router.africa | The LLM gateway for Africa

The models were never the barrier. Getting your money there was.

International cards get declined. USD billing turns every invoice into a currency gamble. Every provider wants its own account, key, and bill. router.africa removes that barrier.

See every request, token, and naira.

A real-time control plane for every model your product uses, without five provider tabs and five separate invoices.

Overview

Live

Requests24,892↑ 12.4% this month

Tokens routed48.2Macross 6 providers

Wallet balance₦84,240Auto top-up is on

Request volumeLast 30 days

Aug 15Aug 30Today

Model usageBy requests

GPT-5.6 Terra38%

Claude Sonnet 527%

Kimi K2.521%

GLM-5.314%

Latest request

openai/gpt-5.6-terra1,284 tokens684 ms₦4.82

One API. Every model. Your currency.

01
Top up
Load your balance with mobile money, bank transfer, or another method you already use. No international card, no FX conversion.
02
Build
Point your app at one API endpoint. Call GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any of 200+ models with the same request format and no separate integrations.
03
Pay as you go
Your balance is metered per request, priced in your local currency, visible in real time. No surprise invoices.

Already using OpenAI or Anthropic's SDK? Change one line.

Point your existing client at our endpoint. Your request format and the rest of your code stay exactly the same.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="your_router_africa_key",
    base_url="https://api.router.africa/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5.6-terra",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, router.africa"}]
)

No SDK to install, no new syntax to learn.

Live router All systems normal

Single endpointapi.router.africa/v1

OOpenAIgpt-5.6-terra482 msHealthy

AAnthropicclaude-sonnet-5611 msHealthy

Moonshotkimi-k2.5394 msHealthy

Z.AIglm-5.3728 msHealthy

Built different, on purpose

Local currency, always

Every price you see is in your own currency, with no hidden FX spread or USD conversion at checkout.

Payment methods that work here

Mobile money, bank transfer, and other local rails, not a card-only checkout built for someone else’s banking habits.

Every model that matters

Frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, plus 200+ open-source models including DeepSeek and Qwen. One API, one bill.

Real payments infrastructure underneath

Built on infrastructure already moving money reliably across African markets, not a card processor wrapped around a routing script.

Built for access, not exclusivity

No international card required, no minimum spend. If you can pay locally, you can start building.

Your data stays yours

We route your requests. We don’t log, store, or read them. See the Security section below.

We see the metadata. We never see your data.

Requests go straight to the model provider and responses come straight back. We're the pipe, not a storage tank.

No prompt or completion storage. Content passes through in transit and is not retained on our systems.
Metadata only: model name, token counts, latency, and cost. This is what your dashboard and billing are built on, and nothing more.
Your provider, your terms. Requests reach OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or your chosen model provider directly.
Encrypted in transit between your application, our gateway, and the model provider.
Your provider credentials are held securely on our infrastructure and never exposed to your application.

Request path Encrypted

01Your appPrompt created

TLS 1.3

02router.africaMetadata only

Encrypted

03ProviderModel response

Content••••••••••••••••NOT STORED

Metadatamodel · tokens · costMETERED

Model catalog 200+ available

⌕ Search models⌘ K

OGPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI · Reasoning$2.00

AClaude Sonnet 5Anthropic · Agentic$3.00

Kimi K2.5Moonshot · Multimodal$0.60

GLM-5.3Z.AI · Coding$1.40

One API keyAny modelLocal billing

Access the models you already want to build with

GPT, Claude, and Gemini for frontier reasoning and generation. DeepSeek, Qwen, and dozens more for cost-efficient scale. One key, one endpoint, every model.

Explore how pricing works →

Frequently asked questions

What is router.africa?

A single API that gives you access to GPT, Claude, Gemini, and 200+ other AI models, billed and paid for in your local currency. No international card needed.

How is my data handled?

We never store or read your prompts or completions. We only see the metadata needed to run your dashboard and billing: model used, tokens, latency, and cost.

Do I need an international card to pay?

No. Top up your balance using mobile money, bank transfer, or other local payment methods. Everything is billed in your local currency.

Which models can I access?

Frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, plus 200+ open-source models including DeepSeek and Qwen, all through one API.

When can I start using it?

router.africa is currently in development. Join the waitlist to get early access as we roll out.

Does switching my existing code take long?

If you’re already using the OpenAI or Anthropic SDK, it’s typically a one-line change. Point your existing client at our endpoint instead of theirs.

The global AI economy is already open. Now you can walk in.

Join the waitlist and be first to know when router.africa opens up. No international card needed, ever.

Join the waitlist See how pricing works

Every model, one API, your currency.

Pick a model. See what it costs where you are.