$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."
}]
)
// 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
Fikra Nano 1B
Edge model - coming soon
// scale without friction
Built for scale. Backed by hardware acceleration. Supported by humans who actually pick up the phone.
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SOC 2 Type 1 in progress, AES-256 encryption, zero data retention policy.
99.9% uptime SLA. We pay you a $1K refund if we fail to deliver.
Multi-region active deployment, Groq hardware-accelerated routing.
24/7 dedicated phone + email support with a guaranteed 2-hour response time.
Building in public with direct founder accountability. No hidden changes.
// 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."
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