Mansa African Financial Reference Data

African bank & SWIFT codes, NUBAN resolution, mobile networks, holidays and ISO 4217 currencies.

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claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mansa-african-financial-reference-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "https://modelcontextprotocol.io"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)

Capabilities & Tool Schemas (6)Self-reported

Inspect callable tools, capabilities, and parameters exposed to AI agents by Mansa African Financial Reference Data.

lookup_bank

Identify an African bank from a name, bank/sort code, SWIFT/BIC or USSD shortcode. Works as a **reverse lookup** — pass a bare code like `NLCBTZTX` and get the institution back.

list_banks

Every bank held for a country, with codes and mobile-money flag.

resolve_nuban

Which Nigerian banks a 10-digit NUBAN account number is checksum-valid for. Typically narrows ~30 banks to ~3.

lookup_phone_network

Resolve an African phone number to its mobile network operator.

get_public_holidays

Public holidays for a country and year. English by default, with `lang` for local languages.

get_currency

ISO 4217 record: code, name, symbol, decimal places, and every country using it.

Documentation Overview

Mansa African Financial Reference Data — MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server giving any MCP-capable agent live access to African financial reference data: bank and SWIFT/BIC codes, NUBAN account resolution, mobile network lookup, public holidays, and ISO 4217 currencies.

Hosted and maintained by Mansa API. No API key required.

Connect

Streamable HTTP endpoint:

Code

https://mansaapi.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

config.json

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

Anything else

Point your MCP client at the URL above. The server speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over Streamable HTTP and is stateless, so no session handling is required. A plain GET returns the server descriptor.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`lookup_bank`	Identify an African bank from a name, bank/sort code, SWIFT/BIC or USSD shortcode. Works as a reverse lookup — pass a bare code like `NLCBTZTX` and get the institution back.
`list_banks`	Every bank held for a country, with codes and mobile-money flag.
`resolve_nuban`	Which Nigerian banks a 10-digit NUBAN account number is checksum-valid for. Typically narrows ~30 banks to ~3.
`lookup_phone_network`	Resolve an African phone number to its mobile network operator.
`get_public_holidays`	Public holidays for a country and year. English by default, with `lang` for local languages.
`get_currency`	ISO 4217 record: code, name, symbol, decimal places, and every country using it.

Coverage

Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Zambia and Tanzania for banks and mobile networks; holidays and currencies span the wider continent.

Worth knowing

resolve_nuban confirms checksum validity only. The CBN NUBAN check digit is derived from the bank code plus the first nine digits of the account number, so testing a number against every bank code narrows down where it could be held — without contacting any bank.

It does not confirm that an account exists, and it never returns an account holder's name. That requires a licensed NIBSS account-name enquiry.

Mansa API also publishes io.github.HeyZod/mansa-african-markets for live African stock market data — a separate server with a different audience.

API documentation: https://mansaapi.com/docs
OpenAPI spec: https://mansaapi.com/openapi.json
Postman collection: https://mansaapi.com/docs/postman

License

MIT for this manifest. The hosted service is governed by the Mansa API terms.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mansa African Financial Reference Data

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "mansa-african-financial-reference-data": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "Mansa African Financial Reference Data"] } }

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