Sales region

Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa plus North Africa — Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, etc.

151 providers 654 APIs

Africa on the APIs.io network surfaces 151 providers mapped to this sales region — together publishing 654 indexed APIs.

Notable providers include Peach Payments, Paystack, M-Pesa (Safaricom Daraja), Moniepoint, Ozow, dLocal, and 145 more — each profile links out to that provider’s APIs, schemas, and governance artifacts.

Related regions by shared providers: Middle East, India & South Asia, United Kingdom & Ireland, and Latin America. 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 (151)

Provider Description APIs Rating
Peach Payments Peach Payments is a pan-African payment orchestration gateway founded in 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa, operating across South Africa, Kenya, and Mauritius. Its PCI DSS Level ... 6 exemplar
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... 21 exemplar
M-Pesa (Safaricom Daraja) M-Pesa is Safaricom's mobile-money platform for Kenya, exposed to developers through the Daraja API. The Daraja REST APIs let businesses collect payments (M-Pesa Express / STK P... 11 strong
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 ... 19 strong
Ozow Ozow (formerly i-Pay) is a South African fintech providing an instant EFT / "Pay by Bank" payment gateway. Merchants create a server-side payment request, redirect the customer ... 4 strong
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... 16 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... 10 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 ... 19 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... 18 strong
Paga Paga (Pagatech Financial Services Limited) is a Nigerian mobile-money and payments company founded in 2009 and licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Its developer platform ex... 5 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... 32 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... 6 strong
Klasha Klasha is a cross-border payments company for emerging markets that lets international businesses sell into Africa and accept payments online in local African currencies. The Kl... 5 developing
Smile Identity Smile Identity (Smile ID) is Africa's leading digital identity verification, fraud detection, AML and KYC/KYB compliance platform. Its V3 REST API and v12 mobile/web SDKs let bu... 12 developing
Duplo Duplo is a fintech company building the financial operating system for African and emerging-market businesses, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria with operations in South Africa. I... 1 developing
NALA NALA is a fintech building cross-border payments infrastructure for emerging markets. Its consumer app is an international money-transfer and multi-currency account used to send... 5 developing
Klump Klump Technology Company Ltd is a Lagos, Nigeria based fintech whose flagship product, Klump BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later), lets shoppers spread the cost of a purchase over monthly ... 1 developing
MTN Group MTN Group is Africa's largest mobile network operator, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, serving roughly 290 million subscribers across around 16 markets in Africa. B... 119 developing
AZA Finance AZA Finance is a regulated financial-infrastructure provider delivering foreign exchange (FX), collections, treasury and cross-border payout services across Africa and between A... 16 developing
Carry1st Carry1st is Africa's leading mobile games publisher and digital commerce platform, headquartered in South Africa and operating across high-growth African markets including Niger... 4 developing
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... 10 developing
Nestcoin Nestcoin is an African fintech company building Onboard, a digital-money platform and crypto exchange for on/off-ramping between fiat and crypto. Its developer product, Onboard ... 23 developing
University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is a leading public research university in Johannesburg, South Africa, ranked #268 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Wits does... 15 developing
Payflex Payflex is a South African Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform that enables merchants to offer interest-free installment payment options to consumers. Shoppers can split purchases... 4 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... 5 developing
dLocal dLocal is an emerging markets payment platform that enables global merchants to accept and disburse local payment methods and currencies through a single REST API. The platform ... 17 developing
PayFast South African payment gateway providing REST APIs for online payment processing, subscription billing, tokenized recurring card payments, onsite checkout, QR code payments, inst... 13 developing
LayUp Technologies LayUp Technologies is a South African fintech that operates a lay-by / "Save Now, Buy Later" payment platform. Merchants use LayUp to let customers reserve goods with a deposit ... 29 developing
Howler Howler is a South African event technology platform that consolidates ticketing, RFID cashless payments, and vendor and access-control management into a single system for event ... 17 developing
BALAD CORP BALAD CORP (Balad) is a Cairo-based fintech providing cross-border payout and inward-remittance infrastructure for Egypt. Its Balad Gateway APIs let money transfer operators (MT... 7 thin
Bamboo Invest Bamboo is an African investment platform providing REST APIs for fractional stock investing, dollar investments, portfolio management, and access to US and Nigerian capital mark... 21 thin
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... 3 thin
Kora Kora (formerly Korapay) is a pan-African payments infrastructure company that lets businesses collect payments, disburse payouts, run settlements, issue cards, verify identities... 7 thin
Stitch Stitch is a South African payments and open-banking infrastructure company. Its single GraphQL API at https://api.stitch.money/graphql powers Pay By Bank (instant EFT) and LinkP... 1 thin
Mono Mono is an African open-banking platform that lets businesses access bank and financial data and collect recurring payments through a single API. The Mono REST API at api.withmo... 6 thin
Chimoney Chimoney is a developer-first global payouts and disbursement platform with deep coverage across Africa and 130+ countries. Its REST API sends money to bank accounts, mobile mon... 9 thin
University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) is South Africa's leading public research university, ranked #96 in the QS World University Rankings 2025 and the highest-ranked university on ... 7 thin
Blassa Inc. Blassa is an AI-powered location intelligence and geocoding platform built for the informal addressing systems common across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), where up to 40% of... 0 thin
Okra Okra was an African open-finance / open-banking infrastructure company based in Lagos, Nigeria. Its REST API connected applications to Nigerian bank accounts to retrieve authent... 8 thin
