Sokowatch / Wasoko

Sokowatch — rebranded as Wasoko in 2022 — is a pan-African B2B e-commerce and distribution platform serving informal retailers (the mom-and-pop dukas, kiosks, and neighborhood shops that move the majority of fast-moving consumer goods across the continent). Founded in 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya by Daniel Yu, the platform lets small shopkeepers order FMCG inventory via a mobile app or SMS, with free same-day delivery to the shop door, eliminating costly trips to wholesalers. Wasoko layers embedded fintech on top of commerce: buy-now-pay-later inventory credit, working-capital loans for shopkeepers who often lack access to traditional banking, and digital payments. At peak the company operated across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In December 2023, Wasoko announced a merger with Egyptian B2B peer MaxAB, which closed in August 2024 to form MaxAB-Wasoko, Africa's largest B2B informal-retail network with more than 450,000 merchants across eight countries (combining MaxAB's North African footprint in Egypt and Morocco with Wasoko's Sub-Saharan reach) and roughly 4,000 employees, co-led by Daniel Yu and MaxAB founder Belal El-Megharbel. Post-merger the group exited underperforming markets (Zambia, Uganda, Senegal) and pivoted harder into fintech, where margins exceed core distribution. Wasoko's revenue model is wholesale-to-retail product sales plus fintech (credit, payments) and logistics fees. The platform is operated as a closed retailer-facing app; there is no public developer API, SDK, partner integration program, or open-source release for the commerce, logistics, or fintech surface. The legacy Sokowatch GitHub organization exists but contains only forks of third-party tools (Apache Superset, Fineract CN, Botpress, Kutt, Portainer) used internally, with no first-party libraries or specifications.

Sokowatch / Wasoko is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include B2B Commerce, Informal Retail, Distribution, Supply Chain, and Last-Mile Logistics.

Sokowatch / Wasoko’s developer surface includes GitHub presence and 13 more developer resources.

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7.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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B2B CommerceInformal RetailDistributionSupply ChainLast-Mile LogisticsFMCGEmbedded FintechInventory CreditBuy Now Pay LaterWorking CapitalMobile CommerceAfricaEast AfricaKenyaEgyptFinancial Inclusion

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Composite quality — 7.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 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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Company 7

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: sokowatch
name: Sokowatch / Wasoko
description: 'Sokowatch — rebranded as Wasoko in 2022 — is a pan-African B2B e-commerce and distribution platform serving
  informal retailers (the mom-and-pop dukas, kiosks, and neighborhood shops that move the majority of fast-moving consumer
  goods across the continent). Founded in 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya by Daniel Yu, the platform lets small shopkeepers order FMCG
  inventory via a mobile app or SMS, with free same-day delivery to the shop door, eliminating costly trips to wholesalers.
  Wasoko layers embedded fintech on top of commerce: buy-now-pay-later inventory credit, working-capital loans for shopkeepers
  who often lack access to traditional banking, and digital payments. At peak the company operated across Kenya, Tanzania,
  Uganda, Rwanda, Côte d''Ivoire, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In December 2023, Wasoko announced a
  merger with Egyptian B2B peer MaxAB, which closed in August 2024 to form MaxAB-Wasoko, Africa''s largest B2B informal-retail
  network with more than 450,000 merchants across eight countries (combining MaxAB''s North African footprint in Egypt and
  Morocco with Wasoko''s Sub-Saharan reach) and roughly 4,000 employees, co-led by Daniel Yu and MaxAB founder Belal El-Megharbel.
  Post-merger the group exited underperforming markets (Zambia, Uganda, Senegal) and pivoted harder into fintech, where margins
  exceed core distribution. Wasoko''s revenue model is wholesale-to-retail product sales plus fintech (credit, payments) and
  logistics fees. The platform is operated as a closed retailer-facing app; there is no public developer API, SDK, partner
  integration program, or open-source release for the commerce, logistics, or fintech surface. The legacy Sokowatch GitHub
  organization exists but contains only forks of third-party tools (Apache Superset, Fineract CN, Botpress, Kutt, Portainer)
  used internally, with no first-party libraries or specifications.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sokowatch.png
tags:
- B2B Commerce
- Informal Retail
- Distribution
- Supply Chain
- Last-Mile Logistics
- FMCG
- Embedded Fintech
- Inventory Credit
- Buy Now Pay Later
- Working Capital
- Mobile Commerce
- Africa
- East Africa
- Kenya
- Egypt
- Financial Inclusion
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sokowatch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-24'
modified: '2026-05-24'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sokowatch-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://wasoko.com
- type: MergedEntity
  url: https://maxabwasoko.com
- type: MaxAB
  url: https://maxab.io
- type: LegacyBrand
  url: https://sokowatch.com
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wasokoglobal
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/wasokoglobal
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/WasokoOfficial
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/wasokoofficial
- type: GooglePlay
  url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sokowatch.duka
- type: AppStore
  url: https://apps.apple.com/app/wasoko/id1502076383
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/Sokowatch
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sokowatch
- type: Careers
  url: https://wasoko.com/careers
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com