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SendByte

Naira-priced transactional email API for Africa.

SendByte is a developer-first transactional email API built for Africa, sending OTPs, receipts, and alerts with fixed Naira pricing (billed via Paystack or Flutterwave) and deliverability tuned for African networks. Infrastructure is hosted in-region with NDPR data residency built in. Built by Echospectra Technology Limited.

MessagingDeveloper ToolsNigeria
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Africa's Talking

Communications API for Africa.

Africa's Talking provides APIs for SMS, voice, airtime, payments, and more across African telecom networks. A unified platform for building communication solutions.

MessagingAirtimeNigeriaKenya
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Bachs

Payments and billing platform for internet businesses, settling to African bank accounts.

Bachs is a full payments and billing platform combining global checkout, subscription billing, usage-based billing, tax handling, and settlement to African bank accounts (NGN, GHS, KES, ZAR) in one integration. Supports cards, mobile money, bank transfer, and stablecoin (USDT/USDC) checkout across Africa, Europe, and North America.

PaymentsFinancial InfrastructureNigeriaGhana
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Flutterwave

Unified payments API covering cards, mobile money, bank transfers and payouts across Africa.

Flutterwave provides a unified payments API covering cards, mobile money, bank transfers and payouts across Africa. Accept payments, send payouts, and manage transactions from one integration.

PaymentsNigeriaGhana
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Onafriq

Cross-border payments network formerly known as MFS Africa.

Onafriq (formerly MFS Africa) operates a cross-border payments network connecting over 500 million mobile money users across Africa. Their API enables remittances, business payments, and financial inclusion solutions.

PaymentsMobile MoneyNigeriaGhana
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OPay

Digital financial platform for payments and merchant services.

OPay is a Nigerian fintech company offering digital payments, merchant acquiring, transfers, POS services, wallets, and financial services. It provides payment solutions for businesses and selected API integrations for enterprise partners.

PaymentsMerchant ServicesNigeria

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