Okra Okra was an open finance / open banking infrastructure company for Africa, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Its REST APIs let businesses link end users' bank accounts (via the O... 12 thin
Mono Mono is an open banking and financial data infrastructure company for Africa (often described as the "Plaid for Africa"), headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and now part of Flutter... 6 thin
Geidea Geidea is a Saudi-headquartered fintech and payments platform serving merchants across the MENA region (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE). Its Payment Gateway lets merchants acc... 6 thin
Fincra Fincra is an African cross-border payments infrastructure provider whose REST API lets businesses collect, hold, convert, and disburse money across multiple currencies. The plat... 8 thin
Africa's Talking Africa's Talking is a pan-African communications platform that exposes a unified set of REST APIs for SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime, Mobile Data, and Payments. Developers authentica... 6 thin
Yoco Yoco is a South African fintech providing card acceptance and payments infrastructure for small and medium businesses - card machines, point of sale, and online payments. Its de... 5 thin
Earnipay Earnipay is a Nigerian fintech that operates an NRS/FIRS-compliant e-invoicing platform for businesses. As an accredited Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) and NITDA systems integrat... 13 thin
Djamo Djamo is a mobile-first fintech serving Côte d'Ivoire and Sénégal, giving 1.5M+ users current and savings accounts with an IBAN, virtual and physical Visa cards, money transfers... 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
Wuilt Wuilt is an Egypt-based, Arabic-first no-code website and online-store builder that lets individuals and small businesses create a website, e-commerce storefront, or landing pag... 1 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... 4 emerging
EasyPay EasyPay (Fawaterak) is an Egyptian digital payment gateway that lets businesses accept online payments and send invoices and payment links over WhatsApp or SMS without needing a... 1 emerging
Swypex Swypex is an Egyptian fintech, founded in 2022 and headquartered at Smart Village in Cairo, that provides an all-in-one financial management platform for businesses. The platfor... 0 emerging
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 emerging
Cowrywise Cowrywise is a Nigerian wealth management platform and SEC-licensed fund manager offering savings plans, investment portfolios, dollar accounts, and financial goal tracking for ... 1 emerging
MFellows Money Fellows (moneyfellows.com) is an Egyptian fintech that digitizes the traditional rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA, or "gam'eya") into app-based "money circle... 0 emerging
TranZak TranZak is an African fintech platform headquartered in Douala, Cameroon, providing REST APIs for mobile money collections, merchant payments, bulk disbursements, bill payments,... 4 emerging
Chefaa Chefaa is Egypt's leading digital pharmacy and pharmacy-benefits platform, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cairo. Its GPS-enabled, AI-powered consumer app connects more tha... 0 emerging
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... 12 emerging
Kredete Kredete is an intelligent global finance app for diaspora and emerging-market communities, founded in 2022 and operating across four continents. It moves money across 60+ market... 0 emerging
Wuzzuf Wuzzuf is Egypt's leading online recruitment platform, operated by Cairo-based BasharSoft and backed by investors including 500 Global. It connects millions of job seekers with ... 0 emerging
Prudential plc Prudential plc is a life and health insurance and asset management group incorporated in England and Wales and listed on the London, Hong Kong, Singapore and New York exchanges,... 0 emerging
Source Beauty Source Beauty is an online beauty and wellbeing marketplace serving Egypt, selling skincare, makeup, fragrance, hair care, body care, K-beauty and wellness/supplement products f... 0 emerging
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 emerging
Binu Datafree Technologies (originally biNu, founded 2008 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia) operates a #datafree reverse-billing connectivity platform that lets enterprises spo... 0 emerging
Precium Precium is a South African fintech that provides local payment infrastructure for global merchants expanding into Africa. Its enterprise-grade platform handles payment processin... 0 emerging
TradeDepot TradeDepot is a Lagos-based B2B commerce and distribution platform that connects consumer-goods brands and distributors with neighborhood retailers across Africa. Its ShopTopUp ... 0 emerging
Asaak Asaak is an East African fintech company, headquartered in Kampala, Uganda, that provides asset financing and working capital to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs wh... 0 emerging
Avenews Avenews (Avenews-GT) is a Nairobi-based agri-fintech and Digital Credit Provider licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya that delivers transaction-backed, recurring working-capita... 0 emerging
Eksab Eksab is a Cairo-based daily fantasy sports and football-prediction platform for the MENA region. Founded in 2017 by Aly Mahmoud, it lets fans predict the scores and outcomes of... 0 emerging
Oze Oze is an African fintech platform on a mission to help small businesses grow, with a stated vision of building 100 million profitable businesses. Operating across Ghana, Nigeri... 0 emerging
Leta Leta is a pan-African logistics technology company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya, with operations across Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Leta b... 0 emerging
VOO (now SideUp) VOO was an Egyptian logistics marketplace that rebranded as SideUp in December 2022, relocating its headquarters to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SideUp is a fully integrated courier ma... 0 emerging
Mophones Mophones (MoPhones) is a Nairobi, Kenya based fintech and recommerce company building accessible device-financing and re-commerce infrastructure for Africa, starting with premiu... 1 emerging
El-Dokan El-Dokan (El Dokan Software) is a Cairo, Egypt-based enterprise eCommerce software company founded in 2019 that provides an API-first, headless and composable commerce platform ... 0 emerging
Raenest Raenest (formerly Geegpay) is a global money platform for freelancers, creators, remote workers, students, and businesses in Africa and beyond. It provides multi-currency accoun... 0 emerging
dopay dopay is a digital payroll platform operating in Egypt that lets employers register employees and disburse salaries in minutes through a single system, including permanent, temp... 0 emerging
Tripitaca, Inc. Tripitaca is a Kenya-based travel and hospitality booking marketplace where travelers get the best deals when they travel and where property owners list their properties. The pl... 0 emerging
