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African Fintech MCP Server

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African Fintech MCP is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago.

Mobile money fees, African tax rates, currency conversion and Uganda PAYE for AI agents.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 84%
47 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
Tools
hidden behind auth
716 ms
Response time
average over 24h
authentication required
Access
streamable-http

This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add african-fintech-mcp --transport http https://fintech.opportunityradar.africa/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "african-fintech-mcp": {
      "url": "https://fintech.opportunityradar.africa/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.african-fintech-mcp]
url = "https://fintech.opportunityradar.africa/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "african-fintech-mcp": {
      "url": "https://fintech.opportunityradar.africa/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "african-fintech-mcp": {
      "url": "https://fintech.opportunityradar.africa/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://fintech.opportunityradar.africa/mcp streamable-http needs auth 1748 ms 14 min ago

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African Fintech MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for African Fintech MCP?
The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.
Is African Fintech MCP working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 716 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is African Fintech MCP still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect African Fintech MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.
Does African Fintech MCP need an API key?
Yes. Every time we knock, African Fintech MCP answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.
How fast is African Fintech MCP?
It answers our handshake in 716 ms on average, which is faster than 16% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.