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title: "Africa's Talking: Messaging APIs"
description: "Add SMS, USSD and voice (IVR, call routing, recording) plus airtime, data and payments APIs across 9 African countries."
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published_at: "2026-03-11T12:36:15.470Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-25T12:52:10.843Z"
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# Africa's Talking: Messaging APIs

Add SMS, USSD and voice (IVR, call routing, recording) plus airtime, data and payments APIs across 9 African countries.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Communication & Social](/categories/communication-social)
- [Africa's Talking](/africas-talking)

## Summary

Telecom and payments APIs for building mobile engagement

A Pan-African API platform for developers and businesses to add SMS, USSD, voice, airtime, mobile data, and payment services to apps across Africa.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://africastalking.com/ |
| Tagline | Telecom and payments APIs for building mobile engagement |
| Primary country | Kenya |
| Platforms | Web, API |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

Africa's Talking is a Pan-African **communications and payments API platform** for developers and businesses that need access to telecom services across multiple African markets.

Key capabilities include:
- **SMS APIs** for sending text messages from mobile and web applications (including bulk messaging use cases)
- **USSD** to build interactive customer journeys that work on feature phones through menu prompts and replies
- **Voice APIs** for programmable calling features such as IVR, call routing, conferencing, call recording, and SIP trunking (including web-based call center setups)
- **Airtime and mobile data services** for distributing virtual airtime and data across supported networks, plus **payments** services where available

Available via **Web** and **APIs**.

Built for **B2B teams**, including software developers, tech startups, SMEs, and enterprises in industries such as fintech, government, and ecommerce that need telecom integrations for customer engagement.

Notable in the African market for its broad telecom reach (integrations with **80+ telecom providers**), scale (over **4 billion messages** handled annually), and an active developer community of **150,000+**. It operates across multiple African countries, including Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Egypt, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, and Tanzania.

## Features

- [Communication & Social](/categories/communication-social): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [Messaging](/tags/messaging): Product feature or technology
- [USSD](/tags/ussd): Product feature or technology
- [Côte d'Ivoire](/countries/cote-divoire): Market
- [Ghana](/countries/ghana): Market
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market
- [Malawi](/countries/malawi): Market
- [Nigeria](/countries/nigeria): Market
- [Rwanda](/countries/rwanda): Market
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market
- [Tanzania](/countries/tanzania): Market
- [Uganda](/countries/uganda): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/africas-talking/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/africas-talking/reviews)
- [Transparency](/africas-talking/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/africas-talking)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)