# AfriRef Minimum Wage Lookup

> AfriRef Minimum Wage Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from afriref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the current statutory minimum wage for a specified African country, including effective date, source, and staleness indicator

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://afriref.dev/v1/answers/wage-check
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/afriref-minimum-wage-lookup-da4665b2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_mNRbt6EqHXVCO4S52HrPM

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability afriref-minimum-wage-lookup-da4665b2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What is the current statutory minimum wage in Kenya? I need the effective date and the official source too.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, sourced minimum wage data for one of the 11 supported African countries (CI, EG, ET, GH, KE, MA, NG, RW, SN, TZ, UG) and want a structured response with effective dates, source citations, and a staleness indicator — particularly useful for compliance checks, payroll setup, or market entry research in Africa.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported country code (not in the allowed enum) returns an error — only ci, eg, et, gh, ke, ma, ng, rw, sn, tz, ug are supported
- Stale data: the stale flag is true when the data is past its expected update cycle, meaning the value may no longer be current
- Payment failure: x402 payment of $0.005 USDC not completed results in 402 response
- Network timeout or server error returns 5xx
- Series not applicable for country may return empty or error response

## How this service works

Is this salary at or above the statutory minimum wage? Verdict + margin + instrument

## Output

A JSON object containing the country code, series identifier ('minimum-wage'), the wage value with its currency unit, the date it came into effect, when it was last confirmed, a source object with name and URL, a staleness boolean flag indicating whether the data is past its expected update cycle, and optional notes.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/afriref-minimum-wage-lookup-da4665b2/health.json
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