Sales region
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa plus North Africa — Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, etc.
18 providers
120 APIs
Africa on the APIs.io network surfaces 18 providers mapped to this sales region — together publishing 120 indexed APIs.
Notable providers include Paystack, dLocal, Moniepoint, Flutterwave, Interswitch, Cellulant, and 12 more — each profile links out to that provider’s APIs, capabilities, schemas, and governance artifacts.
Related regions by shared providers: Latin America, Middle East, India & South Asia, and United Kingdom & Ireland. Browse every sales region at regions.apis.io.
Region mapping is derived from provider tags and provider-name pattern matching — it surfaces what is explicitly signalled in the structured data and intentionally does not infer further. Many providers operate across multiple regions; cross-listings are expected.
About this region
APIs from Africa — Sub-Saharan Africa plus North Africa. A region where mobile-money APIs (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo) have leapfrogged card rails entirely and where fintech, agritech, and logistics APIs dominate.
Providers (18)
| Provider | Description | APIs | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paystack | Paystack is an African payment processor (acquired by Stripe in 2020) that lets businesses accept payments in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, and Egypt acros... | 13 | exemplar |
| dLocal | dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO) is a Uruguay-headquartered emerging-markets payment infrastructure platform connecting global merchants with billions of consumers across 60+ countries in L... | 9 | exemplar |
| Moniepoint | Moniepoint is Africa's all-in-one financial platform for small and medium-sized businesses and individuals — Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer, with about 10 million business ... | 14 | strong |
| Flutterwave | Flutterwave is a pan-African payment infrastructure company providing the rails for businesses to accept, send, and manage money across Africa and globally. The Flutterwave for ... | 6 | strong |
| Interswitch | Interswitch is Nigeria's foundational digital payments and transaction-switching company, founded in 2002 and regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria. It owns the Verve card sc... | 12 | strong |
| Cellulant | Cellulant is a pan-African payments platform headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, operating across 35 African countries. Its flagship product Tingg is a single API that lets busines... | 3 | strong |
| Paymob | Paymob is a Cairo-headquartered, licensed payment infrastructure provider for the MENAP region. Serving roughly 390,000 merchants across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emi... | 5 | strong |
| MetaMap | MetaMap (formerly Mati) is an identity verification platform founded in 2017 in San Francisco and headquartered there, serving 600+ companies across 50+ countries with a focus o... | 1 | developing |
| US African Development Foundation | The US African Development Foundation (USADF) is an independent federal agency established by Congress in 1980 to invest directly in African grassroots enterprises and social en... | 2 | developing |
| OPay | OPay is a Nigerian mobile money and fintech super-app operated by Blue Ridge Microfinance Bank (OPay Digital Services Limited) and majority-owned by Opera Limited with backing f... | 1 | thin |
| Stitch | Stitch is an open banking and payments API platform providing unified access to financial data and payment rails across banks and financial institutions in Africa, primarily Sou... | 7 | thin |
| Fawry | Fawry is Cairo-based Egypt's leading provider of e-payments and digital finance solutions, operating a nationwide network for card, e-wallet, and cash-based bill, merchant, gove... | 1 | thin |
| Cardtonic | Cardtonic is an Africa-focused fintech platform that lets users trade gift cards (sell unused cards for cash and buy over 14,000 local and international gift cards), issue virtu... | 3 | thin |
| Wave Mobile Money | Wave is a Dakar, Senegal-headquartered mobile money company on a mission to "make Africa the first cashless continent." Founded by Drew Durbin and Lincoln Quirk (who previously ... | 5 | minimal |
| Takealot | Takealot is South Africa's largest online retailer and the flagship brand of the Takealot Group, a Cape Town-headquartered e-commerce holding company that is majority-owned (app... | 1 | minimal |
| PiggyVest | PiggyVest is a Lagos-based Nigerian fintech (operated by Piggytech Global Limited, RC 1405222) running the country's largest online savings and investment platform, with 6M+ reg... | 1 | minimal |
| Vodafone | Vodafone Group plc is a UK-headquartered (Newbury, England) multinational telecommunications company and one of the world's largest mobile and fixed network operators, with oper... | 27 | minimal |
| Onafriq | Onafriq (formerly MFS Africa) is a pan-African digital payments network headquartered in London with operating entities across Mauritius, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ugand... | 9 | minimal |
APIs in this region (120)
All 120 APIs.
