How One Dev Built a Single Compliance Flow for Nigeria and Kenya

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A software developer shared how they engineered a unified KYC compliance system that handles the differing regulatory requirements of Nigeria and Kenya. The two countries have distinct step counts, director and shareholder data structures, and business-type-specific rules, making a one-size-fits-all approach complex. The solution uses country-specific configuration objects that describe fields, validation rules, and conditional logic as data rather than hardcoded UI components. A shared visibility function controls which fields appear based on form values, keeping country-specific behavior separate from the rendering layer. The system also supports a granular admin review process that allows reviewers to flag specific fields for correction without disrupting the rest of the form.

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