Ejara Ejara is a Cameroon-based, regulated fintech platform giving people across Francophone Africa and its diaspora access to digital savings and investment products through a mobile... 0 emerging
Capi Money Capi Money is a cross-border payments fintech that lets businesses pay their suppliers in more than 30 currencies, targeting importers in Africa and other emerging markets who h... 0 emerging
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 emerging
Thndr Thndr is an Egyptian investment and brokerage mobile app that lets retail users open a regulated brokerage account and invest in Egyptian Exchange (EGX) stocks, US equities, mut... 0 emerging
Ethiopia Open Data Ethiopia Open Data is a national government open-data portal for Ethiopia running CKAN. It exposes the CKAN catalog API over approximately 3 datasets. 1 emerging
Moneyfellows Money Fellows is an Egyptian fintech, founded in 2018 and regulated by the Central Bank of Egypt, that digitizes the traditional rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA /... 0 emerging
Nawah Scientific Nawah Scientific is MENA and Africa's first Cloud Lab, providing analytical testing and R&D services to the region's life science, food, agricultural, and pharmaceutical sectors... 0 emerging
Awfar Market Awfar is a Cairo- and Riyadh-based digital solutions company (founded 2013) offering an integrated customer engagement and commerce platform. It combines an omnichannel Chat Cen... 0 emerging
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
Mukuru Mukuru is a Cape Town-headquartered, pan-African fintech and one of the continent's largest formal remittance providers, serving over 16 million customers across Southern, Easte... 0 minimal
Elephant Healthcare Elephant Healthcare is a global health-technology company, headquartered in the UK, that partners with governments to digitise and strengthen public health systems across Sub-Sa... 0 minimal
Jumo JUMO is a Cape Town-based banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform, founded in 2015, that uses artificial intelligence to power digital credit and savings products for banks, mobile... 0 minimal
Konga Konga is a Lagos, Nigeria-based e-commerce company founded in July 2012 and now operating as Nigeria's leading online shopping marketplace, combining a first-party retail busine... 0 minimal
Reliance Health Reliance Health (formerly RelianceHMO) is a healthtech company making quality healthcare accessible and affordable across emerging markets, with operations centered in Nigeria a... 0 minimal
Aella Credit Aella (Aella Credit) is a technology-driven microfinance bank licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), building consumer and business financial infrastructure across Afric... 1 minimal
Gebeya Gebeya is an Ethiopian talent-cloud and marketplace technology company headquartered in Addis Ababa, founded in 2016 by Amadou Daffe and Hiruy Amanuel. It trains, vets, and conn... 0 minimal
Remedial Health Remedial Health is a Nigeria-based healthtech company digitizing pharmaceutical procurement and pharmacy operations across Africa. Its platform connects retail pharmacies, hospi... 0 minimal
Apollo Agriculture Apollo Agriculture is an agricultural technology company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, that helps small-scale farmers across Africa maximize their profits... 0 minimal
Paynas Paynas is an Egyptian HR, payroll, and employee-benefits platform offering hassle-free, digitized human-resources management for businesses. Through a single web and mobile inte... 0 minimal
Efreshli Efreshli is a Cairo, Egypt based online home-furnishing and interior-design commerce platform founded in 2018 by Heba El Gabaly. The company lets consumers design and shop their... 0 minimal
Qardy Qardy is the first online lending aggregator marketplace in Egypt and the wider MENA region, connecting micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with banks and financial ins... 0 minimal
Raseedi Raseedi is an Egyptian financial technology platform that helps underbanked users manage their spending and save money. Through its mobile app it offers free and discounted call... 0 minimal
Chipper Cash Chipper Cash is a pan-African fintech (legal entities Critical Ideas, Inc. and Voyse Technologies US, Inc.) operating a mobile-first cross-border money transfer, digital payment... 0 minimal
Kuda Kuda is a Nigerian digital-first retail bank — branded "the money app for Africans" and "the bank of the free" — founded in 2019 by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha and headquar... 0 minimal
Metro Africa Xpress Metro Africa Xpress (MAX), operating as maxdrive.ai, is a Nigerian technology-driven mobility company on a mission to make transportation safe, affordable, accessible and sustai... 0 minimal
Nawy Nawy is an Egyptian proptech real estate marketplace that lets users buy, sell, rent, and invest in premium property across Egypt, listing 15,000+ properties and 800+ compounds ... 0 minimal
Rabbit Mobility Rabbit Mobility (Rabbit) is a clean-tech micro-mobility sharing company operating in Cairo and Giza, Egypt. Through its iOS and Android mobile apps, Rabbit offers shared standin... 0 minimal
ShiftSouth ShiftSouth (Pty) Ltd operates SweepSouth, South Africa's first on-demand home services marketplace, launched in 2014. The platform connects roughly 250,000 customers with about ... 0 minimal
Tugende Tugende is a for-profit social enterprise founded in 2012 in Uganda that uses asset finance, technology, and a customer-centric model to help informal-sector entrepreneurs (MSME... 0 minimal
Inyad Inyad is an all-in-one business management and payments platform for small and medium businesses across Morocco, the Middle East, and Africa. Its mobile-first apps let merchants... 0 minimal
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 c... 0 minimal
Breadfast Breadfast is an Egyptian quick-commerce and online grocery platform, founded in 2017 in Cairo by Mostafa Amin, Muhammad Habib, and Abdallah Nofal. It delivers groceries, freshly... 0 minimal
In Your Shoe In Your Shoe is an Egyptian streetwear and apparel brand, founded in 2018 and based in Cairo, Egypt, that designs and sells playful, statement-driven ready-to-wear pieces — over... 0 minimal
Vendease Vendease is a Nigerian B2B food procurement platform (founded 2020, Y Combinator W21, backed by Partech Africa and TLcom) that helps restaurants, hotels, and other food business... 0 minimal
Via Global Health Via Global Health (VIA Global Health) is a medical equipment and pharmaceutical supplier serving distributors, healthcare providers, and NGOs across Africa, Asia, and Latin Amer... 0 minimal
Beacon Power Services Beacon Power Services (BPS) is an African energy-technology company building software that helps electricity utilities and energy consumers manage the power grid more efficientl... 0 minimal
Jumia Jumia is a pan-African e-commerce company often described as the "Amazon of Africa." Headquartered in Berlin and listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker JMIA sinc... 0 minimal
United States Africa Command United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Department of Defense responsible for military operations and coordination in Africa. ... 0 minimal
