diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
index f22e724..654f53b 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+africastalking==1.2.3
 alembic==1.4.2
 amqp==2.6.1
 attrs==20.2.0
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ betterpath==0.2.2
 billiard==3.6.3.0
 celery==4.4.7
 cffi==1.14.3
-cic-eth~=0.10.0a41
+cic-eth~=0.10.0a46
 cic-notify~=0.4.0a3
 cic-types~=0.1.0a8
 click==7.1.2
diff --git a/service-configs/.gitkeep b/service-configs/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000