We are Asterisks
Building the infrastructure for the next generation of mobile services in Africa.
Asterisks started with a simple belief: USSD is powerful, but building for it shouldn't be painful.
For decades, USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) has been the backbone of mobile banking, payments, and essential services across Africa. It connects those without internet to the digital economy. Yet, for developers, it has remained a black box of complex telco protocols, XML nightmares, and opaque session management.
We're changing that. We've built visual tools, robust SDKs, and a unified API layer that abstracts away the complexity of integrating with providers like Hubtel, Nalo, and Africa's Talking.
40+
Countries Reachable
10M+
Sessions Handled