Onit Onit is a Kenyan digital bank operated by Onit Microfinance Bank Inc. and regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), with deposits protected by the Kenya Deposit Insurance Co... 0 minimal
ElMetr ElMetr (المتر) is a Middle East legal-tech company providing online legal consultation and guidance for companies, entrepreneurs, and individuals. The platform combines licensed... 0 minimal
Yassir Yassir is an Algerian-founded super app providing on-demand and financial services across the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, Canada, and France. Founded in 2017 by Noureddine Taye... 0 minimal
Berry Health Berry Health is a consumer digital-health company founded in 2023 by British-Ghanaian physician Dr. Fredua Akosa, headquartered in Accra, Ghana, that delivers online medical con... 0 minimal
Bringy, Inc. Bringy, Inc. is a digital insurance brokerage operating in Egypt, founded in 2019 and licensed by the Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA License #100). Through its web... 0 minimal
CrowdForce CrowdForce was a Nigerian fintech that operated the PayForce agent-banking network, deploying point-of-sale and digital financial-services agents to extend cash-in/cash-out, bil... 0 minimal
MDaaS Global MDaaS Global builds a modern, technology-powered healthcare network delivering affordable diagnostic and imaging services across underserved communities in Africa. Through its B... 0 minimal
Homzmart Homzmart is a Cairo, Egypt-based online marketplace for furniture, home decor, appliances, and workspace products that connects thousands of local manufacturers, brands, and mer... 0 minimal
FairMoney FairMoney is a credit-led digital bank for emerging markets, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France, with operating subsidiaries in Nigeria and India. The company be... 0 minimal
BetaStore, Beta Store BetaStore (legal entity SimpleMarket Inc., trading as BetaStore.co) is a B2B retail marketplace founded in 2020 by Steve Dakayi-Kamga and Leo-Armel Tchoudjang that serves inform... 0 minimal
Trella Trella is a Cairo-headquartered B2B trucking marketplace and digital freight platform that connects shippers with carriers across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (ME... 0 minimal
Anda Anda (andaafrica.com) is an Angolan mobility and delivery company that operates ride-hailing and courier services using motorcycles, electric motorcycles, and tuk-tuks, integrat... 0 minimal
Eventtus Eventtus was a Cairo, Egypt-based event technology company that built a mobile event app and attendee-engagement platform for conferences, trade shows, and community events. Its... 0 minimal
Khazna Khazna is Egypt's leading financial super app, a Cairo-based fintech building inclusive financial services for the country's underbanked payroll workers and their families. Thro... 0 minimal
Kobo360 Kobo360 is a Nigerian-founded, pan-African B2B digital freight marketplace and logistics technology platform headquartered in Lagos, with operations across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya... 0 minimal
Lori Systems Lori Systems is a Nairobi-headquartered, pan-African digital freight platform that matches cargo owners with vetted transporters to coordinate long-haul trucking across the cont... 0 minimal
Noon Noon is a Dubai-headquartered e-commerce marketplace and digital ecosystem launched in 2017 as a joint venture between Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Emirati business... 0 minimal
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 s... 0 minimal
Swoop Swoop (formerly Thumo) is an African super-app building toward a single consumer platform for everyday commerce, starting with same-day food delivery and online shopping in Lago... 0 minimal
Gigmile Gigmile is an African mobility platform and gig-economy fintech that gives riders, drivers, and fleet operators a pathway to financial independence through affordable vehicle fi... 0 minimal
Neqabty Neqabty (NeQabty / نقابتي, "my syndicate") is an Arabic-language (RTL) web and mobile application serving members of professional syndicates in Egypt, backed by 500 Global. The ... 0 minimal
KaliSpot KaliSpot is a fintech network operated by Outsource Monetic Group Inc. (OMG), an Atlanta-headquartered startup with legal presence in Senegal and Morocco. KaliSpots are Financia... 0 minimal
MNT-Halan MNT-Halan is a Cairo, Egypt-headquartered fintech holding company and Egypt's first private fintech unicorn, founded in 2017 by Mounir Nakhla (CEO) and Ahmed Mohsen (CTO). MNT-H... 0 minimal
quickpic quickpic is a company surfaced as a portfolio company of qiming and added to the API Evangelist network as a stub for enrichment. This profile is a lead awaiting the enrichment ... 0 minimal
Copia Global Copia Global was a Kenyan B2C e-commerce and last-mile distribution company founded by Tracey Turner and Jonathan Lewis to serve middle- and low-income consumers across rural an... 0 minimal
Cultivaet Technologies Holding Ltd. Cultivaet Technologies Holding Ltd. is an AI-driven agricultural technology ("AgriTech for Humanity") startup based in Egypt serving smallholder farmers across the Middle East. ... 0 minimal
Edfa3ly Edfa3ly is an Egyptian cross-border e-commerce and online shopping platform that lets consumers in Egypt and the wider MENA region buy products from international retailers and ... 0 minimal
Elmawkaa Elmawkaa (الموقع) is an Egyptian B2B online marketplace that digitizes construction-materials procurement. Founded in Cairo in 2017 by Ebrahem Anwar, Mahmoud Habib, and Mohamed ... 0 minimal
GoodsMart International GoodsMart is a Cairo-based premium grocery and household e-commerce delivery startup serving compounds across 6th of October, Sheikh Zayed, and New Cairo. Founded by Rami Fawzi ... 0 minimal
Khazenly Khazenly is a Cairo, Egypt based cloud order-fulfillment and e-commerce enablement platform that helps online merchants and brands manage the full post-checkout journey. Its sta... 0 minimal
LNKO LNKO is a Moroccan direct-to-consumer eyewear brand and e-commerce retailer selling prescription eyeglasses, sunglasses, and children's eyewear (LNKO KIDS) for men and women, pl... 0 minimal
Shara Shara (Shara Technology Management Nigeria Ltd) is a Lagos-based fintech that provides collateral-free working-capital loans of up to NGN 10 million to Nigerian small and medium... 0 minimal
Simplex Simplex (سيمبلكس) is an Egyptian industrial company representing local manufacturing and contributing to industrial development across Egypt, the Middle East, and Africa. Its pu... 0 minimal
Taskty Taskty (تاسكتى) is an Egypt-based online marketplace for on-demand home services, connecting customers with vetted service providers for residential cleaning, furniture and upho... 0 minimal
Terra Industries Terra Industries is a Nigeria-based defense-technology company, positioning itself as Africa's first defense prime, that designs, manufactures, and deploys autonomous multi-doma... 0 minimal
WaystoCap WaystoCap launched in 2015 in Casablanca, Morocco as a Y Combinator-backed B2B digital marketplace to facilitate cross-border trade across Africa, helping traders source commodi... 0 minimal

