Africa's Talking

Our products are not ready-to-use, you need to have an app that will consume our APIs.

If you are looking for a ready-to-use platform, reach out to us on <a href="mailto:info@africastalking.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">info@africastalking.com</a> and we will connect you with one of our partners. To use the API to start sending messages using the Africa's Talking(AT) API you will need :

An Africa's Talking account, you can register for one<a href="https://account.africastalking.com/auth/login/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a>

To <a href="http://help.africastalking.com/dashboard/account-management/how-do-i-create-an-application">create an App</a> in your dashboard

A senderId to brand your messages (<a href="http://help.africastalking.com/sms/sender-ids-alphanumerics/how-do-i-set-up-my-sender-id-in-kenya-or-uganda">here's how to get one depending on your country)</a> or a shortcode for two-way SMS (<a href="http://help.africastalking.com/sms#shortcodes">here's more info about shortcodes</a>).

You may also use our Africa's Talking test environment aka Sandbox. This article explains <a href="http://help.africastalking.com/dashboard/how-do-i-get-started-on-the-africas-talking-sand-box">How to get started on the Sandbox.</a>

An application to consume the API or a software developer to build your app on our API using our <a href="http://docs.africastalking.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">docs</a> as a guide

- An Africa's Talking account, you can register for one<a href="https://account.africastalking.com/auth/login/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a>
- To <a href="http://help.africastalking.com/dashboard/account-management/how-do-i-create-an-application">create an App</a> in your dashboard
- A senderId to brand your messages (<a href="http://help.africastalking.com/sms/sender-ids-alphanumerics/how-do-i-set-up-my-sender-id-in-kenya-or-uganda">here's how to get one depending on your country)</a> or a shortcode for two-way SMS (<a href="http://help.africastalking.com/sms#shortcodes">here's more info about shortcodes</a>). 
- You may also use our Africa's Talking test environment aka Sandbox. This article explains <a href="http://help.africastalking.com/dashboard/how-do-i-get-started-on-the-africas-talking-sand-box">How to get started on the Sandbox.</a>
- An application to consume the API or a software developer to build your app on our API using our <a href="http://docs.africastalking.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">docs</a> as a guide

If you do not have a developer , send an email to <a href="mailto:info@africastalking.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">info@africastalking.com</a> and we will put you in touch with a developer or one of our re-sellers to help you out.

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