Afriref Country Brief — Pan-African Government Reference Data

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Afriref Country Brief — Pan-African Government Reference Data is a paid API for AI agents from afriref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns every government reference data series for a single African country in one cited JSON response, including policy rates, VAT, CPI, taxes, wages, and public holidays.

How this service works

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. Free 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.

Output

A single JSON object containing every available government reference series for the requested country: central bank policy rate, VAT/GST rate and registration threshold, CPI, corporate tax rate, personal income tax rate, withholding tax rate, social contributions, minimum wages, statutory interest rate, official FX rates, filing deadlines, and public holidays. Each data point includes its official source URL and last-confirmed date. Countries not yet covered are refused with a clear error.