Cardtonic Bill Payments
Cardtonic
Cardtonic Bill Payments cover airtime top-ups, mobile data, electricity, TV subscriptions, and betting wallets across more than 100 count...
Cardtonic Gift Card Developer API
Cardtonic
The Cardtonic Gift Card Developer API enables merchants and platforms to integrate gift card services into their websites, mobile apps, a...
Cardtonic Virtual Dollar Card
Cardtonic
Cardtonic Virtual Dollar Cards are user-facing USD-denominated cards that let African customers pay merchants that accept Visa/Mastercard...
Cellulant Tingg Checkout API
Cellulant
Tingg Checkout 3.0 — a single integration to collect payments across 25+ African markets via Express Checkout (hosted/modal), Custom Chec...
Cellulant Tingg Engage API
Cellulant
Tingg Engage — single global entry point for transactional alerts. Queue OTP, transactional, and standard SMS with templated parameters a...
Cellulant Tingg Payouts API
Cellulant
Tingg Payouts (Beep) — a single global JSON endpoint that dispatches postPayment, queryPayment, validateAccount, getBill, getBalance, and...
FawryPay Server API
Fawry
Server-to-server REST API for creating FawryPay charges (card, 3DS, e-wallet, ValU, bank installments, PayAtFawry reference numbers), iss...
Flutterwave Banks API
Flutterwave
Reference data for banks, bank branches, and mobile networks supported by country, plus bank account name-enquiry endpoints. Used to popu...
Flutterwave Payments API
Flutterwave
Collect payments across cards, mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN, Airtel, Tigo), bank transfers, USSD, OPay, and virtual NUBANs. Includes custome...
Flutterwave Settlements API
Flutterwave
Reconcile transaction volume with merchant payouts. Manage settlements, refunds, chargebacks (dispute handling), and fee computation for ...
Flutterwave Transfers API
Flutterwave
Disburse funds globally across bank account transfers, mobile money transfers, and wallet-to-wallet transfers spanning 30+ African countr...
Flutterwave Wallets API
Flutterwave
Inspect multi-currency wallet balances, retrieve wallet statements, and resolve mobile money wallet account details. Backs the FAAS (Fina...
Flutterwave Webhooks API
Flutterwave
Outbound webhook callbacks delivered by Flutterwave for charges, transfers, refunds, chargebacks, and virtual account funding. Receivers ...
Interswitch Airtime Recharge API
Interswitch
Virtual top-up (direct airtime and data) and e-pin voucher delivery for MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile. Same biller/category/payment-item ...
Interswitch Bills Payment API
Interswitch
Quickteller bills payment service — list billers (`GET /api/v2/quickteller/billers`), get payment items, validate customer references, an...
Interswitch Card 360 API
Interswitch
Card issuer and cardholder lifecycle management for Verve, debit, and prepaid cards — create cards, set/reset PIN, block/unblock, balance...
Interswitch Customer Insights API
Interswitch
Permissioned access to demography, financial history, average financial history, and financial-habit signals derived from Interswitch's t...
Interswitch Lending API
Interswitch
Marketplace lending APIs connecting loan providers and distribution channels under `/lending-service/api/v1` — list providers, fetch offe...
Interswitch Paycode API
Interswitch
Cardless cash and merchant tokens (Pay with Mobile / Paycode). Generate single or bulk one-time tokens via `POST /api/v1/pwm/subscribers/...
Interswitch Payment Gateway API
Interswitch
Server-to-server card payment APIs for PCI-DSS-licensed merchants — direct Card Payments, Hosted Fields, 3D Secure step-up, Google Pay, a...
Interswitch Recurring Payments API
Interswitch
Tokenize Verve, Visa, and Mastercard cards at `POST /api/v2/purchases/validations/recurrents` then charge them on schedule via `POST /api...
