$1 minimum spend. 2 million tokens per dollar. M-Pesa accepted. OpenAI-compatible. No credit card. No $20 minimums. No excuses.
Infrastructure & Integrations Partnered With
// drop-in replacement
Fikra API is fully OpenAI-compatible. Any SDK, any language. Point your base URL at api.fikraapi.co.ke/v1 and everything else stays the same.
import openai
# Change just this line
client = openai.OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.fikraapi.co.ke/v1",
api_key="your_fikra_key"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="fikra-fast-8b",
messages=[{
"role": "user",
"content": "Build something."
}]
)
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Launch Your BotA revolutionary ternary weight model pioneered from the Microsoft BitNet architecture. Fine-tuned locally from the TII Falcon e 1B base, Fikra Nano is engineered for extreme low-resource environments, delivering high-throughput inference without the heavy VRAM tax.
Stay tuned for expanded parameters.
// no surprises
One tier. Pay as you go. Top up what you need, when you need it.
for every $1 you top up
what 2M tokens gets you
payment methods
Rate Limits: Unverified accounts are capped at 30 RPM. Make your first Paystack top-up to instantly unlock the 100 RPM Trusted tier.
available models
Fikra Pro 120B
Best for complex tasks, reasoning
Fikra Pro 20B
Balanced, best for most use cases
Fikra Fast 8B
Strong multilingual support
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// guarantees cost more, that's the point
Reserved throughput, uptime SLAs, and real support response times — priced honestly above self-serve, month to month, no contract.
GROWTH
KES 6,500/mo
+ KES 92 / 1M tokens
SCALE
KES 18,000/mo
+ KES 72 / 1M tokens
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// why this exists
"I kept watching developers across East Africa hit the same wall - Stripe not supported, $20 minimum too steep, no card at all. The tools to build exist. The access doesn't. That's the gap Fikra API is closing."
// engineering deep dives
Two new tiers sit above self-serve - not because we discounted anything, but because uptime, reserved throughput, and real support response times are worth paying for honestly.
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We are open-sourcing Fikra Nano 1B, a revolutionary ternary weight model optimized for extreme low-resource environments. Learn how bypassing floating-point math enables high-throughput inference without the massive VRAM tax.
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Tired of credit card declines and aggressive $20 minimum top-ups? Here is an honest, benchmarked breakdown of the top inference APIs built for regional access.
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