{"uid":"cap_Xh4PYQvJOjgQN46wt8BJW","slug":"afriref-pan-african-government-reference-data-historical-series-a24cd6bf","name":"afriref Pan-African Government Reference Data - Historical Series","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/history?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_onslLheZv5Xg7WUEp8KQF","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 the full historical time-series of a specific government reference value (policy rate, VAT, minimum wage, or public holidays) for a given African country, with official citations, effective dates, and staleness flags","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you pull the full history of Kenya's central bank policy rate from afriref, including the official source citations and effective dates for each change?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Compliance check for African payroll","prompt":"I need to verify Ghana's current national minimum wage and see how it has changed over the past few years — can you get the full history with official citations so I can make sure our payroll is compliant?"},{"title":"Macro research on African monetary policy","prompt":"Pull the complete history of Nigeria's central bank policy rate changes with their effective dates and source citations — I'm building a macroeconomic model and need authoritative data."},{"title":"Tax rate audit for cross-border business","prompt":"Get me the full historical VAT rate record for Morocco with official government sources and effective dates — I need to reconcile our past invoices against the legally correct rates at the time."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing the full historical series of the requested government reference value for the specified country, including: the numeric value with units, series identifier, country code, effective start date, last-confirmed date, a staleness boolean flag, human-readable notes, and a source object with the official URL and name (e.g. government gazette or central-bank communiqué). Also includes a disclaimer noting the service is independent and data should be verified against the cited official source.","failureModes":["Unsupported country code returns an error — only ci, eg, et, gh, ke, ma, ng, rw, sn, tz, ug are supported","Unsupported series name returns an error — only policy-rate, vat-rate, minimum-wage, public-holidays are valid","Stale data flagged with stale:true when the underlying official source has not been re-confirmed recently","BCEAO/UEMOA shared rates (applicable to ci and sn) may not reflect country-specific nuance and carry a shared-rate note","Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient or wallet is not configured","Rate limiting or 402 payment errors if the micropayment header is malformed"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need the complete time-series history of a government reference value rather than just the latest figure, or when you need machine-readable official citations and effective dates for compliance, audit, or research purposes. Prefer this over web scraping or general search when you need structured, citable African government data with staleness tracking. Best for fintech, compliance, payroll, tax, and macroeconomic applications operating across the 11 supported African markets.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-26T18:31:09.498Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"afriref-pan-african-government-reference-data-historical-series-a24cd6bf"}