specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Africa's Talking
providerId: africastalking
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Communications
- SMS
- USSD
- Voice
- Airtime
- Mobile Data
- Payments
- Africa
- Plans
description: >-
  Africa's Talking uses prepaid, usage-based pricing. Customers top up an
  account wallet and pay per unit consumed: per SMS sent, per USSD session,
  per minute or per call leg for Voice, a percentage or flat transaction fee
  for Payments, and the face value plus margin for Airtime and Mobile Data.
  Per-unit rates vary by country and carrier and are quoted in local currency,
  so they are not reconciled here. There are no fixed Free / Pro / Enterprise
  tiers; volume and enterprise rates are negotiated with sales.
notes: >-
  Per-country, per-carrier per-unit rates change frequently and are published
  on the Africa's Talking pricing and billing pages and surfaced in the
  account dashboard. Capture exact rates per country on reconciliation.
sources:
- https://africastalking.com/pricing
- https://developers.africastalking.com
- https://help.africastalking.com
plans:
- id: africastalking-pay-as-you-go
  name: Pay-as-you-go
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Prepaid wallet metered per unit across all products. Rates vary by
    country and carrier; values below are model placeholders pending
    per-country reconciliation.
  entries:
  - label: SMS (per message)
    name: sms
    type: usage
    metric: messages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: per-country
    unit: 1
    price: per-message rate varies by country (see pricing page)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Premium SMS (per message)
    name: premium_sms
    type: usage
    metric: messages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: per-country
    unit: 1
    price: per-message rate with revenue share, varies by short code and country
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: USSD (per session)
    name: ussd
    type: usage
    metric: sessions
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: per-country
    unit: 1
    price: per-session rate varies by country and shared/dedicated code
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Voice (per minute)
    name: voice
    type: usage
    metric: minutes
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: per-country
    unit: 1
    price: per-minute / per-leg rate varies by country and inbound/outbound
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Airtime (face value + margin)
    name: airtime
    type: usage
    metric: transactions
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: per-country
    unit: 1
    price: face value of airtime plus carrier margin, varies by country
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Mobile Data (per bundle)
    name: mobile_data
    type: usage
    metric: bundles
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: per-country
    unit: 1
    price: bundle cost varies by quantity, validity, country, and carrier
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Payments (per transaction)
    name: payments
    type: usage
    metric: transactions
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: per-country
    unit: 1
    price: percentage or flat transaction fee, varies by rail and country
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: SMS
  - name: Premium SMS
  - name: USSD
  - name: Voice
  - name: Airtime
  - name: Mobile Data
  - name: Payments
- id: africastalking-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Negotiated volume rates, dedicated short codes and sender IDs, account
    management, and SLAs for high-volume senders. Contact Africa's Talking
    sales.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: per-country
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Dedicated Short Codes
  - name: Negotiated Volume Rates
  - name: Account Management and SLAs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com