From SMPP gateways to a developer-first API, we run the rails that move OTPs, alerts and notifications across Africa - fast, direct, accountable.
We don't sell marketing tools, chatbots, or dashboards. We sell the rails underneath them - clean SMPP binds and a thin HTTP API, both pointed at the same operator-direct routes.
Persistent TX, RX and TRX binds with strict throughput windows, DLR pass-through, and real-time submit_sm acknowledgements. For aggregators and platforms that already speak the protocol.
A small, predictable JSON API for teams that don't want to run an SMPP client. Same routes, same delivery, same receipts - exposed as REST with webhooks for inbound and DLR.
# Send a message via the eSMS Africa API curl -X POST "https://sms.esmsafrica.io/api/messages/send" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ESMS_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "to": "+254712345678", "text": "Your verification code is 482910.", "sender_id": "eSMSAfrica" }' # → 200 OK # {"id":"550e8400-...","status":"submitted","route":"ESMS_KE","cost":1.2}
Every account ships with a full sandbox. Use a esms_test_ key and integrate end to end - real responses, simulated delivery and webhooks - with nothing sent to a live network and nothing billed.
Test keys return the same shapes as live - segments, encoding, cost, message id - and drive the full lifecycle so your webhooks fire for real. Deterministic magic numbers let you rehearse every outcome before you go live.
# Test key → simulated, never sent, never billed curl "https://sms.esmsafrica.io/api/messages/send" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer esms_test_..." \ -d '{"to":"+254712341234","text":"Your code is 482910"}' # → 200 OK { "id": "test_ff13a…", "status": "delivered", "environment": "test", "livemode": false }
Send transactional & marketing email, receive mail on your own domain, and stay out of spam - SPF, DKIM and DMARC set up automatically. The Mailgun-meets-Zoho for African teams, from $5/mo.
Transactional & bulk, API or SMTP, with tracking.
An inbox on your domain - read, reply, compose.
SPF/DKIM/DMARC automatic + a deliverability audit.
From $5/mo, no hard caps, Paystack billing.
eSMS Workspace puts Email, SMS, SMPP and admin in one desktop app - system notifications, an unread badge, and background auto-updates. For macOS, Windows & Linux.
Direct and Tier-1 routes into every African market - OTPs, alerts and campaigns landing in seconds.
"eSMS Africa has transformed our customer communication. The delivery rates are exceptional and their platform is incredibly easy to use."
"We switched to eSMS Africa six months ago and haven't looked back. Their API integration was seamless and their support team is always responsive."
"The best SMS service provider in Africa. We've tried others but none compare to the reliability and features eSMS Africa offers."
We are not a marketing platform. We are not a reseller. We are SMS infrastructure. eSMS Africa powers digital communication across the continent through fast, secure, and reliable messaging infrastructure built specifically for African markets.
SMPP for the platforms that need it, an HTTP API for the teams that don't, and a single team behind the routes who answer the phone when something is off.
Nairobi · Kampala · AbujaTell us what you're building and which markets matter. We'll provision sandbox credentials, share the route map, and put you in a channel with the engineer who runs your region.
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