Direct Carrier Billing
Get paid from airtime balance
Let subscribers buy digital products without a card or bank account, using Safaricom airtime billing through SDP.
Billing that fits how subscribers already pay
No card or wallet needed
The subscriber pays from their airtime balance.
Status callbacks
Charge outcomes are posted to your backend, including insufficient balance.
Explicit consent
Design flows so the subscriber confirms each charge or subscription.
Subscription renewals
Support for recurring charges on subscription services.
How a charge travels
- 01
Your platform
REST calls and CON/END callbacks
- 02
Tekglob gateway
Validation, MSISDN normalization, sessions
- 03
Safaricom SDP
Provisioning, billing and messaging
- 04
Subscriber
Handset: USSD, SMS, Skiza, airtime