Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Chat & email

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http africas-talking https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "africas-talking": {
      "url": "https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "africas-talking": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• africastalking_get_balance

  The Africa's Talking app balance (SMS/airtime wallet), e.g. {"balance": "KES 1250.0000"}. The sandbox app has no balance. GET /version1/user.

• africastalking_fetch_messages

  Fetch incoming SMS received on your shortcodes/numbers, oldest first, in batches (default 25 per call). Pass last_received_id (0 for the first call, then `next_last_received_id` from the previous reply) to move through them; `has_more` stays true while a call returns messages, so

• africastalking_send_sms

  WRITE: send one text message to up to 100 phone numbers. Spends account credit and delivers to real phones (the sandbox app only reaches the simulator). Needs confirm=true after the user approved the recipients and text. Returns the vendor's per-recipient status (statusCode 101 =

• africastalking_send_airtime

  WRITE: top up mobile airtime for up to 25 phone numbers. Spends account credit immediately and cannot be reversed. Needs confirm=true after the user approved each number and amount. Amounts are in the given ISO currency (e.g. KES, UGX, TZS). Pass an idempotency_key to make a retr

• africastalking_find_airtime_transaction

  Look up an airtime transaction by its transaction id (the requestId / ATPid_... from a send reply): status, amount, destination and discount. GET /query/transaction/find.

• africastalking_send_mobile_data

  WRITE: send mobile data bundles to up to 25 phone numbers from your Africa's Talking data wallet. Spends wallet credit and cannot be reversed. Needs confirm=true after the user approved each number and bundle. product_name is your data product (created in the Africa's Talking das

• africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction

  Look up a mobile data transaction by its transactionId (from a send reply): status, product, destination and cost. GET bundles /query/transaction/find.

• africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance

  The balance of the mobile data wallet, e.g. {"status": "Success", "balance": "KES 500.0000"}. GET bundles /query/wallet/balance.

• africastalking_make_voice_call

  WRITE: place an outbound voice call from one of your Africa's Talking numbers to up to 10 phone numbers. The call is billed and rings real phones; what is said is decided by the voice callback URL configured for the number in the dashboard. Needs confirm=true after the user appro

• africastalking_get_voice_queue_status

  Number of outbound calls currently queued on each of your voice numbers. Live apps only. POST voice /queueStatus (a read: nothing is changed).

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified against the domain usefulapi.io (the registry checks domain ownership)

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 101 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 10 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Chat & emaili

• More stars than 0% of the other 1771 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 97% of the other 1771 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1771 servers in this category

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