A configurable digital onboarding engine for any organisation that works with small businesses. Verify identity, capture documents and get consent — all from a phone, on any network.
Every day you rely on paper forms, branch visits and manual checks is another day SMEs fall off before they even start.
Staff spend hours transcribing handwritten forms. Errors pile up, files get lost, and compliance audits become nightmares. There is a faster way.
Requiring a branch visit or mailing documents filters out genuine SME owners who cannot take time away from their business. You lose customers before they start.
Photocopied IDs and unverified selfies leave you exposed to fraud. Without liveness checks and OCR-matched data, your compliance position is fragile.
Vono Onboard guides an SME owner through the full onboarding journey on their phone — no branch visit, no printed forms, no data plan required.
Business name, type, location and basic trading info
Scan National ID or Passport — data extracted automatically
Selfie captured and matched against the scanned ID photo
Trading licence, business registration or any required docs
Digital consent and agreement signed on-device
Record created, documents stored, confirmation sent
Six battle-tested capabilities, each optimised for low-end Android devices and patchy African mobile networks.
Point a phone camera at any National ID, Passport or business document and Vono Onboard extracts name, date of birth, ID number and address automatically — no typing needed, fewer errors guaranteed.
Auto-extractionA short selfie sequence confirms the person holding the ID is physically present. The selfie is matched against the ID photo, blocking printed photos and screen replays — all from a standard phone camera.
Face matchCapture business name, type, trading address, sector and owner details in a structured form. Fields are validated in real time so you always receive clean, complete records rather than partial submissions.
Structured dataSME owners upload trading licences, business registration certificates or any document you require — directly from their phone gallery or camera. Files are securely stored and linked to the onboarding record.
Secure storageCollect legally binding digital consent and signatures on-device. Terms, privacy notices and custom agreements can be presented at any point in the flow, with a full audit trail of what was shown and when.
Audit trailBuilt from the ground up for Android phones on 2G and 3G networks. The entire flow compresses images before upload, caches progress locally and resumes where it left off after a dropped connection.
Works on 2GNo two organisations onboard SMEs the same way. Vono Onboard is built to adapt — not to lock you into a fixed process.
Every step in the default flow can be turned on or off, reordered, or made optional. Custom fields, your own branding and additional steps can be layered in — without writing a line of code.
Most digital onboarding tools are built for broadband Europe. Vono Onboard is built for market traders in Kampala, shop owners in Nairobi and kiosk operators in Lusaka.
Image compression, local caching and a lightweight UI mean the full onboarding flow works even when connectivity drops mid-session. Progress is saved locally and synced when the connection returns.
📱 2G-readySMEs access the onboarding flow through a link sent via SMS or shared by an agent. No Play Store, no storage issues, no friction. Camera and file access work natively through the mobile browser.
🌐 Browser-basedOCR and verification are pre-configured for Ugandan, Kenyan, Rwandan and Zambian National IDs and Passports. No custom integration needed to go live in VONO's entry markets.
🌎 UG • KE • RW • ZMBook a demo and we will show you the default flow, walk through configuration options and scope what a deployment looks like for your organisation.