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Africa API MCP

This MCP server provides read-only access to comprehensive data on all 54 African nations, covering economic indicators, markets, trade, government, elections, and policies. It offers 41 tools across 9 domains, allowing agents to query GDP, FX rates, head of state information, election results, export products, policy timelines, life expectancy rankings, stock listings, and trade flows. The server returns both human-readable text and structured JSON output.

Package and access

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Africa API MCP logo, by africa-apiCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by africa-api
You need:Sign up at africa-api.com and create an API key from your dashboardAFRICA_API_KEY Yes — Your Africa API bearer token
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What you can do with it

  • Query GDP and economic indicators for African countries
  • Retrieve current FX rates for East African currencies
  • Identify heads of state and their terms for specific nations
  • Check upcoming elections and historical election results

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.1
mcp-registry: io.github.africa-api/africa-api-mcp@0.1.1Source repository
Maintenance checked

Packages and installation

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africa-api-mcp 0.1.1

npm
africa-api-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "0.1.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "africa-api-mcp",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "AFRICA_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Your Africa API bearer token from africa-api.com"
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "africa-api-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "africa-api-mcp@0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AFRICA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AFRICA_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "africa-api-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "africa-api-mcp@0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AFRICA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AFRICA_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "africa-api-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "africa-api-mcp@0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AFRICA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AFRICA_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "africa-api-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "africa-api-mcp@0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AFRICA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AFRICA_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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