🇰🇪Verified APIs in Kenya

Safaricom's official Daraja 3.0 developer portal exposing the M-Pesa APIs (STK Push/Lipa Na M-Pesa, C2B, B2C, B2B, transaction status, account balance) for Kenya, the largest mobile-money network in Africa. Requires a registered developer account with sandbox testing before live credentials.

Multi-rail payments API for Kenya/Africa — M-Pesa, cards, bank payouts, and payroll — with published per-rail pricing.

Scout-verified 2026-08-14: curl 200 on site + docs, WebFetch of /about confirms registration number, WebSearch cross-references CBK licensing and Nairobi HQ. See docs/scout/kenya-candidates.md.

Jenga API is the open banking and payments API by Finserve Africa, a subsidiary of Equity Group, covering bank and mobile money transfers, airtime, forex and KYC across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC, South Sudan and Ethiopia. Its API explorer documents live and UAT endpoints on api.finserve.africa.

Kenya Revenue Authority's mandatory Electronic Tax Invoice Management System API (OSCU/VSCU) for system-to-system e-invoicing integration; all businesses issuing tax invoices must onboard.

Scout-verified 2026-08-14: curl 200 on kra.go.ke, etims subpage and etims.kra.go.ke portal, WebSearch cross-confirms mandatory PIN-based onboarding and OSCU/VSCU certification from KRA's own FAQ. See docs/scout/kenya-candidates.md.

Kenya's original "Buy Goods" till payment-aggregation and disbursement API for SMEs. Note: Kenyan-founded (Nairobi, 2011) but acquired by Moniepoint Inc. (Nigeria) in Aug 2023 — operating company has changed, product remains Kenya-market.

Scout-verified 2026-08-14: curl 200 on redirected site + docs subdomain, Moniepoint acquisition confirmed by 3 independent outlets (TechCabal, FintechFutures, StartupLagos), docs still live post-acquisition. See docs/scout/kenya-candidates.md.

OkHi is a digital addressing and address-verification platform built in Kenya and operating in Nigeria, letting businesses capture and verify a customer's physical address as a GPS point, photo and to-the-door instructions. It provides web and mobile SDKs for Android, iOS, Flutter, React and JavaScript.

Peleza is a Nairobi based provider of KYC, KYB, AML and background-check verification offering REST APIs, SDKs, webhooks and a sandbox that connect to official registries and watchlists. The documentation exposes concrete verification endpoints such as Credit Reference Bureau checks under base URL api.peleza.com.

Real-time bank-to-bank interbank transfer, account validation and bulk-payment API connecting Kenya's entire bank network via a single integration.

Scout-verified 2026-08-14: curl 200 on both domains, dev portal shows real product pages + self-service sandbox copy, World Bank Fast Payments case study confirms IPSL/KBA as operator. See docs/scout/kenya-candidates.md.

Digital-wallet and Wallet-as-a-Service (WAAS) API — C2B, B2C, B2B, remittance, utilities — for agency banking and merchant collections.

Scout-verified 2026-08-14: curl 200/308 on sasapay.co.ke and docs.sasapay.app, WebSearch confirms C2B/B2C/B2B/WAAS product list and OAuth2, ViewTech Limited CBK PSP license (15 Sept 2021) independently confirmed. See docs/scout/kenya-candidates.md.

Turaco is an African microinsurance and technology company headquartered in Kenya and operating in Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia, exposing a public REST API for embedded and opt-in insurance. Its OpenAPI documented endpoints cover token authentication, products, customers, policies, claims and payments.

Kenyan payment-gateway API (C2B, B2B, B2C, STK Push, Billing) covering Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Togo, DRC. Correct docs host is dev.ipayafrica.com — docs.ipayafrica.com is unconfigured and /developers on the main site 404s.

Scout-verified 2026-08-14: curl 200 on main site + dev.ipayafrica.com sub-pages, both wrong docs URLs confirmed dead (403/404) before settling on the right one, WebSearch confirms founders/2010 founding/CBK authorization. See docs/scout/kenya-candidates.md.

[ingest-scout] KCB Group's official developer portal for Kenya, regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya (footer confirmed 'Regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya © 2026 KCB Buni'). Fetched buni.kcbgroup.com and confirmed four live API categories: Send Money (M-PESA, Airtel Money, T-Kash, VOOMA, bank transfers), Receive Payments, Interoperability (billers/merchants/agents), and Account Services, with a sandbox at sandbox.buni.kcbgroup.com/devportal/apis. Not in registry; fills the Kenya commercial-bank open-API gap.

Imported from a community submission, needs review.

Kenyan insurtech providing an insurance API and platform that lets businesses embed and distribute digital insurance products, issue policies and process claims. Aimed at partners bundling cover into their own apps and services across African markets. API documentation is hosted behind an authenticated developer portal.