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13 verified resources in APIs for building in Kenya.

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53
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14
Last verified
25 Aug 2026

M-Pesa Daraja (Safaricom)

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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.

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Mobile Money
Verified Aug 2026

IntaSend API

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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.

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Payments
Verified Aug 2026M-Pesa 3%, Cards 3.5% (4.5% international), CashApp 4.5%

Jenga API

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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.

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Open Banking
Verified Aug 2026

KRA eTIMS System-to-System API

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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.

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Government / Tax
Verified Aug 2026Free to integrate directly; third-party integrators may charge (amount not published)

Kopo Kopo API

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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.

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Payments
Verified Aug 2026

OkHi

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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.

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Addressing
Verified Aug 2026

Peleza

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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.

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Identity Verification
Verified Aug 2026

Pesalink Developer API

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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.

Docs live
Institutional only
Banking / Interbank
Verified Aug 2026

SasaPay API

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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.

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Payments / Agency Banking
Verified Aug 2026

Turaco

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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.

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Insurance API
Verified Aug 2026

iPay Africa API

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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.

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Payments
Verified Aug 2026

KCB BUNI Developer Portal

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[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.

Docs live
Verified Aug 2026

Lami

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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.

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Insurance API
Verified Aug 2026