Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 10 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Read Africa's Talking balance, incoming SMS, transactions; send SMS, airtime, data and voice calls.

Uptime history 9 days of history · worst day 99%

9 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

153 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 16

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 25 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Nov a tool changed version

31 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

30 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

29 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

28 Oct a tool changed version2 times that day

27 Oct a tool changed version

25 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day

and 9 more, back to 25 October 2026

Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

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

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.africas-talking]
url = "https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Available tools 10

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

africastalking

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 keep calling until `count` is 0. Optional shortcode and keyword filters. GET /version1/messaging.

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_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_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_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_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).

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 approved the numbers. Live apps only (the sandbox has no voice service). Returns a per-number queue status. POST voice /call.

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 retry safe. Returns per-number status and requestId (use africastalking_find_airtime_transaction to follow up). POST /version1/airtime/send.

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 dashboard). Pass an idempotency_key to make a retry safe. Returns per-number status and transactionId (see africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction). POST bundles /mobile/data/request.

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 = sent), message ids and cost. Never retried. POST /version1/messaging.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	69 ms	11 min ago

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Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 10 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: africastalking_fetch_messages, africastalking_find_airtime_transaction, africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction, africastalking_get_balance, africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance, africastalking_get_voice_queue_status and 4 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi 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 153 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 10 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 153 ms on average, which is faster than 82% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at africas-talking.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.