APIs in this region (654)

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AZA Finance API Logs API

The API Logs API from AZA Finance — 2 operation(s) for api logs.

AZA Finance Account Debits API

The Account Debits API from AZA Finance — 1 operation(s) for account debits.

AZA Finance Account Validation API

The Account Validation API from AZA Finance — 1 operation(s) for account validation.

AZA Finance Accounts API

The Accounts API from AZA Finance — 2 operation(s) for accounts.

AZA Finance Currency Info API

The Currency Info API from AZA Finance — 3 operation(s) for currency info.

AZA Finance Documents API

The Documents API from AZA Finance — 2 operation(s) for documents.

AZA Finance Logs API

The Logs API from AZA Finance — 2 operation(s) for logs.

AZA Finance Mandates API

The Mandates API from AZA Finance — 1 operation(s) for mandates.

AZA Finance Payin Methods API

The Payin Methods API from AZA Finance — 2 operation(s) for payin methods.

AZA Finance Payment Methods API

The Payment Methods API from AZA Finance — 2 operation(s) for payment methods.

AZA Finance Payout Methods API

The Payout Methods API from AZA Finance — 2 operation(s) for payout methods.

AZA Finance Recipients API

The Recipients API from AZA Finance — 3 operation(s) for recipients.

AZA Finance Senders API

The Senders API from AZA Finance — 2 operation(s) for senders.

AZA Finance Transactions API

The Transactions API from AZA Finance — 7 operation(s) for transactions.

AZA Finance Webhooks API

The Webhooks API from AZA Finance — 3 operation(s) for webhooks.

AZA Finance dlocal balance API

The dlocal balance API from AZA Finance — 1 operation(s) for dlocal balance.

Aella Merchant API

Aella's Fintech-as-a-Service API gateway for businesses, exposing wallet-as-a- service, KYC/identity verification (BVN, NIN), bank-accoun...

Africa's Talking Airtime API

Distribute mobile airtime to recipients.

Africa's Talking Mobile Data API

Disburse mobile data bundles to recipients.

Africa's Talking Payments API

Mobile C2B checkout, B2C, and B2B mobile money transfers.

Africa's Talking Premium SMS API

Premium SMS subscriptions and checkout tokens.

Africa's Talking SMS API

Send single and bulk SMS and fetch inbox messages.

Africa's Talking Voice API

Outbound calls, transfers, queue status, and media upload.

BALAD CORP APIs/Authentication API

The APIs/Authentication API from BALAD CORP — 1 operation(s) for apis/authentication.

BALAD CORP APIs/Core/Balance API

The APIs/Core/Balance API from BALAD CORP — 1 operation(s) for apis/core/balance.

BALAD CORP APIs/Core/Exchange rate API

The APIs/Core/Exchange rate API from BALAD CORP — 1 operation(s) for apis/core/exchange rate.

BALAD CORP APIs/Core/Secrets API

The APIs/Core/Secrets API from BALAD CORP — 2 operation(s) for apis/core/secrets.

BALAD CORP APIs/Link/Lookups API

The APIs/Link/Lookups API from BALAD CORP — 4 operation(s) for apis/link/lookups.

BALAD CORP APIs/Link/Reconciliation API

The APIs/Link/Reconciliation API from BALAD CORP — 1 operation(s) for apis/link/reconciliation.

BALAD CORP APIs/Link/Transactions API

The APIs/Link/Transactions API from BALAD CORP — 7 operation(s) for apis/link/transactions.

Bamboo Invest Account Management API

Account creation enables users to invest on Bamboo. Ensure KYC has been completed and each user’s identity verified before creating a bro...