Interswitch Refunds API
Interswitch
Refund successful Quickteller Business transactions in full or in part via `POST /paymentgateway/api/v1/refunds`. Tracks refund lifecycle...
Interswitch Transaction Search API
Interswitch
Back-office transaction and settlement verification APIs — Quick Search, Reference Search, Bulk Search, and Transaction Detail lookups ac...
Interswitch Transfers API
Interswitch
Quickteller Send Money APIs covering Single Transfer (POST /quicktellerservice/api/v5/transactions/TransferFunds), Bulk Transfer, Name In...
Interswitch Web Checkout API
Interswitch
Interswitch Web Checkout (formerly Webpay) is the company's hosted payment gateway. Two integration modes — inline JavaScript popup (`new...
MetaMap API
MetaMap
MetaMap's identity verification REST API. Start and manage user verifications, send document photos/selfies/videos, run watchlist screeni...
Moniepoint POS Push Payment API
Moniepoint
Push payment-request flow for Moniepoint POS terminals. ISV partners send an authenticated push to a registered terminal serial number; t...
Monnify Authentication API
Moniepoint
Exchange Monnify API key and secret credentials (Basic auth) for a short-lived Bearer access token via POST /api/v1/auth/login. The retur...
Monnify Bills Payment API
Moniepoint
Unified Biller Service for purchasing airtime and data, paying electricity and cable-TV bills, funding betting wallets, and paying educat...
Monnify Collections API
Moniepoint
Initialize one-time payment transactions, accept card payments with 3-D Secure / OTP authorization, charge tokenized cards, complete bank...
Monnify Direct Debit API
Moniepoint
Create, activate, and debit recurring NIBSS direct-debit mandates against a customer's bank account. Smart routing uses TeamApt as the pr...
Monnify Disbursements API
Moniepoint
Initiate single and bulk NIP transfers to any Nigerian bank account, with two-factor OTP authorization, wallet-balance lookup, transfer s...
Monnify Invoices API
Moniepoint
Create static and dynamic invoices that generate hosted payment pages and unique reserved accounts. Supports invoice listing, status look...
Monnify Refunds API
Moniepoint
Initiate full or partial refunds against a successful collection, list refunds, and look up refund status. Refund events emit successful_...
Monnify Reserved Accounts API
Moniepoint
Programmatically provision permanent NUBAN virtual accounts (dedicated and one-time invoice variants) for customers and merchants. Suppor...
Monnify Settlements API
Moniepoint
Retrieve settlement information for collected funds — settlement batches per merchant or sub-account, settlement transactions, and settle...
Monnify Sub-Accounts API
Moniepoint
Create and manage settlement sub-accounts representing third parties that should receive a configured percentage of each transaction (mar...
Monnify Verification API
Moniepoint
Validate a Nigerian bank account number (Name Inquiry), match a Bank Verification Number (BVN) against an account, and verify National Id...
Monnify Wallets API
Moniepoint
Create wallets and sub-wallets, query main and disbursement balances, list transactions, and pull statements. Used to fund disbursement o...
Monnify Webhooks
Moniepoint
Asynchronous server-to-server notifications for nine event categories — successful collection, successful / failed / reversed disbursemen...
OPay Cashier API
OPay
The OPay Cashier API is the primary merchant payment API behind OPay Checkout. It exposes a hosted Express Checkout endpoint (cashier/cre...
Baxi Agent Banking API
Onafriq
Onafriq's Nigerian agent-banking platform (Baxi) exposes Virtual Account, Fingerprint (POS biometric activation), and Account Debit (card...
Onafriq Async Payouts API
Onafriq
Asynchronous payouts designed for Money Transfer Organizations (MTOs) and disbursement partners. Partners create payments to mobile money...
Onafriq Async Webhooks API
Onafriq
Instant Payment Notification (IPN) webhooks delivered asynchronously to partner endpoints as transaction state changes — used in combinat...
Onafriq Card Issuance API
Onafriq
Card issuance and processing platform for partners launching physical and virtual prepaid card programs, including Visa virtual card crea...
Onafriq Collections API
Onafriq
Collections (Payins) API for receiving funds from customers across cards, cash agent networks, and mobile money wallets. Supports merchan...
