Nigeria · +234 · billed in NGN

SMS API in Nigeria

A REST API for SMS to Nigeria numbers, with Nigeria's sender rules applied automatically and every message showing the carrier that carried it. Point your SDK at nigeria.woyra.io.

SMS in Nigeria: the rules

Alphanumeric sender IDs allowedSender ID must be registered

NCC requires sender ID registration. Do-not-disturb registry applies to promotional traffic; transactional and OTP traffic is exempt.

Opt-out keywords honoured automatically: STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT, TSARA, DAINA.

Endpoint, currency, data

Endpoint
nigeria.woyra.io
Currency
NGN
Dialling code
+234
Data region
global
Price
$0.0069 per US segment; African rates per country

Global

Your first SMS call from Nigeria

curl -X POST https://nigeria.woyra.io/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WOYRA_KEY" \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: order-4821' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "channel": "sms",
    "to": "+234712345678",
    "from": "YOURBRAND",
    "body": "Your order 4821 is out for delivery.",
    "routing": {"strategy": "conversion_optimized", "max_cost_usd": 0.03}
  }'

The same key works on every endpoint. Calling nigeria.woyra.io applies Nigeria's rules and, where residency requires it, keeps the data in the global region.

What sending sms to Nigeria involves

Alphanumeric sender IDs, registration required · billed in NGN · global data region

Your brand name, once it is registered

Nigeria allows an alphanumeric sender but requires the name to be registered with the operators before traffic flows under it. Woyra files that registration and tells you when it is live; until then your traffic goes out on a sender that is already cleared, so nothing waits on paperwork.

Opt-outs, honoured without your code

A recipient in Nigeria who replies STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT, TSARA, DAINA is suppressed on your account immediately, and the next send to them is refused rather than delivered. You write nothing for this; it is the law in most markets and the right behaviour in all of them.

Which carrier carried it, and why

Every message to Nigeria records the carrier it went out on, the score that carrier held at the time, the reason it was chosen and what it cost. It is on the message in the API response and in your logs. Carriers are scored on whether codes are actually entered, not on whether a receipt said OK.

Prepaid, with a cap you set

An account on the Nigeria endpoint is billed in US dollars today. Billing in NGN is where this is going, and it is a real advantage when it arrives, but a converted price needs a published rate behind it and there is not one yet, so we quote one currency rather than invent a second. Funds are reserved at the published price when a message is accepted and settled when it is delivered; a message we never deliver is never charged for, and a hard spend cap you set is enforced rather than invoiced.

Questions about Nigeria

Can I use an alphanumeric sender ID in Nigeria?

Nigeria allows alphanumeric sender IDs, so a message can arrive from your brand name rather than a number. The sender ID must be registered first; Woyra files the registration and tells you when it is live.

Which opt-out keywords are honoured in Nigeria?

STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT, TSARA, DAINA. A recipient who replies with one is suppressed on your account automatically.

What currency am I billed in for Nigeria?

NGN, prepaid, with a hard spend cap you set per project.

Where does the data of a recipient in Nigeria live?

Global

What does a Nigeria phone number look like in the API?

E.164: a plus, the country code +234, then the subscriber number, as in +234712345678. Woyra strips spaces, hyphens, brackets and a leading 00, but it will not guess a missing country code, because the same digits belong to a different subscriber in every country.

Which endpoint should I call for Nigeria?

nigeria.woyra.io, though the same API key works on every endpoint Woyra runs. Which one you call decides the compliance rules applied, the currency you are billed in, and — where residency requires it — which data plane answers.

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