# Africa's Talking USSD

This document explains how to setup Africa's Taking USSD with the Ushahidi Platform USSD Service.

* [Create an Account with Africa Talking](https://docs.ushahidi.com/platform-api-ussd-service/supported-ussd-providers/www.africastalking.com)
* [Create a USSD Service Code in the Sandbox ](https://account.africastalking.com/apps/sandbox/ussd/codes)

![USSD Service Code - Africa Talking Sandbox](/files/-Lmdc8EZzd4JOVXiHxXl)

Africa's Talking allows you add a Callback URL for each USSD Service Code.\
This basically is the URL of the USSD Service you have deployed or running locally (while using Ngrok to expose your localhost).


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