Onafriq Contacts API
Onafriq
Contacts API for adding and retrieving customer (payer / payee) records used across Payins, Payouts, and reconciliation workflows on the ...
Onafriq Get Rates API
Onafriq
Programmatic access to daily foreign-exchange rates used by the Onafriq network so partners can price cross-border transactions and perfo...
Onafriq Sync Bank Transfers API
Onafriq
Synchronous bank transfer API for sending funds directly to bank accounts across the Onafriq network with real-time response semantics.
Onafriq Sync Payouts API
Onafriq
Synchronous payouts custom-built for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and partners that require synchronous responses. Transaction results...
Paymob Accept API
Paymob
The legacy v2 Accept API uses the three-step authentication-order-payment key flow plus operations for capture, void, refund, transaction...
Paymob Card Tokens API
Paymob
Tokenisation surface for the Paymob "Pay with saved card" flow. Lists and deletes tokenised cards and runs both customer-initiated (CIT) ...
Paymob Intentions API
Paymob
The v1 Intentions API is Paymob's modern entry point for payment acceptance. The merchant backend creates an intention with the secret ke...
Paymob Payouts (Send) API
Paymob
Paymob Send is the mass-payout product used to disburse funds to suppliers, employees, gig workers, and consumers via mobile wallets (Vod...
Paymob Subscriptions API
Paymob
The Subscriptions Module manages subscription plans (create, list, update, suspend, resume) and per-customer subscriptions billed against...
Paystack Accept Payments API
Paystack
Initialize, verify, charge, and manage one-time card, bank, USSD, mobile money, QR, and bank transfer payments. The Transaction and Charg...
Paystack Balance API
Paystack
Fetch your Paystack balance per currency and read the balance ledger for treasury operations and reconciliation.
Paystack Customers API
Paystack
Create, list, and update customer profiles; whitelist or blacklist customers via risk_action; deactivate stored authorizations; and run K...
Paystack Dedicated Virtual Accounts API
Paystack
Provision dedicated NUBAN virtual bank accounts for individual customers so they can pay by bank transfer with automatic reconciliation b...
Paystack Integration Settings API
Paystack
Read and update integration-wide settings such as the payment session timeout for hosted checkout.
Paystack Payment Requests API
Paystack
Issue invoice-style payment requests to customers by email, with verification, notification, finalization, and archival flows.
Paystack Products and Payment Pages API
Paystack
Manage products in your Paystack inventory and assemble them into Paystack-hosted Payment Pages so you can collect payments without opera...
Paystack Refunds and Disputes API
Paystack
Process partial and full refunds against successful transactions and respond to cardholder disputes — including evidence upload via signe...
Paystack Settlements API
Paystack
Fetch settlement records and the underlying transactions that comprise each payout to your bank account.
Paystack Splits and Subaccounts API
Paystack
Build marketplaces by automatically splitting a single payment between the main account and multiple subaccounts. Configure percentage or...
Paystack Subscriptions API
Paystack
Create plans and run recurring subscriptions against stored card authorizations. Includes plan management, subscription lifecycle (create...
Paystack Transfers API
Paystack
Send money out of your Paystack balance to bank accounts and mobile money wallets across supported markets. Covers transfer recipients, s...
Paystack Verification API
Paystack
Identity, BVN, bank account, card BIN, country, bank, and address-verification lookups used to validate customers, beneficiary accounts, ...
PiggyVest Business API
PiggyVest
The PiggyVest Business API is a Bearer-token-authenticated REST API hosted at api.piggyvest.business that lets Nigerian businesses progra...
Stitch Capitec Pay
Stitch
Stitch integration with Capitec Bank's Capitec Pay payment method, enabling customers to pay via Capitec mobile banking.
Stitch Card Payments
Stitch
Stitch card payment processing enabling businesses to accept debit and credit card payments through the Stitch unified platform.
Stitch DebiCheck
Stitch
Stitch DebiCheck integration providing authenticated debit orders for recurring payment collection in South Africa.
