The document discusses APIs provided by Africa's Talking for communication services like SMS, USSD, voice calls, and airtime. It promotes APIs for rapid prototyping, modular design, and focusing on core business. It provides overviews of the SMS, USSD, voice, and airtime APIs with descriptions of their features, products, use cases, and examples of how developers can get started using the APIs.

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APIs fuel the software that is eating
up the world

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Why APIs?
 Rapid prototyping for business creation
 Less Code
 More modular design
 Let the machines decide
 Focus on your core business

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Africa’s Talking Approach
 Unified Access to Telco Services
 One portal across Africa
 Simplify processes and technologies
 Local presence
 Built by developers for developers
When we break new ground, everyone in our community
breaks new ground

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What’s in our API?
 Simple
 Modern Standards
 Consistent
 Scalable
 Low barriers for entry
 Rich dashboards
 Strong authentication and security
 Large developer community
 Coming soon: Developer Sandbox

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Environment Setup
 Africa’s Talking Account
 API Key
 Gateway Class
 Apache
 PHP (or your favorite web programming
tool)
 Ngrok

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SMS APIs: Products
 Bulk SMS
 Premium SMS
 Short Codes
 Sender Ids

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SMS APIs: Features
 Delivery Notifications
 Real-time Analytics
 Message Queuing
 Notification Retries
 Painless Integration
 Scalable Pricing

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SMS API: Usecases
 Notification Services
 Two Factor Authentication
 Content Management
 Reseller Platforms
 Mobile App Monetization
 IoT Applications
 Can’t wait to see what you build!!

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SMS Workshop
 Send SMS
 Receive SMS

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USSD API: Features
 Painless Integration
 Real-time Analytics
 High Capacity
 Robust Dashboards
 Flexible Pricing

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USSD API: Usecases
 Query Services
 Data Collection
 User Registration
 Can’t wait to see what you build!!

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USSD Workshop
 What’s my name?
 Say my name!

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Voice API

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Voice API: Products
 Automated Call Initiation
 Record Calls
 Collect digits
 Say and Play
 Call Forwarding
 Call Queues
 Call Conferencing

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Voice API: Features
 Fully featured APIs
 Extensive Tutorials
 No equipment needed
 Real-time Analytics
 Robust dashboards

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Voice API: Usecases
 Customer Support
 Two-Factor Authentication
 Premium Services
 Query Services
 Data Collection
 Reseller Platforms
 Can’t wait to see what you build!!

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Voice Workshop
 Handle that call
 Make it raiiiiing

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Airtime API
 Painless Integration
 Real-time Analytics
 High Capacity
 Robust Dashboards
 Delivery Notification
 Heavy Discounts

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Airtime API: Usecases
 Payment Solution
 Incentives
 Reselling
 Can’t wait to see what you build!!

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Airtime Workshop
 Kopa Credo