Live status & reliability report
Africa's Talking status, outages & reliability
Africa's Talking is a Nairobi-based communications API provider offering SMS, USSD, voice and airtime APIs across African markets.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated
Over the last 90 days Africa's Talking had 99.80% effective uptime across 5 status page incidents (3 partial or major outages), resolving them in 6h 12m on average.
Is Africa's Talking down right now?
No, Africa's Talking is up and running.
- Africa's Talking's status page reports all systems operational. Checked .
- All 2 Africa's Talking pages we check are responding. Checked .
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90-day uptime
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Key facts about Africa's Talking's reliability
- Over the past 12 months, Africa's Talking published 16 incidents on its status page, 4 of them partial or major outages.
- Its longest outage on record in that time was “Service Downtime” on Feb 17, 2026, which lasted 7h 2m.
- The part of Africa's Talking most often affected was Voice (9 of 16 incidents).
- Africa's Talking reported 5 incidents in the last 90 days, up from 4 in the 90 days before.
- Incidents most often began on a Thursday (6 of 16, UTC).
- Africa's Talking's 90-day uptime of 99.80% is above the average for SMS & voice APIs (98.58%).
- It resolves incidents more slowly than the typical SMS & voice API: 6h 12m on average, against a median of 5h 38m.
Score breakdown
Incidents per month
- Major outage
- Partial outage
- Degraded
- Informational
Response time
Daily average response time of Africa's Talking's public pages, measured by our probes.
Score trend
Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).
Africa's Talking incident history (last 90 days)
- Partial outageSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Affected: Bulk, Airtime, USSD
- Degraded performanceSep 13, 2026 · resolved in 23h 21m
Affected: Voice
- Partial outageSep 4, 2026 · resolved in 24m
Affected: Bulk, Airtime, USSD
- Partial outageAug 27, 2026 · resolved in 40m
Outage on Outgoing SMS Requests
Affected: Bulk
- InformationalAug 7, 2026 · resolved in 7h 56m
Voice Service Down Time in Tanzania
Affected: Voice
- InformationalJun 27, 2026 · resolved in 38d 3h
Affected: Voice
Source: Africa's Talking status page · last checked · Subscribe via RSS
Our independent monitoring
We check these public Africa's Talking pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.
| Page | Last check | Uptime (30d) | Avg response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Help center | Up | 100% | 1043 ms |
| API host | Up | 100% | 104 ms |
How Africa's Talking compares
Africa's Talking status FAQ
Is Africa's Talking down right now?
No, Africa's Talking is up and running. Africa's Talking's status page currently reports all systems operational, and all 2 of the Africa's Talking pages we check every five minutes are responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.
How reliable is Africa's Talking?
Africa's Talking has a reliability score of 78.7 out of 100, ranking #5 of 12 SMS & voice APIs. Over the last 90 days it had 99.80% effective uptime.
How often does Africa's Talking have outages?
Africa's Talking published 5 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (3 partial or major outages) and 16 in the past 12 months.
How long do Africa's Talking outages last?
Africa's Talking resolves incidents in 6h 12m on average. Its longest outage in the past year lasted 7h 2m, on Feb 17, 2026.
Does Africa's Talking have a status page?
Yes. Africa's Talking's official status page is status.africastalking.com. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.