APIs
M-Pesa Daraja (Safaricom) vs Orange Money Web Payment API
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Category
APIs
APIs
Type
Mobile Money
Mobile Money
Country
🇰🇪 Kenya
🌍 Pan-African
Docs status
Docs broken
Docs live
Licensing
Approval required
Approval required
Pricing
Not listed
Not listed
Verified
Verified
Unverified
Last verified
5 Jul 2026
5 Jul 2026
Tags
payments, mpesa, mobile-money, kenya, stk-push
payments, pan-african, mobile-money, orange-money, francophone
Summary
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.
Orange's official API on its developer portal for accepting online payments through Orange Money mobile wallets. Covers 11 African countries including Mali, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Madagascar, Guinea, Sierra Leone and DR Congo, with customers validating purchases via a USSD one-time password. Integration requires an Orange partner agreement.