photocopy.
Government
Let citizens prove who they are online, with data kept on State-controlled infrastructure.
Sovereignty
Identity data stays in your data centre
- Installed on your own Linux servers, on-premise or in a national cloud
- No document image or selfie is sent to Hekate Systems or any third party
- Tenant isolation, MFA for reviewers and checks that fail closed
Developers
A plain REST API, standard sign-in
Create a verification session, send the evidence, submit for review. Your systems sign in with OpenID Connect.
Open the developer portal# 1. Open a session
POST /v1/verification-sessions
# 2. Send document and selfie
POST /v1/verification-sessions/{id}/evidence
# 3. Submit for human review
POST /v1/verification-sessions/{id}/submit
→ 200 { "state": "REVIEW_PENDING" }FAQ
Common questions
What is HECID?
HECID is self-hosted identity infrastructure built in Cameroon by Hekate Systems. It reads ID documents, checks liveness, matches the selfie to the document photo, routes each case to a human reviewer and records every step in a tamper-evident audit ledger.
Where is identity data stored?
On your own servers. HECID is installed inside your infrastructure, so document images, selfies and results never pass through a third-party cloud.
Which documents does HECID read?
Passports and ID cards that carry a machine-readable zone (MRZ), including the Cameroonian biometric national ID card.
Is a human involved in decisions?
Yes. Automated checks produce evidence; a second, MFA-authenticated reviewer approves or rejects each case before it is marked verified.
How do I integrate HECID?
Customers capture their document and selfie in the HECID web or Android app, or in your own app through the REST API. Your systems sign in with OpenID Connect and receive the result and evidence package.
Is HECID available in French?
Yes. The website, the capture apps and the review console are designed for French and English.
Build onboarding your regulator can trust
A briefing with our engineers on your volumes, your regulator and your infrastructure.