APIs
Africa's Talking vs Termii
A verified, side-by-side comparison. Both records are status-checked by Wycord, so you are comparing what each actually offers today, not a stale listing.
Category
APIs
APIs
Type
Telecom / SMS
Telecom / SMS
Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
$0.0032 / SMS (Nigeria)
NGN / SMS
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
7 Aug 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
pan-african, ussd, sms
sms, otp, dnd-aware
Summary
Pan-African communications API for SMS, USSD and voice, with confirmed USSD for Nigeria across all four major operators (MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile).
Nigeria-focused communications API for SMS, OTP, voice and USSD with the best docs and the only documented DND-aware routing. No official SDK; community SDKs fill the gap.
Africa's Talking vs Termii at a glance
Africa's Talking and Termii are both listed under Telecom / SMS in Wycord's APIs index.
Both are based in Nigeria.
Both currently show the status "Docs live".
On access, both are marked "No approval needed".
Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.
How they differ
- Pricing: Africa's Talking, $0.0032 / SMS (Nigeria); Termii, NGN / SMS.
Topics
Both are tagged: sms.
Only Africa's Talking: pan-african, ussd.
Only Termii: otp, dnd-aware.
Common questions
- Which has better uptime, Africa's Talking or Termii?
- Wycord does not yet have enough probe results for both to compare uptime.
- Do Africa's Talking or Termii need approval before use?
- Both are marked "No approval needed".
- Is the documentation for Africa's Talking and Termii working?
- Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
- Where are Africa's Talking and Termii based?
- Both are based in Nigeria.