Integration approach
Signals
Twilio-compatible APIs: reuse compatible call logic and components when expanding through Twilio.
Africa’s Talking
Africa’s Talking’s own voice API and XML instructions.
Signals vs Africa’s Talking
Build for Nigeria and reuse compatible work as you expand.
Connect your software and AI to Nigerian phone networks with Signals. Build with Twilio-compatible APIs, then reuse your call logic and components as you expand through Twilio to the US and other international markets.
Local infrastructure for the market you’re serving today. An integration approach that supports where your business goes next.
Reuse and expansion
Reuse compatible call logic in your next market.
Your team invests more than time in an API integration. You build call flows, reusable components and the knowledge to make everything work together.
That investment should travel with your business.
Signals uses familiar Twilio API patterns, so compatible workflows built for Nigeria can carry forward when you expand through Twilio’s infrastructure in more than 100 countries. Your team can build on what it already knows and reuse more of what it has already created.
Start in Nigeria and carry compatible work into other markets.
Explore Twilio compatibility →Reusable foundation
Your call logic & components
Nigeria
Signals
US & international markets
Twilio
Side by side
Compare what your team will build on.
Compare the integration model, interaction controls and published Nigerian pricing.
| What matters to your build | Signals | Africa’s Talking |
|---|---|---|
| Integration approach | Twilio-compatible APIs: reuse compatible call logic and components when expanding through Twilio. | Africa’s Talking’s own voice API and XML instructions. |
| Connecting your own AI | Direct, two-way streaming between live calls and your AI application. | SIP integrations with AI platforms, including Vapi. |
| Collecting customer responses | Spoken responses and keypad input. | Keypad input through its GetDigits action. |
| Outgoing Nigerian calls | ₦14–₦19.50/min across networks, including VAT. Billed per second. | Published rates: ₦20/min to MTN; ₦15/min to other networks. |
| Number and subscription | ₦500,000/year + VAT, including one number and five simultaneous calls. | Number rental: ₦7,000/month + VAT, or ₦10,000 for MTN. MTN setup charged separately. |
Connecting your own AI
Signals
Direct, two-way streaming between live calls and your AI application.
Africa’s Talking
SIP integrations with AI platforms, including Vapi.
Collecting customer responses
Signals
Spoken responses and keypad input.
Africa’s Talking
Keypad input through its GetDigits action.
Outgoing Nigerian calls
Signals
₦14–₦19.50/min across networks, including VAT. Billed per second.
Africa’s Talking
Published rates: ₦20/min to MTN; ₦15/min to other networks.
Number and subscription
Signals
₦500,000/year + VAT, including one number and five simultaneous calls.
Africa’s Talking
Number rental: ₦7,000/month + VAT, or ₦10,000 for MTN. MTN setup charged separately.
Reviewed 10 September 2026.
Africa’s Talking rates are shown as published. Select Nigeria on its pricing page.
Sources and compatibility
Voice and AI
Give your software more control over the conversation.
Calls can collect responses and connect live applications.
Let customers respond by speaking or pressing a key. Send live call audio to your AI. Return generated audio into the conversation. Let your software decide what happens next.
Signals gives builders the tools to create voice experiences around their product, their workflows and their customers.
Speech and keypad input
Capture what the customer wants.
Live audio streaming
Connect calls to your own AI.
Call controls and events
Keep your application involved throughout the interaction.
Local operations
Nigerian calling needs attention on the ground.
The API request still has to reach a working phone network.
Signals combines programmable telephony with a Nigerian team working directly with carriers on network quality every day. When network issues affect your product, you have access to people involved in the carrier conversations.
Your team builds the experience. Signals handles the carrier relationships behind it.
Explore how we operate →Pricing and next step
Know what your build will cost.
Base plan
₦500,000
/ year + VAT
Includes one Nigerian phone number and five simultaneous calls.
Outgoing calls
₦14–₦19.50
/ minute
Across Nigerian networks. VAT included. Billed per second.
No separate SIP agent outgoing-call fee. Text-to-speech starts at ₦2 for 20 seconds of generated audio.
Bring your expected usage. We’ll help you understand the costs of your actual call flow.
Build something that can grow with you.
Subscribe to the Base plan, complete verification, enable Developer Mode and place your first Nigerian call from the same Twilio-compatible code you will reuse later.
Moving an existing Africa’s Talking call flow? Migration help is optional. Discuss your migration →