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Africa API Documentation
Learn how Africa API turns fragmented African country, market, policy, and signals data into one product-ready platform.
What Africa API covers
Africa API is a REST API for data on all 54 African countries: 200+ indicators with 10+ years of history, current country signals, FX and market data, trade flows, elections, policies, and government records, sourced from the World Bank, IMF, UN, WHO, FAOSTAT, Ember, and central banks. It is built for teams that want to ship with African data without stitching dozens of disconnected sources.
Africa API is organized around a few clear jobs:
- country reference data
- current country signals
- historical indicators and time series
- market and FX data
- trade, government, elections, and policies
Base URL
https://api.africa-api.com- Public API routes live under
/v1. - Most data routes require an API key.
- Operational routes such as
/healthand/v1/platform/versionare documented separately.
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Countries
Country reference records, detail pages, and curated country profiles.
Signals
Current country snapshot across macro signals, climate, disaster alerts, FX, markets, trade, and government context.
Data
Canonical query layer for historical indicators, latest values, and time series.
Coverage
See which domains are broad continent-wide coverage and which current signals are live country by country.
Markets
Exchange metadata, tickers, historical market data, and FX rates.
Trade
Country trade overview plus partner, product, and flow queries.
Government
Leaders, cabinets, elections, and policy records as dedicated domains.
MCP Server
Connect Claude, Cursor, and other AI tools directly to live African data.
Choose the right route
- Use
/v1/countrieswhen you need reference data. - Use
/v1/countries/{country_code}/signalswhen you want a compact current snapshot. - Use
/v1/datawhen you need explicit metric queries, time series, or source pinning. - Use the dedicated domain routes for markets, trade, government, elections, and policies.
Operational and provenance endpoints
Source metadata and platform-health endpoints are available when you need:
- licensing context
- provenance
- freshness checks
- platform health and release verification
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Recommended path
Quickstart
Make your first authenticated requests and establish a reusable client pattern.
Authentication
Understand which routes are public, how API keys are used, and how to store them safely.
Coverage
Check live country and domain coverage before you design your integration around a specific signal family.
Data
Learn the canonical query endpoint for historical series and latest values.
Trade
Explore the dedicated trade domain once you need more than aggregate indicators.
Use-case entry points
African Countries API
Start here when you need country records, profiles, and current country snapshots.
African Indicators API
Start here when you need historical indicators, latest values, or rankings.
African Market Data API
Start here when you need exchanges, tickers, historical prices, or FX rates.
DataAfrica Migration
Start here if you are replacing code that called the retired api.dataafrica.io.
World Bank API vs Africa API
Start here if you are weighing api.worldbank.org against one Africa-focused contract.
If you want the clearest current entry points into the platform, start with African Countries API, Agriculture, and Policies.
Topic guides
Agriculture
Query crop production, yields, irrigation, land use, and livestock data across African countries.
Climate
Work with emissions, air quality, forests, renewable electricity, water stress, and climate context.
Health
Query immunization, maternal and child mortality, TB, child nutrition, and WASH indicators.
Policies
Access policy documents, laws, lifecycle events, and country policy timelines.
Elections
Explore election events, country overviews, and candidate-level result rows.