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africastalking-python vs mpesa-rust

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
Developer Tools
Developer Tools
Type
SDK
SDK
Country
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇰🇪 Kenya
Docs status
Docs live
Docs broken
Licensing
Pricing
Free / open-source
Free / open-source
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
10 Oct 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
payments, sms, kenya, python, africas-talking
payments, mpesa, kenya, daraja, rust
Summary
Official Python SDK for the Africa's Talking APIs, providing access to payments alongside SMS, voice, airtime, mobile data and WhatsApp services. Supports synchronous and asynchronous operations.
An unofficial Rust wrapper around the Safaricom M-Pesa API for account balance, B2C, C2B, STK push, transaction status, reversals and dynamic QR. Published as the mpesa crate on crates.io.

africastalking-python vs mpesa-rust at a glance

africastalking-python and mpesa-rust are both listed under SDK in Wycord's Developer Tools index.

Both are based in Kenya.

Documentation status differs: africastalking-python is "Docs live" and mpesa-rust is "Docs broken".

On access, both are marked "No approval needed".

Over the last 30 days Wycord's probes measured 97.22% uptime for africastalking-python (36 checks) and 100% for mpesa-rust (36 checks).

Average response time on live probes was 643 ms for africastalking-python and 1139 ms for mpesa-rust.

Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.

How they differ

  • Documentation: africastalking-python, Docs live; mpesa-rust, Docs broken.
  • 30-day uptime: africastalking-python, 97.22%; mpesa-rust, 100%.
  • Average latency: africastalking-python, 643 ms; mpesa-rust, 1139 ms.

Topics

Both are tagged: payments, kenya.

Only africastalking-python: sms, python, africas-talking.

Only mpesa-rust: mpesa, daraja, rust.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, africastalking-python or mpesa-rust?
mpesa-rust leads over the last 30 days: africastalking-python 97.22%, mpesa-rust 100%.
Do africastalking-python or mpesa-rust need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for africastalking-python and mpesa-rust working?
africastalking-python shows "Docs live" and mpesa-rust shows "Docs broken" at the last check.
Where are africastalking-python and mpesa-rust based?
Both are based in Kenya.

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