Stitch Disbursements
Stitch
Stitch Disbursements (Payouts) API enabling businesses to programmatically send funds to bank accounts, enabling mass payments, refunds, ...
Stitch GraphQL API
Stitch
The core Stitch API using GraphQL, available at api.stitch.money/graphql. Follows the Relay Server Specification for pagination. Supports...
Stitch Manual EFT
Stitch
Stitch Manual EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) enabling customers to pay via standard bank EFT with Stitch's streamlined reference managem...
Stitch Pay By Bank
Stitch
Stitch Pay By Bank enables merchants to accept instant bank transfer payments directly from customers' bank accounts in South Africa and ...
Takealot Seller API
Takealot
The Takealot Seller API is the public REST API that Takealot Marketplace sellers use to manage their offers, monitor stock health, and pu...
USADF Grant Opportunities API
US African Development Foundation
Access to USADF grant opportunity listings through the Grants.gov API. USADF posts open grant solicitations on Grants.gov for African gra...
USADF Grants Data API
US African Development Foundation
Access to USADF grant award data through the USASpending.gov API. Provides programmatic access to USADF grants, awards, recipients, and s...
Active Subscriber
Vodafone
Confirms whether an MSISDN is currently an active Vodafone subscriber. Available in UK.
Age Verify
Vodafone
Network-based age-assurance lookup that returns whether the subscriber behind a given MSISDN is above a configured age threshold, without...
Block SIM
Vodafone
Partner API for blocking a SIM (e.g. lost-or-stolen) on the Vodafone network on behalf of an authenticated subscriber. Available in NL.
Brand Registration
Vodafone
Registers a sender brand for A2P SMS and Verified Caller flows so that consumer handsets display branded sender identity rather than a ra...
Call Divert
Vodafone
Indicates whether call forwarding is currently active on the target number — a useful signal for fraud-detection flows where divert-to- a...
Get PUK Code
Vodafone
Partner API for retrieving a PUK unblocking code on behalf of an authenticated subscriber whose SIM is PIN-locked. Available in NL.
Home Network Check
Vodafone
Returns whether a subscriber is currently on their home network or roaming — useful for fraud-scoring and conditional flows that adjust b...
MVNO Discovery
Vodafone
Resolves the underlying MVNO/host-network for a given mobile number so that callers can route their integration to the correct operator A...
Match (CAMARA)
Vodafone
CAMARA-aligned identity-match API that compares user-supplied attributes (name, address, date of birth) against operator-held subscriber ...
Number Lookup
Vodafone
HLR-style lookup returning the operator, country, portability status, and basic line-type metadata for a given E.164 mobile number.
Number Recycle
Vodafone
Vodafone's pre-CAMARA Number Recycling lookup, retained alongside the CAMARA-aligned variant for existing integrations.
Number Recycling (CAMARA)
Vodafone
Tells callers whether a mobile number has been recycled (re-assigned to a new subscriber) since a given date, so that downstream systems ...
Number Verification 1.0 (CAMARA)
Vodafone
Earlier CAMARA Number Verification implementation, still maintained for backwards compatibility with integrations built before the 2.0 re...
Number Verification 2.0 (CAMARA)
Vodafone
Frictionless mobile-number verification that confirms ownership of the MSISDN currently in use on the device, using the operator network ...
QoS Provisioning
Vodafone
Longer-lived QoS provisioning for enterprise customers who want a persistent QoS profile applied to a set of subscriptions. Available in ...
Quality of Service Profiles
Vodafone
Lists the QoS profiles a developer may request via Quality on Demand, including profile identifiers, throughput class, and latency targets.
Quality on Demand
Vodafone
CAMARA Quality on Demand API for requesting a temporary QoS uplift on a specific UE session — used for cloud gaming, live broadcast contr...
SIM Swap (CAMARA)
Vodafone
CAMARA SIM Swap API that returns the timestamp of the most recent SIM change for a given MSISDN (latestSimChange), used by banks and fint...
SMS Messaging Hub
Vodafone
A2P SMS messaging gateway for sending one-time-passcodes, alerts, and marketing messages to Vodafone subscribers and onward via interconn...