Bamboo Invest Authentication API

Before you start making requests, you’ll need to generate an access token. Every request to the API must be authenticated using access to...

Bamboo Invest Deposits API

Deposits fund user brokerage accounts for stock purchases. All deposits require verification through your webhook endpoint before funds a...

Bamboo Invest Exchange Rate API

The exchange rate section provides you with an endpoint that fetches real-time exchange rates effortlessly, enabling accurate currency co...

Bamboo Invest Featured Themes API

Stocks are grouped into various categories which help users explore and filter stocks based on common themes, sectors, or other criteria....

Bamboo Invest Financial Documents API

Access various financial documents required for user account management, tax reporting, and regulatory compliance through secure document...

Bamboo Invest Https: API

The Https: API from Bamboo Invest — 1 operation(s) for https:.

Bamboo Invest Lsx API

The Lsx API from Bamboo Invest — 1 operation(s) for lsx.

Bamboo Invest Market Activity API

The market activity section provides you with endpoints that return the opening and closing times for markets we support, allowing you to...

Bamboo Invest NG Deposits API

The NG Deposits API from Bamboo Invest — 2 operation(s) for ng deposits.

Bamboo Invest NG Securities API

The section provides us endpoints that allows a client to fetch all the information pertaining to the NG stocks available on Bamboo.

Bamboo Invest NG Stock Portfolio API

This section provides all the information a tenant needs to know about a user's investment portfolio values and general user performance.

Bamboo Invest NG Stock Trading API

The stock trading section details all the endpoints needed to calculate and make trade orders for all NG stock available on Bamboo. Pleas...

Bamboo Invest NG Withdrawals API

The NG Withdrawals API from Bamboo Invest — 2 operation(s) for ng withdrawals.

Bamboo Invest One Step Registration API

The One Step Registration API from Bamboo Invest — 1 operation(s) for one step registration.

Bamboo Invest Portfolio Reporting API

The user's portfolio provides comprehensive views of investment performance, cash positions, and account status. Understanding the differ...

Bamboo Invest Stock Trading API

The Stock Trading API from Bamboo Invest — 1 operation(s) for stock trading.

Bamboo Invest Tenant API

The Tenant API from Bamboo Invest — 1 operation(s) for tenant.

Bamboo Invest US Securities API

The section provides comprehensive information about available US stocks, including real-time pricing, company details, and market data. ...

Bamboo Invest US Stock Trading API

Users can buy and sell US securities, with support for multiple order types and fractional shares. Understanding order calculations, exec...

Bamboo Invest Withdrawals API

Withdrawals allow users to extract funds from their brokerage accounts after successful trades. Understanding the settlement timeline is ...

Cardtonic Bill Payments

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

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 Virtual Dollar Cards are user-facing USD-denominated cards that let African customers pay merchants that accept Visa/Mastercard...

Carry1st Authentication API

Obtain and refresh access tokens for Gateway API requests.

Carry1st Payment Methods API

Discover the local payment methods available per country.

Carry1st Payments API

Create payment requests and query their status.

Carry1st Refunds API

Request refunds against processed transactions.

Cellulant Acknowledgement API

Acknowledge successful or partial payments back to the platform.

Cellulant Authentication API

OAuth 2.0 access token issuance for Tingg API calls.

Cellulant Custom Checkout API

Host-to-host checkout flow for merchant-controlled UX.

Cellulant Engagement API

Outbound SMS notifications and OTPs.

Cellulant Express Checkout API

Create hosted checkout sessions returning short and long URLs.

Cellulant Payments API

Post payouts, queries, validations, balances, and refunds.

Chimoney Account API

Retrieve transactions, public profiles, transfer between accounts, and issue wallet addresses.

Chimoney Info API

Reference lookups: supported banks, assets, exchange rates, currency conversion, and bank account verification.

Chimoney Interledger API

The Interledger API from Chimoney — 5 operation(s) for interledger.

Chimoney MultiCurrency Wallets API

Create and manage multicurrency wallets and transfer between them.

Chimoney Payments API

Initiate and verify inbound payment (collection) requests.

Chimoney Payouts API

Send money to banks, mobile money, airtime, gift cards, Chimoney wallets, Interac, and Interledger wallet addresses.

Chimoney Redeem API

Redeem issued Chimoney, airtime, gift cards, and mobile money.

Chimoney SubAccount API

Create and manage sub-accounts (wallet accounts) and communities under your organization.

Chimoney Wallet API

List, look up, and transfer between Chimoney wallets.

Cowrywise Embed API

Investment-as-a-service REST API that allows developers to embed regulated investment products (savings, mutual funds, treasury bills, Eu...

Djamo Business API

REST API for businesses to collect payments, send single and mass transfers, check balance, manage sub-companies, and receive HMAC-signed...

Atlas Payments API

Atlas is Duplo's global payments API for African and emerging-market businesses: collect payments (checkout, payment links, virtual accou...

Earnipay APP Provider API

Third-party APP provider integration (Taxly) for FIRS submission

Earnipay App API

The App API from Earnipay — 1 operation(s) for app.

Earnipay Authentication API

User authentication and authorization endpoints

Earnipay Bank API

The Bank API from Earnipay — 2 operation(s) for bank.

Earnipay Business API

Business profile management and FIRS configuration

Earnipay Customers API

Customer management for invoicing

Earnipay IRN Generator API

Generate FIRS-compliant Invoice Reference Numbers

Earnipay Invoices API

Invoice creation, management, and FIRS validation

Earnipay Payment Details API

The Payment Details API from Earnipay — 2 operation(s) for payment details.

