Africa Api Mcp — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited Africa Api Mcp (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
An MCP server that gives Claude direct access to the Africa API — comprehensive data on all 54 African nations including economic indicators, markets, trade, government, elections, and policies.
Sign up at africa-api.com and create an API key from your dashboard.
Claude Desktop — add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):
{
"mcpServers": {
"africa-api": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "africa-api-mcp"],
"env": {
"AFRICA_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
}
}
}
}Claude Code — add to ~/.claude/settings.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"africa-api": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "africa-api-mcp"],
"env": {
"AFRICA_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
}
}
}
}Restart Claude and you're ready to go. No install step needed — npx handles it automatically.
Once connected, Claude can answer questions like:
40 tools across 9 domains:
| Domain | Tools | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 4 | Country details, profiles, real-time signals for all 54 nations |
| Indicators & Data | 4 | 127+ indicators (GDP, population, health, education, etc.), time-series queries, country rankings |
| Government | 6 | Heads of state, cabinets, leadership terms — current and historical |
| Elections | 5 | Election results, upcoming elections, country overviews |
| Markets | 7 | Stock exchanges, listed securities, price history, FX rates |
| Trade | 4 | Bilateral trade flows, top partners, product breakdowns |
| Policies | 6 | Laws, regulations, policy timelines, lifecycle events |
| Sources | 2 | Data provenance — World Bank, UN, central banks, etc. |
| Geographies | 1 | Continent / region / subregion hierarchy |
All tools are read-only with proper MCP safety annotations.
| Environment Variable | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
AFRICA_API_KEY | Yes | — | Your Africa API bearer token |
AFRICA_API_BASE_URL | No | https://api.africa-api.com | Override for local development |
git clone https://github.com/africa-api/africa-api-mcp.git
cd africa-api-mcp
npm install
npm run build
# Run directly
AFRICA_API_KEY=your-key node dist/index.js
# Test with MCP inspector
AFRICA_API_KEY=your-key npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.jsMIT
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