aid: africastalking
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/africastalking/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Africa's Talking
kind: company
description: Africa's Talking is a pan-African communications platform that exposes
  a unified set of REST APIs for SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime, Mobile Data, and Payments.
  Developers authenticate with an apiKey and username and reach mobile subscribers
  across Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and other African markets through
  carrier integrations.
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/africastalking.png
tags:
- Communications
- SMS
- USSD
- Voice
- Airtime
- Mobile Data
- Payments
- Africa
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: africastalking:africastalking-airtime-api
  name: Africa's Talking Airtime API
  description: Distribute mobile airtime to recipients.
  humanURL: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  baseURL: https://api.africastalking.com/version1
  tags:
  - Airtime
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/africastalking-airtime-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/sending/bulk
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/africastalking.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/ussd/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/voice/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/mobile_c2b/checkout
- aid: africastalking:africastalking-mobile-data-api
  name: Africa's Talking Mobile Data API
  description: Disburse mobile data bundles to recipients.
  humanURL: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  baseURL: https://api.africastalking.com/version1
  tags:
  - Mobile Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/africastalking-mobile-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/sending/bulk
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/africastalking.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/ussd/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/voice/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/mobile_c2b/checkout
- aid: africastalking:africastalking-payments-api
  name: Africa's Talking Payments API
  description: Mobile C2B checkout, B2C, and B2B mobile money transfers.
  humanURL: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  baseURL: https://api.africastalking.com/version1
  tags:
  - Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/africastalking-payments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/sending/bulk
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/africastalking.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/ussd/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/voice/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/mobile_c2b/checkout
- aid: africastalking:africastalking-premium-sms-api
  name: Africa's Talking Premium SMS API
  description: Premium SMS subscriptions and checkout tokens.
  humanURL: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  baseURL: https://api.africastalking.com/version1
  tags:
  - Premium SMS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/africastalking-premium-sms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/sending/bulk
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/africastalking.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/ussd/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/voice/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/mobile_c2b/checkout
- aid: africastalking:africastalking-sms-api
  name: Africa's Talking SMS API
  description: Send single and bulk SMS and fetch inbox messages.
  humanURL: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  baseURL: https://api.africastalking.com/version1
  tags:
  - SMS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/africastalking-sms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/sending/bulk
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/africastalking.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/ussd/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/voice/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/mobile_c2b/checkout
- aid: africastalking:africastalking-voice-api
  name: Africa's Talking Voice API
  description: Outbound calls, transfers, queue status, and media upload.
  humanURL: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  baseURL: https://api.africastalking.com/version1
  tags:
  - Voice
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/africastalking-voice-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/sms/sending/bulk
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/africastalking.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/ussd/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/voice/overview
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/airtime/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/data/sending
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.africastalking.com/docs/payments/mobile_c2b/checkout
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/africastalking-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/africastalking-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/africastalking-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/AfricasTalkingLtd
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/africa-s-talking
- type: Website
  url: https://africastalking.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.africastalking.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/africastalking-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/africastalking-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/africastalking-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com