Earnipay Products API

The Products API from Earnipay — 2 operation(s) for products.

Earnipay QR Code Generator API

Generate FIRS-compliant encrypted QR codes for invoices

Earnipay Team API

Team member and invitation management

Earnipay Users API

User profile management

Fawaterak API v2

REST API for the EasyPay/Fawaterak payment gateway. Authenticated with a vendor Bearer token, it lists available payment methods, creates...

Ethiopia Open Data CKAN Action API

CKAN Action API for Ethiopia Open Data, ~3 datasets. Base URL https://data.gov.et/api/3/action/.

Fawry Installments API

Bank installment plans available for a merchant.

Fawry Orders API

Inspect or cancel FawryPay orders.

Fawry Payments API

Create payment requests and charge cards or wallets.

Fawry Refunds API

Refund settled FawryPay orders.

Fincra Account Resolution API

The Account Resolution API from Fincra — 1 operation(s) for account resolution.

Fincra Banks API

The Banks API from Fincra — 1 operation(s) for banks.

Fincra Beneficiaries API

The Beneficiaries API from Fincra — 2 operation(s) for beneficiaries.

Fincra Collections API

The Collections API from Fincra — 4 operation(s) for collections.

Fincra Conversions API

The Conversions API from Fincra — 3 operation(s) for conversions.

Fincra Payouts API

The Payouts API from Fincra — 3 operation(s) for payouts.

Fincra Quotes API

The Quotes API from Fincra — 1 operation(s) for quotes.

Fincra Virtual Accounts API

The Virtual Accounts API from Fincra — 4 operation(s) for virtual accounts.

Flutterwave AccountResolution API

Bank account name resolution before initiating payouts.

Flutterwave Banks API

Reference data for banks, bank branches, and mobile networks supported by country, plus bank account name-enquiry endpoints. Used to popu...

Flutterwave Chargebacks API

Manage and respond to chargebacks raised by customers.

Flutterwave Charges API

Create and manage charges across supported payment methods.

Flutterwave Customers API

Create and manage customers that own charges, orders, and transfers.

Flutterwave Fees API

Retrieve Flutterwave's fee calculation for a transaction.

Flutterwave MobileNetworks API

Mobile money networks supported by country.

Flutterwave Orchestration API

Orchestrator helpers that combine customer, payment method, and charge in one call.

Flutterwave Orders API

Server-side cart and order objects backing checkout sessions.

Flutterwave PaymentMethods API

Tokenize, register, and look up payment methods (cards, mobile money, bank, USSD).

Flutterwave Rates API

Real-time FX conversion rates for international transfers.

Flutterwave Recipients API

Manage transfer recipients (the destination of a payout).

Flutterwave Refunds API

Initiate and inspect refunds against successful charges.

Flutterwave Senders API

Manage transfer senders (the originator of a cross-border payout).

Flutterwave Settlements API

Reconcile transaction volume with merchant payouts. Manage settlements, refunds, chargebacks (dispute handling), and fee computation for ...

Flutterwave Transfers API

Disburse funds globally across bank account transfers, mobile money transfers, and wallet-to-wallet transfers spanning 30+ African countr...

Flutterwave VirtualAccounts API

Issue virtual NUBANs for pay-with-bank-transfer collections.

Flutterwave Wallets API

Inspect multi-currency wallet balances, retrieve wallet statements, and resolve mobile money wallet account details. Backs the FAAS (Fina...

Flutterwave Webhooks API

Outbound webhook callbacks delivered by Flutterwave for charges, transfers, refunds, chargebacks, and virtual account funding. Receivers ...

Geidea Checkout API

Create a payment session for the hosted Geidea Checkout page.

Geidea Direct API API

Server-to-server 3-D Secure authentication and card payment.

Geidea Pay by Invoice API

Create, update, fetch, delete, and send payment invoices (KSA) that customers settle through a Geidea-hosted payment page. Exact request ...

Geidea Pay by Link API

Programmatically create, update, fetch, delete, and send (by email or SMS) shareable payment links so customers can pay without a full st...

Geidea Tokenization API

Retrieve stored instrument tokens for cards on file.

Geidea Transaction Management API

Capture, void, refund, cancel, and fetch transactions and orders.

Howler Artists API

The Artists API from Howler — 1 operation(s) for artists.

Howler Assign Ticket API

The Assign Ticket API from Howler — 1 operation(s) for assign ticket.

Howler Bank Account API

The Bank Account API from Howler — 3 operation(s) for bank account.

Howler Basic Authentication API

The Basic Authentication API from Howler — 4 operation(s) for basic authentication.

Howler Cashless Tags API

The Cashless Tags API from Howler — 2 operation(s) for cashless tags.

Howler Cashout API

The Cashout API from Howler — 4 operation(s) for cashout.

Howler Email OTP API

The Email OTP API from Howler — 2 operation(s) for email otp.

Howler Events API

The Events API from Howler — 2 operation(s) for events.

Howler OAuth API

The OAuth API from Howler — 4 operation(s) for oauth.

Howler Third Party OAuth API

The Third Party OAuth API from Howler — 5 operation(s) for third party oauth.

Howler Tickets API

The Tickets API from Howler — 7 operation(s) for tickets.

Howler Top Up API

The Top Up API from Howler — 1 operation(s) for top up.

Howler Top Up Cashless Tag API

The Top Up Cashless Tag API from Howler — 7 operation(s) for top up cashless tag.

Howler Top Up Ticket API

The Top Up Ticket API from Howler — 7 operation(s) for top up ticket.

Howler Topupables API

The Topupables API from Howler — 1 operation(s) for topupables.

