Mansa African Identity MCP

A Model Context Protocol server providing live access to African financial reference data, including bank and SWIFT/BIC codes, NUBAN account resolution, mobile network lookup, public holidays, and ISO 4217 currencies. It is hosted by Mansa API and requires no API key.

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Community listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Published by Mansa API

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp

Vendor documentation

What its tools do

6 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

Not annotated (6)

lookup_bank
list_banks
resolve_nuban
lookup_phone_network
get_public_holidays
get_currency

6 of 6 have a description · 0 of 6 declare behavior hints · 6 of 6 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

Passed Endpoint answered the live check · Nov 6, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC
Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

Identify African banks from names, codes, or SWIFT/BIC
Resolve Nigerian NUBAN account numbers to valid banks
Lookup mobile network operators for African phone numbers
Retrieve public holidays and ISO 4217 currency details

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0

mcp-registry: io.github.HeyZod/mansa-african-identity@1.0.0 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Nov 6, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC

Protocol and capabilities

Server: mansa-african-identity 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check: 2025-06-18
Tools: 6 advertised
Resources: Not advertised
Resource templates: Not advertised
Prompts: Not advertised

Server-advertised capabilities

{
  "tools": {}
}

Tools

6 advertised

lookup_bank — Look up an African bank by name or code

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Identify an African bank from any identifier you hold: its name, domestic sort/bank code, SWIFT/BIC code, or USSD shortcode. Works as a reverse lookup, so pass a bare SWIFT code like 'NLCBTZTX' to find out which institution it belongs to. Returns the bank's name, country, type, bank code, SWIFT/BIC, USSD shortcode and whether it supports mobile money.

lookup_bank input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Max results (default 10, max 50)."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Bank name, bank/sort code, SWIFT/BIC code, or USSD shortcode."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional ISO-2 country code to scope the search (e.g. NG, GH, KE, ZA, TZ)."
    }
  }
}

list_banks — List banks in a country

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

List every bank and financial institution held for a country, with its bank code, SWIFT/BIC, USSD shortcode and mobile-money flag. Use this to build a bank picker or to reconcile a list of institutions.

list_banks input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "country"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO-2 country code, e.g. NG, GH, KE, ZA, EG, MA, ZM, TZ."
    },
    "mobile_money_only": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Return only mobile-money providers (default false)."
    }
  }
}

resolve_nuban — Resolve a Nigerian account number to its possible banks

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Work out which Nigerian banks a 10-digit NUBAN account number could belong to. The CBN check digit is computed from the bank code plus the first nine digits, so testing the number against every bank code narrows a shortlist without contacting any bank. Typically reduces ~30 banks to ~3. This confirms checksum validity only: it does NOT confirm the account exists, and it never returns the account holder's name, which requires a licensed NIBSS account-name enquiry.

resolve_nuban input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "account"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "account": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The 10-digit Nigerian account number."
    },
    "bank_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional. If given, validate against just this bank code instead of scanning all."
    }
  }
}

lookup_phone_network — Identify the mobile network for an African phone number

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Resolve an African phone number to its mobile network operator from the number's prefix. Accepts local or international format. Useful for routing a mobile-money payout to the right provider or validating a number before sending an OTP.

lookup_phone_network input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "phone"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "phone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Phone number, local (08031234567) or international (+2348031234567)."
    }
  }
}

get_public_holidays — Get public holidays for an African country and year

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Return the public holidays for a country and calendar year, with each holiday's date, name and type. Names are returned in English wherever the country publishes it; pass a language code for others (Kenya also publishes Swahili).

get_public_holidays input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "country",
    "year"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional language code for holiday names, e.g. 'sw' for Swahili."
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Four-digit calendar year, e.g. 2026."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO-2 country code, e.g. NG, KE, GH, ZA."
    }
  }
}

get_currency — Get ISO 4217 details for an African currency

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Return the ISO 4217 record for a currency: its code, name, symbol, how many decimal places it uses, and every country that uses it.

get_currency input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "code"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO 4217 currency code, e.g. NGN, KES, XAF, ZAR."
    }
  }
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (2 of 2 answered).

2026-11-06: 1 of 1 checks answered
2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 834 ms
95th percentile latency: 834 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 6, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC · probe · passed · 834 ms · metadata changed · 6 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http mansa-african-identity-mcp https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add mansa-african-identity-mcp --url https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable mansa-african-identity-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mansa-african-identity-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mansa-african-identity-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start mansa-african-identity-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "mansa-african-identity-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http mansa-african-identity-mcp https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.

Claude Desktop configuration

https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mansa-african-identity-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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