APIs registry
APIs
Payments, KYC, telecom, banking, logistics, government and more, with live status and licensing flags.
87 results
Flutterwave
Pan-African payment processor with the broadest SDK coverage (13 languages) and international remittance support. Acquired Mono in Jan 2026.
M-Pesa Daraja (Safaricom)
Safaricom's official Daraja 3.0 developer portal exposing the M-Pesa APIs (STK Push/Lipa Na M-Pesa, C2B, B2C, B2B, transaction status, account balance) for Kenya, the largest mobile-money network in Africa. Requires a registered developer account with sandbox testing before live credentials.
Mono
Open-banking data-access provider for account, identity and transaction data, with KYB tooling. Acquired by Flutterwave in Jan 2026 but still operates independently. Ships a dev sandbox Docker image.
Paystack
CBN-licensed payment gateway and the market leader, with the best docs and widest adoption. Owned by Stripe. SDKs in Python, JS, PHP and .NET, plus an OpenAPI spec and official Postman collection.
Smile ID
Most comprehensive Nigerian KYC provider, covering 9 government databases (NIN, BVN, DL, passport, voter and more) with biometric verification.
Termii
Nigeria-focused communications API for SMS, OTP, voice and USSD with the best docs and the only documented DND-aware routing. No official SDK; community SDKs fill the gap.
AbokiFX
The only dedicated parallel-market FX API, providing CBN, parallel, BDC and ATM rates via REST with current, historical and movement endpoints.
CBN threatened sanctions in 2021 (lifted Jul 2023); some regulatory risk persists.
Africa's Talking
Pan-African communications API for SMS, USSD and voice, with confirmed USSD for Nigeria across all four major operators (MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile).
Anchor
Full Banking-as-a-Service provider with an official MCP server that exposes its API docs as live queryable context. SDKs in Python and JS; ships a dev sandbox Docker image.
Arkesel
Arkesel is a West African messaging platform offering REST APIs for SMS, USSD, Voice, OTP, WhatsApp Business and email across Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa. Its API uses an api-key header with a documented send endpoint at sms.arkesel.com/api/v2/sms/send and code samples in 7+ languages.
Bani
Cross-border payments API for paying African suppliers via local-currency rails (NGN, GHS, KES, XOF, SLE and more) and stablecoins on one integration, with collections, payouts and virtual accounts across 16+ countries. Auth uses a bearer token plus a MONI-SIGNATURE HMAC-SHA256 header.
BankFxApi
Free JSON API serving daily CBN-sourced NGN rates against 14 currencies.
Bloc
Banking-as-a-Service provider offering cards, accounts and a compliance layer.
As of June 2026 blochq.io serves a 'launching soon' placeholder, service status unclear.
Brass
Brass is a Nigerian business banking provider backed by Wema Bank and Titan Trust Bank offering accounts for fast-growing businesses. Its composable API uses Personal Access Tokens for authorization and provides a separate sandbox environment where money operations are simulated.
Bridgecard
Bridgecard is an African card issuing platform whose API lets businesses issue physical and virtual Mastercard cards in NGN and USD to their customers after submitting incorporation documents. It supports cardholder KYC via BVN, NIN, driver's license and passport across multiple countries.
Budpay
Consumer-first payment provider that also supports crypto payments. Growing fast; JS SDK only.
BulkSMS Nigeria
Nigeria-only, SMS-only provider with local payment methods and NGN pricing.
Bumpa
Bumpa is a Nigerian retail and commerce platform offering APIs for storefronts, inventory, orders and customer workflows, including webhooks for order, payment and inventory events. The API base is api.getbumpa.com v0.5 with bearer-token authentication and an Order API that connects to delivery and logistics providers.
Busha
SEC-licensed Nigerian digital-asset exchange (1M+ users) whose Busha Business / Busha Commerce REST API lets businesses buy, sell, receive and convert crypto and stablecoins, accept crypto payments and process payouts. Fiat rails cover Nigeria, Kenya and the US.
BuyPower
BuyPower is a Nigerian bill-payments platform offering a B2B API to vend prepaid and postpaid electricity tokens across DisCos including EKEDC, IKEDC, IBEDC, AEDC, EEDC, KAEDCO, KEDCO, JED and PHED. The API base is api.buypower.ng/v2 using bearer-token authentication and also supports airtime, data and cable TV.
Curacel
Curacel is a Y Combinator backed Nigerian insurtech offering APIs for embedded insurance distribution, automated health and auto claims, and premium payments. Its docs document Bearer token authentication, sandbox and production base URLs and REST endpoints for policies, claims, products and vehicles.
DPO Group (DPO Pay)
Direct Pay Online (now DPO Pay by Network) is a pan-African payment service provider in 20+ countries, with a REST DPO Pay API v6, email payment links, and plugins for WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento and Odoo. Sandbox credentials and Postman collections provided.
Dojah
KYC aggregator covering NIN, BVN, FIRS TIN, DL, passport and voter. The only provider with fully public pricing. SDKs in Python, JS and PHP.
Duplo
Duplo is a Nigerian B2B payments and spend-management platform licensed as a Payment Solution Service Provider that helps businesses automate vendor payments, collections and expense management. Its APIs cover Virtual Accounts, Pay-Out across 160+ countries, Quote and FX, Wallet, Transactions, Approvals, Identity Verification and Reporting.