TMF931 — Onboarding And Ordering
Vodafone
TM Forum TMF931 Onboarding And Ordering Open API exposed as part of the GSMA Open Gateway Operate APIs, so that aggregators and channel p...
Tenure
Vodafone
Returns how long the current subscriber has held the MSISDN — short tenure is a strong signal in fraud-scoring models for newly-acquired ...
Verified Caller
Vodafone
Branded-calling product that lets enterprises display a verified brand name and reason-for-call on the called party's handset. Available ...
Vodafone Analytics — Footfall Historic Order
Vodafone
Orders historic, aggregated footfall datasets for a defined area and time window. Available in DE and UK.
Vodafone Analytics — Free Location Dataset
Vodafone
Free-tier aggregated location dataset for evaluating Vodafone Analytics before committing to paid Footfall products.
Vodafone Analytics — Real-time Footfall
Vodafone
Real-time, aggregated, and anonymised footfall counts per area derived from the Vodafone mobile network — used by retail, transport, and ...
Vodafone Analytics — Reference QuadKey Helper
Vodafone
Helper API for resolving Bing-style QuadKey tile identifiers used as the spatial primary key by Vodafone Analytics Footfall products.
Vodafone Roaming Services (VRS)
Vodafone
Vodafone Roaming Services Network Usage Event API streams roaming network-usage events to partner operators for settlement, fraud detecti...
Wave Aggregated Merchants API
Wave Mobile Money
Sub-merchant management API for aggregators, payment service providers, and platforms that accept Wave payments on behalf of many downstr...
Wave Balance & Reconciliation API
Wave Mobile Money
Read-side API for inspecting a business wallet's current balance and enumerating its transactions for accounting and reconciliation. GET ...
Wave Checkout API
Wave Mobile Money
Hosted payment session API for accepting one-off payments from Wave wallet users. Create a checkout session, redirect the customer to the...
Wave Payout API
Wave Mobile Money
Programmatic disbursement API for sending money from a business wallet to individual Wave wallets, identified by E.164 mobile number. Sup...
Wave Webhooks
Wave Mobile Money
Outbound event delivery channel for asynchronously notifying merchant systems when state changes on the Wave platform. Events include che...
dLocal Cards API
dLocal
Securely tokenize cards (server-side) for repeat usage. Returns a card_id token consumable by subsequent Payments and Authorizations.
dLocal Chargebacks API
dLocal
Retrieve chargeback details and status, simulate chargebacks in the sandbox, and receive asynchronous chargeback notifications via webhook.
dLocal Enrollments API
dLocal
Enroll payers for recurring Pix Automático, Pix Biometrics, and SmartPix transactions. Once enrolled, payers can be charged repeatedly wi...
dLocal Exchange Rates API
dLocal
Retrieve real-time FX rates between settlement currencies and local currencies before creating a payment or payout.
dLocal For Platforms API
dLocal
The dLocal for Platforms (marketplace) API onboards sub-merchant accounts, manages KYC, attaches bank accounts, settles inter-account tra...
dLocal KYC Verifications API
dLocal
Create and manage KYC verifications across remittance, payouts-on-hold, payins-on-hold, and standalone flows. Receives asynchronous statu...
dLocal Payments API
dLocal
Create, retrieve, cancel, and authorize payments using 1,000+ local payment methods including cards, Pix, UPI, M-Pesa, Boleto, OXXO, SPEI...
dLocal Payouts V3 API
dLocal
Disburse funds to beneficiaries across 60+ countries via local bank transfers, instant payments, cards, mobile money, and cash pick-up. I...
dLocal Refunds API
dLocal
Create, retrieve, and inspect refunds against previously successful payments. Refunds may be full or partial and are settled in the origi...
Related regions
Latin America (2 shared)
Middle East (1 shared)
India & South Asia (1 shared)
United Kingdom & Ireland (1 shared)
Mapped via tag aliases (Africa, African, South Africa, Nigeria, Nigerian, Kenya, Kenyan, Egypt …) and provider-name patterns (Africa, African, Nigeria, Nigerian, Kenya, Kenyan, Egypt, Egyptian …).