Howler Transfer Ticket API

The Transfer Ticket API from Howler — 2 operation(s) for transfer ticket.

Howler User API

The User API from Howler — 4 operation(s) for user.

Interswitch Airtime API

The Airtime API from Interswitch — 3 operation(s) for airtime.

Interswitch Balance API

The Balance API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for balance.

Interswitch Bank Codes API

The Bank Codes API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for bank codes.

Interswitch Billers API

The Billers API from Interswitch — 3 operation(s) for billers.

Interswitch Bulk Transfers API

The Bulk Transfers API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for bulk transfers.

Interswitch Cards API

The Cards API from Interswitch — 5 operation(s) for cards.

Interswitch Checkout API

Hosted checkout payment initiation

Interswitch Customer Validation API

The Customer Validation API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for customer validation.

Interswitch Customers API

The Customers API from Interswitch — 2 operation(s) for customers.

Interswitch Demography API

The Demography API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for demography.

Interswitch Detail API

The Detail API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for detail.

Interswitch E-Pins API

The E-Pins API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for e-pins.

Interswitch Financial Habits API

The Financial Habits API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for financial habits.

Interswitch Financial History API

The Financial History API from Interswitch — 2 operation(s) for financial history.

Interswitch Hosted Fields API

Card data tokenization

Interswitch Linking API

The Linking API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for linking.

Interswitch Loans API

The Loans API from Interswitch — 3 operation(s) for loans.

Interswitch Name Inquiry API

The Name Inquiry API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for name inquiry.

Interswitch Offers API

The Offers API from Interswitch — 2 operation(s) for offers.

Interswitch PIN API

The PIN API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for pin.

Interswitch Payment Items API

The Payment Items API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for payment items.

Interswitch Payment Links API

Hosted payment link generation

Interswitch Payments API

The Payments API from Interswitch — 5 operation(s) for payments.

Interswitch Providers API

The Providers API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for providers.

Interswitch Recurring Charges API

The Recurring Charges API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for recurring charges.

Interswitch Refunds API

Refund successful Quickteller Business transactions in full or in part via `POST /paymentgateway/api/v1/refunds`. Tracks refund lifecycle...

Interswitch Search API

The Search API from Interswitch — 3 operation(s) for search.

Interswitch Three-D Secure API

Step-up authentication

Interswitch Tokenization API

The Tokenization API from Interswitch — 1 operation(s) for tokenization.

Interswitch Tokens API

The Tokens API from Interswitch — 4 operation(s) for tokens.

Interswitch Transactions API

Transaction status query

Interswitch Transfers API

Quickteller Send Money APIs covering Single Transfer (POST /quicktellerservice/api/v5/transactions/TransferFunds), Bulk Transfer, Name In...

Klasha Payment Link API

Generate payment links for merchants and sub-merchants to collect payments without a code integration, from the dashboard or over the API.

Klasha Payments API

Collect payments from customers in Africa via card, bank transfer, USSD, M-Pesa, mobile money and the Klasha wallet, including charge val...

Klasha Payout API

Send money locally to bank accounts and mobile money wallets across Africa and to China, with bank-code lookup, account resolution, walle...

Klasha Swap API

Generate a quote and swap funds between merchant wallets using internal Klasha foreign-exchange rates, then fetch the resulting swap by r...

Klasha Virtual Account API

Create virtual accounts on demand in NGN and GHS, receive customer funds through them, requery accounts, poll collection status and pull ...

Klump API

The Klump REST API lets a merchant verify transactions, sync commerce product catalogs, create Klump Access hosted payment pages, and res...

Kora Balances API

Real-time available and pending balances per currency.

Kora Charges API

Pay-ins - card, bank transfer, mobile money, and pay-with-bank.

Kora Currency Conversion API

Exchange rates and multi-currency conversions.

Kora Misc API

Bank / mobile-money lookups, account resolution, and payout utilities.

Kora Payouts API

Disbursements to bank accounts and mobile money wallets.

Kora Refunds API

Refunds for completed pay-in transactions.

Kora Virtual Bank Accounts API

Dedicated NGN and USD virtual bank accounts.

LayUp Technologies AbsaDebiCheckService API

The AbsaDebiCheckService API from LayUp Technologies — 2 operation(s) for absadebicheckservice.

LayUp Technologies AbsaEftService API

The AbsaEftService API from LayUp Technologies — 2 operation(s) for absaeftservice.

LayUp Technologies BankService API

The BankService API from LayUp Technologies — 2 operation(s) for bankservice.

LayUp Technologies BankTransactionService API

The BankTransactionService API from LayUp Technologies — 4 operation(s) for banktransactionservice.

LayUp Technologies CardService API

The CardService API from LayUp Technologies — 2 operation(s) for cardservice.

LayUp Technologies ConnectorService API

The ConnectorService API from LayUp Technologies — 1 operation(s) for connectorservice.

LayUp Technologies DebiCheckService API

The DebiCheckService API from LayUp Technologies — 5 operation(s) for debicheckservice.

LayUp Technologies DebitOrderMandateService API

The DebitOrderMandateService API from LayUp Technologies — 2 operation(s) for debitordermandateservice.

LayUp Technologies IntegrationService API

The IntegrationService API from LayUp Technologies — 1 operation(s) for integrationservice.

LayUp Technologies InternationalMsisdnService API

The InternationalMsisdnService API from LayUp Technologies — 2 operation(s) for internationalmsisdnservice.

Related regions

Middle East (12 shared) India & South Asia (4 shared) United Kingdom & Ireland (3 shared) Latin America (3 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 …).