If you are in the UK, the fastest way to get a US phone number is a virtual number that works over the internet. Services like Zapfon issue a free US number instantly with no credit card, no US ...

The best Twilio alternatives for African developers are the providers that bill in local currency, terminate directly on Safaricom, Airtel and other regional carriers, and take M-PESA top-ups instead ...

For all the noise about apps and AI, the workhorse of African digital services is still USSD applications. From M-Pesa to school fees, from SACCO loans to election results, USSD quietly powers ...

The Kenyan payroll landscape has changed more in the last two years than in the previous decade. In 2026, HR and payroll managers must juggle the post-Finance-Act-2023 PAYE brackets (10%, 25%, 30%, 32 ...

For Kenyan digital lenders, microfinance institutions (MFIs), SACCOs, fintechs and B2B SMBs, Know Your Customer (KYC) is no longer a back-office checkbox — it is a regulatory hard requirement and a ...

If you have ever paid for goods through Lipa Na M-Pesa, received a salary into your phone, or topped up your Netflix subscription with mobile money, you have used a service powered by the Daraja API.

An auto dialer is software that dials phone numbers automatically from a contact list and connects answered calls to an agent or a recorded message, so a team places far more calls per hour than ...

To pay Kenya Power (KPLC) via M-Pesa, use paybill 888880 for prepaid tokens (account number = your meter number) and paybill 888888 for postpaid bills (account number = your KPLC account number). For ...

Why Africa's Talking is a popular choice for bulk SMS in Africa Africa's Talking (AT) is a Pan-African communications platform that aggregates direct connections to mobile network operators across ...

Africa's Talking is the best-known voice API in Kenya, but it is no longer the only good option. In 2026 developers can choose local, per-second, KES-billed voice APIs like SautiKit, global CPaaS ...

From anywhere in Europe, the simplest way to get a US phone number is a virtual number delivered over the internet. A service like Zapfon gives you a free US number instantly, with no credit card, no ...

Kenya leads East Africa in telecommunications, with 65 million mobile subscriptions and 46 million internet users by 2024. USSD remains popular for mobile banking, with codes like *544# for M-PESA ...