E-Commerce Platform in Africa

29 e-commerce platform providers across Africa, publishing 7 APIs.

29 providers 7 published APIs 49 indexed documents

E-Commerce Platform across Africa — 29 providers on the APIs.io network sit in both cohorts, and between them they publish 7 indexed APIs.

7 of the 29 publish at least one machine-readable API; 22 publish nothing indexed at all. That split is the first thing worth reading here — a vertical can be well represented in a market and still have almost no programmable surface.

By Kin Score band: 16 minimal, 8 emerging, 2 developing, and 2 thin.

Leading by rating: Klump, Payflex, LayUp Technologies, Blassa Inc., EasyPay, Wuilt, and 23 more.

Region membership is derived from three explicit signals — a provider tag, a provider-name pattern, or a stated headquarters in the provider’s own description. This is a map of stated headquarters, not of markets served.

Providers (29)

Provider	Description	APIs	Rating
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
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...	1	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 ...	1	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
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
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	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...	1	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
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
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
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
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	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	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
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	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
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
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
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
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
BetaStore	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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Indexed API documents (49)

Two numbers, both real: these providers publish 7 APIs as their own documents, which the catalog indexes split one-per-resource into 49 documents.

Other industries in Africa

Financial Technology 86 Payments & Money Movement 71 Financial Services 30 Banking & Open Banking 22 Supply Chain & Procurement 21 Mobility & Fleet 17 Logistics 16 Blockchain, Crypto & Web3 15 Retail 14 Venture Capital & Investing 12 Accounting & Finance Operations 11 Artificial Intelligence 11 All of Africa →

E-Commerce Platform elsewhere

North America 151 Europe 118 India & South Asia 79 Greater China 65 Latin America 60 Southeast Asia 58 Middle East 38 DACH (Germany · Austria · Switzerland) 37 Japan & Korea 29 France & Iberia 21 United Kingdom & Ireland 21 Nordics 14 All of E-Commerce Platform →

This page is the intersection of two independently computed cohorts: Africa and E-Commerce Platform. A provider appears here only when it is already a member of both. Africa membership is matched on tag, name pattern, stated HQ, so this is a floor rather than a census — coverage gaps show up here as small numbers, not as absent pages.

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E-Commerce Platform in Africa

Providers (29)

Indexed API documents (49)

Klump API

Payflex Authentication API

Payflex Configuration API

Payflex Orders API

Payflex Refunds API

LayUp Technologies AbsaDebiCheckService API

LayUp Technologies AbsaEftService API

LayUp Technologies BankService API

LayUp Technologies BankTransactionService API

LayUp Technologies CardService API

LayUp Technologies ConnectorService API

LayUp Technologies DebiCheckService API

LayUp Technologies DebitOrderMandateService API

LayUp Technologies IntegrationService API

LayUp Technologies InternationalMsisdnService API

LayUp Technologies InvoicesService API

LayUp Technologies JournalFeeService API

LayUp Technologies JournalService API

LayUp Technologies MerchantService API

LayUp Technologies OrderAmendmentService API

LayUp Technologies OrderService API

LayUp Technologies PayAtService API

LayUp Technologies PaymentPlanService API

LayUp Technologies PaymentProviderSettlementService API

LayUp Technologies PaymentServiceV2 API

LayUp Technologies SettlementService API

LayUp Technologies ShopifyService API

LayUp Technologies TerminalPaymentAppsService API

LayUp Technologies TerminalService API

LayUp Technologies TokenService API

LayUp Technologies UserService API

LayUp Technologies VerifyService API

LayUp Technologies Auth Service API

LayUp Technologies Payment Service API

Fawaterak API v2

Wuilt GraphQL API

Takealot Create a batch API

Takealot Create an offer API

Takealot Get a batch API

Takealot Get an offer API

Takealot Get offers API

Takealot Get offers count API

Takealot Get stock counts API

Takealot Get stock health API

Takealot sales summary API

Takealot Update an offer API

Takealot view sales API

Takealot view sales orders API

Mophones Agentic Commerce (UCP)