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title: "Celcom Africa: Bulk Messaging"
description: "Send OTPs, banking alerts and bulk SMS in Kenya (Safaricom/Airtel/Telkom) from KES 0.25–0.60/SMS, plus WhatsApp, email and USSD APIs."
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published_at: "2026-08-05T11:56:09.686Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-15T03:01:15.101Z"
---

# Celcom Africa: Bulk Messaging

Send OTPs, banking alerts and bulk SMS in Kenya (Safaricom/Airtel/Telkom) from KES 0.25–0.60/SMS, plus WhatsApp, email and USSD APIs.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Communication & Social](/categories/communication-social)
- [Celcom Africa](/celcom-africa)

## Summary

Bulk SMS, WhatsApp, email, and USSD for African businesses

A bulk SMS and enterprise messaging platform for African businesses to send OTPs, alerts, and campaigns via API, WhatsApp, email, USSD, and shortcodes.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://celcomafrica.com/ |
| Tagline | Bulk SMS, WhatsApp, email, and USSD for African businesses |
| Primary country | Kenya |
| Platforms | Web, API |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

Celcom Africa is a Kenyan-headquartered **bulk SMS and enterprise messaging platform** for businesses that need high-volume customer communication, including OTPs, banking alerts, payment notifications, and marketing campaigns.

Key capabilities include:
- **Bulk SMS campaigns in Kenya** across Safaricom, Airtel, and Telkom, with **segmentation** and **real-time delivery reports** for promotional and transactional messaging.
- **A2P SMS gateway and developer APIs** for application-to-person messaging, supporting **REST API**, **SMPP**, and **webhooks**, plus SDKs for **PHP, Python, Node.js, Java, and .NET**.
- **Multi-channel messaging** from one environment, including **WhatsApp Business API**, **Bulk Email**, **SMS**, and **USSD and shortcodes**, with campaign tracking such as delivery and engagement.
- **Till/Paybill SMS integration** to trigger automated SMS receipts and payment alerts for M-Pesa Till and Paybill transactions.

Available on **Web** (dashboard and login portal) and via **API** (REST and SMPP).

Target users include **banks and fintechs, schools, healthcare providers, retailers, e-commerce teams, NGOs, SMEs, corporates**, and **resellers** that want to offer bulk messaging services through a white-label program.

It is notable in the African market for its focus on **Kenyan network coverage** with a broader footprint across **54 African markets**, plus published reliability metrics such as a **99.9% uptime SLA** and usage-based pricing advertised from **KES 0.25 to 0.60 per SMS** (with trial credits mentioned on signup).

## Features

- [Communication & Social](/categories/communication-social): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [Email Marketing](/tags/email-marketing): Product feature or technology
- [Messaging](/tags/messaging): Product feature or technology
- [USSD](/tags/ussd): Product feature or technology
- [White-label](/tags/white-label): Product feature or technology
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/celcom-africa/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/celcom-africa/reviews)
- [Transparency](/celcom-africa/transparency)

## Access and citation

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