Jumba

Jumba is a Nairobi-based construction technology company founded in 2022 that digitizes the sourcing and financing of construction materials across Africa. Its B2B marketplace connects hardware retail stores and construction sites to manufacturers and suppliers of materials such as cement, steel, tiles, plumbing, electrical, paint and finishes, offering real-time price comparison and online ordering. Jumba OS is a management application for tracking sales, inventory and creditor accounts, while Jengwa provides buy-now-pay-later inventory financing. The company operates a consumer mobile app and reports processing over 12.6 million cement bags through more than 1,350 hardware stores, and is backed by Speedinvest. Jumba does not publish a public API; its developer presence is limited to open-source tooling on its GitHub organization.

Jumba is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Construction, Construction Technology, B2B Marketplace, and Building Materials.

Jumba’s developer surface includes signup flow and 4 more developer resources.

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11.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyConstructionConstruction TechnologyB2B MarketplaceBuilding MaterialsFintechBNPLAfricaKenya

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Composite quality — 11.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

SignUp

SignUp

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

aid: jumba
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
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  method: derived
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name: Jumba
description: Jumba is a Nairobi-based construction technology company founded in 2022 that digitizes the sourcing and financing
  of construction materials across Africa. Its B2B marketplace connects hardware retail stores and construction sites to manufacturers
  and suppliers of materials such as cement, steel, tiles, plumbing, electrical, paint and finishes, offering real-time price
  comparison and online ordering. Jumba OS is a management application for tracking sales, inventory and creditor accounts,
  while Jengwa provides buy-now-pay-later inventory financing. The company operates a consumer mobile app and reports processing
  over 12.6 million cement bags through more than 1,350 hardware stores, and is backed by Speedinvest. Jumba does not publish
  a public API; its developer presence is limited to open-source tooling on its GitHub organization.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jumba/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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x-backed-by:
- speedinvest
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-no-public-api: true
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Construction
- Construction Technology
- B2B Marketplace
- Building Materials
- Fintech
- BNPL
- Africa
- Kenya
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.jumba.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.jumba.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/thejumba
- type: SignUp
  url: https://link.jumba.com/e/jumbaos-signup
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://ke.linkedin.com/company/thejumba
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence