emerging · 0.5 market geography

Africa

Score 23.5 / 100 98 providers +1 via APIs 3 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (98)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Strong 9 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 11 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 11 Limited public surface area
Emerging 22 Early or largely undocumented
Minimal 44 Almost no public developer surface
GebeyaCompanyMarketplaceTalent10.8MukuruRemittancesMoney TransferCross-Border Payments10.7Perseus MiningCompanyMiningGoldNatural Resources10.7MophonesCompanyE-CommerceCommerceAgentic Commerce1 API10.6Elephant HealthcareCompanyHealthcareHealth TechElectronic Health Records10.5Metro Africa XpressCompanyMobilityTransportationElectric Vehicles10.3Aella CreditCompanyFintechBankingMicrofinance1 API10.2Apollo AgricultureCompanyAgTechAgricultureFintech10.0Complete FarmerCompanyAgTechMarketplace9.5AFiFintechPaymentsB2B9.3Chipper CashFintechCross-Border PaymentsMoney Transfer9.3Remedial HealthCompanyHealth TechPharmacyPharmaceutical Procurement9.3KudaBankingNeobankDigital BankConsumer Banking9.0InyadCompanyFinancial ServicesPaymentsPoint-of-Sale7.9JumbaCompanyConstructionConstruction TechnologyB2B Marketplace7.8Beacon Power ServicesCompanyIndustrial, Energy & IotEnergyUtilities7.6e& (Etisalat)TelecommunicationsMiddle EastEurope7.6United States Africa CommandFederal GovernmentMilitaryDefense7.4JumiaE-CommerceMarketplacePan-African7.2Via Global HealthCompanyHealthMedical DevicesMedical Equipment7.2VendeaseCompanyMarketplaceFoodProcurement6.0MDaaS GlobalCompanyHealthcareDiagnosticsMedical Imaging5.1YassirSuper AppRide HailingFood DeliveryGrocery Delivery5.0Sokowatch / WasokoB2B CommerceInformal RetailDistributionSupply Chain4.6AndaCompanyMobilityRide HailingDelivery4.4Lori SystemsLogisticsFreightTruckingCargo4.1Terra IndustriesCompanyDefenseDefense TechnologyAutonomous Systems3.9WaystoCapCompanyFintechB2BTrade3.4Kobo360LogisticsFreightTruckingDigital Freight Marketplace3.2SwoopCompanyFood DeliveryE-CommercePayments3.2GigmileCompanyMobilityFintechVehicle Financing3.1Copia GlobalCompanyE-CommerceRetailLogistics0.0OkraOpen BankingOpen FinanceFintech6 APIs0.0Husk Power SystemsCompanyEnergyRenewable EnergySolar10.9Reliance HealthCompanyHealthcareHealth InsuranceHMO9.8JumoCompanyFintechBanking as a ServiceFinancial Services9.5KongaE-CommerceMarketplaceRetailOnline Shopping9.4OnitCompanyFintechNeobankBanking5.0FairMoneyDigital BankNeobankMobile BankingMicro-Lending3.8Berry HealthCompanyHealthcareDigital HealthTelehealth3.7BetPawaCompanyBettingSportsGaming1 API3.6BetaStoreCompanyB2B MarketplaceRetailConsumer Packaged Goods3.4KaliSpotCompanyFintechFinancial ServicesPayments2.5CrowdForceCompanyFintechPaymentsAgent Banking0.0

APIs with this tag (3)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps

Companies reaching this through an API (1)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Africa” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Orange Business

Score breakdown

Frequency
54.4
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
2.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
22.1
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
32.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Nigeria 29 co-occurrences Mobile Money 20 co-occurrences Disbursements 13 co-occurrences Kenya 9 co-occurrences Cross-Border Payments 13 co-occurrences Emerging Markets 9 co-occurrences South Africa 7 co-occurrences Payouts 14 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag98
Api tag3

Markets provisional

Kin Score markets whose measured providers carry this tag. Share is the fraction of the market's measured providers that carry it — it describes the market, not this tag.

MarketShare of the market's providers
African Payments (Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, WAEMU)59%

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