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Kenya’s Fikra launches AI inference API for African developers, startups, businesses

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June 30, 2026

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Kenya’s Fikra launches AI inference API for African developers, startups, businesses
Source: Disrupt Africa

Kenya’s Fikra API has launched an AI inference API built specifically for African developers, startups, and businesses.  Founded by James Miano earlier this year, Fikra API is an OpenAI-compatible inference API targeting African developers, with M-Pesa payment

Kenya’s Fikra API has launched an AI inference API built specifically for African developers, startups, and businesses.  Founded by James Miano earlier this year, Fikra API is an OpenAI-compatible inference API targeting African developers, with M-Pesa payments built in and pricing in local terms rather than USD.  Developers can send requests to Fikra’s endpoint and [...]

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