Getting Started
Welcome to Axene Mailer
Email infrastructure built for Africa - transactional API, SMTP relay, and a full campaign dashboard.
Axene Mailer is a complete email platform for developers and businesses operating in Africa. It combines a transactional email API, SMTP relay, and a campaign dashboard into a single service - priced in KES and billed through M-Pesa or card.
You get your own sending infrastructure (no shared IPs with spammers), a deliverability stack tuned for African ISPs, and an API that takes five minutes to integrate.
Key features
- Transactional and marketing email - send password resets and promotional campaigns from the same platform.
- Own SMTP infrastructure - mail is sent through Axene-managed Postfix servers, not a resold third-party service.
- KES pricing - no USD exchange rate surprises. Plans start free, paid tiers from KES 250/mo.
- DKIM, SPF, and DMARC - guided DNS setup wizard so your mail lands in the inbox, not spam.
- Real-time tracking - opens, clicks, bounces, and complaints reported as they happen.
- Webhooks - get HTTP callbacks for every email event (delivered, opened, clicked, bounced, complained).
- Contact lists - manage subscribers, segment by custom fields, handle unsubscribes automatically.
- Broadcasts - send a newsletter or announcement to a whole list, with A/B variants and click tracking.
- Templates - save and reuse HTML email templates with variable substitution.
- Inbox - receive incoming mail for your domains and read it inside the dashboard.
- Workspaces - organise your work into shared workspaces and invite teammates.
Three ways to send
| Method | Best for |
|---|---|
| REST API | Application-triggered emails (signup confirmations, receipts, alerts). Call POST /v1/emails/ with a JSON body. |
| SMTP | Legacy systems, WordPress plugins, or any software that already speaks SMTP. Point it at mail.axene.io with your API key as the password. |
| Dashboard | Marketing campaigns, one-off sends, and testing. Compose directly at mail.axene.io. |
Next steps
Head to the Quickstart to send your first email in under five minutes.