{"uid":"cap_5pe8-pElX0Q7_bghhfa06","slug":"afriref-pan-african-government-reference-data-51cab596","name":"afriref Pan-African Government Reference Data","description":"Pan-African government reference data for 34 countries as cited JSON: central-bank policy rates, VAT/GST and VAT registration thresholds, CPI, corporate, personal and withholding tax, social contributions, minimum wages, statutory interest, official FX rates, filing deadlines and public holidays (coverage varies by country). Every value carries its official source URL and last-confirmed date. Single facts $0.003; country brief (every series for one country) $0.01; cross-country compare (one series, up to 10 countries) $0.02; tax-ID and VAT-number checks $0.003; computed answers (VAT, income tax, working days, minimum-wage check) $0.01-$0.02. Pay per call in USDC on Base via x402 or MPP, no signup, or by card with credit packs or monthly plans on one key valid across all 7 regional services. Free tier: GET /catalog, plus a free email key with 50 answer calls a day, commercial use allowed. Finished answers, one cited dossier per call (supported countries vary per job; others are refused free): cost this hire (wage-floor verdict, contributions, employer cost) $0.50; charge this sale (which VAT applies, net/VAT/gross) $0.50; charge this sale certified (plus a signed VAT-rate extract) $0.75; invoice due date and statutory late interest $0.40; country evidence pack (brief plus signed extracts) $0.25; hire compare $0.75 for 2 countries, $1.00 for 3-5; next filings (VAT, PAYE, corporate-tax due dates rolled for holidays) $0.35. Also here: domain and email-security check $0.01 per domain - graded TLS certificate on port 443, Microsoft 365 tenant detection, and SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MX with the exact fix records.\n\nFree trial: 3 computed-answer calls per day per IP on POST /v1/answers/* with header X-Free-Trial: 1 (without it, the normal x402 402; once used up, the 402 carries free_trial_resets_at). MCP answer tools use the trial automatically when no api_key is passed. Every series of the evaluation country is free. Card credit (same per-call price as x402): /pricing.","url":"https://afriref.dev/v1/%7Bcountry%7D/%7Bseries%7D?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"properties":{"type":"string"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"unit":"percent","notes":"SHARED BCEAO/UEMOA rate — this is NOT an Ivorian national rate; the same figure applies to all 8 union members (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sénégal, Togo). The CPM of 4 March 2026 cut the principal rate 25bps from 3.25% to 3.00% (and the marginal lending facility from 5.25% to 5.00%), effective 16 March 2026; the 3.0000% level is corroborated by the weekly liquidity-injection notice of 8 June 2026. Reserve requirement coefficient held at 3.0%. The CPM meets quarterly (roughly March/June/September/December) — re-verify after each meeting.","stale":false,"value":3,"series":"policy-rate","source":{"url":"https://www.bceao.int/fr/communique-presse/reunion-ordinaire-du-comite-de-politique-monetaire-de-la-bceao-tenue-le-4-mars","name":"BCEAO — Communiqué de presse, réunion ordinaire du CPM tenue le 4 mars 2026 (-25bps, effet 16 mars 2026)"},"country":"CI","disclaimer":"Independent service, not affiliated with any government. Verify against the cited official source before legal or financial use.","effective_from":"2026-03-16","last_confirmed":"2026-07-15"}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.003","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.003/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.003","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.003","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_64KxLA6zFPYcaw-cLKjkE","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.003","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Returns authoritative government reference values (central-bank policy rates, VAT rates, minimum wages, public holidays) for a specific African country and data series as clean, cited JSON.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you look up the current central bank policy rate for Kenya from afriref, with the official source citation and effective date?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Compliance check for VAT rate","prompt":"What is the current VAT rate in Nigeria according to official government sources? I need the value, when it came into effect, and a link to the primary source so our finance team can verify it."},{"title":"Monetary policy briefing for investors","prompt":"Can you pull the latest central bank policy rates for Ghana, Kenya, and Egypt, including their effective dates and whether the data is still current or flagged as stale?"},{"title":"HR payroll setup for African operations","prompt":"We're setting up payroll for employees in Rwanda and Tanzania — what are the official national minimum wages in those countries, with citations to the government gazette or official source?"}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing the reference value (e.g. numeric rate or list of holidays), its unit, the country and series identifiers, an effective_from date, a last_confirmed date, a stale boolean flag, the official source (name and URL), and a disclaimer. Includes contextual notes explaining nuances such as shared regional rates.","failureModes":["Unsupported country code returns an error or empty response","Unsupported series name for a given country returns an error","Data may be flagged as stale if not recently re-confirmed against the primary source","Network or service unavailability returns a non-200 HTTP status","Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks the request"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use afriref when you need machine-readable, citation-backed African government reference data (policy rates, VAT, minimum wages, public holidays) for the 11 covered countries, and when provenance to an official primary source is required. Prefer this over scraping government websites or using general LLM knowledge, which may be outdated or uncited. Especially valuable for compliance, financial modeling, or regulatory workflows where staleness detection and official sourcing matter.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-26T18:30:22.795Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"afriref-pan-african-government-reference-data-51cab596"}