Product Overview

We offer airtime distribution services instantly to mobile subscribers with instant notifications on delivery or failure. Using our Airtime APIs attracts discounts on every transaction saving money for you.

Delivery Notifications

We receive and share success or failure notifications for all Airtime requests processed to your application

High Capacity

Our Airtime gateway is built to handle thousands of concurrent requests at any one time

Earn Discounts

Every Airtime transaction attracts a discount that you can use to monetize your API calls

Use cases

Micro-payment solutions

Virtual airtime is one of the most efficient channels for making micro payments to a large group of people in emerging markets. Our platform makes it easy to build a solution like this and earn discounts when doing it.

Incentivising Users

Airtime rewards can be a great incentive for a mobile subscriber to take part in an activity. Use it to drive up survey response rates, run mass-market advertising campaigns or promote content.

Reselling

Our APIs make it easy to build and scale businesses that distribute airtime to the masses. Our pricing structure is also geared towards resellers, with discounts earned for all airtime distributed.

All you need to build

# import package import africastalking
#initialize SDK username = "YOUR_USERNAME"
# Initialize a service e.g. airtime airtime = africastalking.AIRTIME
# Use the service synchronously response = airtime.send([{
phoneNumber: "+2547XXXXXXXX",
amount: "KES 200"
}])
print(response)

AT Developers

Start sending airtime

We have provided extensive resources to help you quickly build, integrate and test your applications.

See sample code

Pricing

Kenya
Basic Plan
KES 0 - 19,999		 Plus Plan
KES 20,000 - 99,999		 Premium Plan
KES 100,000 - 399,999		 Max Plan
KES 400,000+
All Telcos 4% 4% 5% 6%
Basic Plan
UGX 0 - 2,999,999		 Plus Plan
UGX 3,000,000 - 14,999,999		 Premium Plan
UGX 15,000,000 - 29,999,999		 Max Plan
UGX 30,000,000+
Lyca Mobile 3% 3% 3% 3%
MTN 3% 3% 3% 3%
Airtel 3% 3% 3% 3%
Basic Plan
NGN 0 - 99,999		 Plus Plan
NGN 100,000 - 499,999		 Premium Plan
NGN 500,000 - 999,999		 Max Plan
NGN 1,000,000+
Airtel 0.5% 1% 1.5% 2.5%
Glo 3% 4% 4.5% 4.5%
MTN 0.25% 0.5% 1% 1.5%
9Mobile 2% 2% 2% 2%
Basic Plan
TZS 0 - 499,999		 Plus Plan
TZS 500,000 - 2,499,999		 Max Plans
TZS 2,500,000+
Tigo 2% 2% 2%
Vodacom 2% 2% 2%
Airtel 2% 2% 2%
Zantel 2% 2% 2%
Viettel 2% 2% 2%
TTCL 2% 2% 2%
Basic Plan
ETB 0 -35,999		 Plus Plan
ETB 36,000 -70,999		 Premium Plan
ETB 71,000 - 106,999		 Max Plan
ETB 150,000+
Ethiotel 2% 2% 2% 2%
Basic Plan
MWK 0 - 139,000		 Plus Plan
MWK 140,000 - 699,999		 Premium Plan
MWK 700,000 -2,499,999		 Max Plan
MWK 2,500,000+
All Telcos 1% 1% 1% 1%
Basic Plan
ZMW 0 - 3,499		 Plus Plan
ZMW 3,500 - 16,999		 Premium Plan
ZMW 17,000 - 67,999		 Max Plan
ZMW 68,000+
Airtel 0.5% 1% 1.25% 1.5%
Zamtel 0.5% 1% 1.25% 1.5%
MTN 0.5% 1% 1.25% 1.5%
Basic Plan
USD 0 - 200		 Plus Plan
USD 201 - 950		 Premium Plan
USD 951 - 3,500		 Max Plan
USD 3,501+
Econet 0.5% 0.8% 1% 1.2%
Basic Plan
RWF 0 - 199,999		 Plus Plan
RWF 200,000 - 899,999		 Premium Plan
RWF 900,000 - 3,999,999		 Max Plan
RWF 4,000,000+
MTN 0.50% 1.00% 1.25% 1.50%
Basic Plan
ZAR 0 - 3,999		 Plus Plan
ZAR 4,000 - 15,999		 Premium Plan
ZAR 16,000 - 65,999		 Max Plan
ZAR 66,000 +
Cell C 0.50% 1.00% 1.25% 1.50%
MTN 0.50% 1.00% 1.25% 1.50%
Telkom 0.50% 1.00% 1.25% 1.50%
Vodacom 0.50% 1.00% 1.25% 1.50%
Basic Plan
XOF 0 - 100,000		 Plus Plan
XOF 100,000 - 500,000		 Premium Plan
XOF 500,000 - 2,000,000		 Max Plan
XOF 2,000,000+
All Telcos 2% 2% 2% 2%
Basic Plan
CFA 0 - 100,000		 Plus Plan
CFA 100,000 - 500,000		 Premium Plan
CFA 500,000 - 2,000,000		 Max Plan
CFA 2,000,000+
All Telcos 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5%
Basic Plan
FCFA 0 - 100,000		 Plus Plan
FCFA 100,000 - 500,000		 Premium Plan
FCFA 500,000 - 2,500,000		 Max Plan
FCFA 2,500,000+
All Telcos 2% 2% 2% 2%
Basic Plan
GHS 0 - 1,089		 Plus Plan
GHS 1,090 - 5,999		 Premium Plan
GHS 5,450 - 20,999		 Max Plan
GHS 21,000+
All Telcos 0.5% 1% 1.5% 2%
Basic Plan
MZN 0 - 499,999		 Plus Plan
MZN 500,000 - 2,499,999		 Max Plans
MZN 2,500,000+
All Telcos 1.5% 1.5% 1.5%

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