Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi for Claude Desktop
io.usefulapi/africas-talking
Read Africa's Talking balance, incoming SMS, transactions; send SMS, airtime, data and voice calls.
client:Claude Desktop
transport:streamable-http
tools:10
Install Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi in Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"africas-talking": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp"
]
}
}
}Claude Desktop has no remote transport in its config file, so this bridges through mcp-remote. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs
What Claude Desktop can do once it is connected
- africastalking_get_balance
- africastalking_fetch_messages
- africastalking_send_sms
- africastalking_send_airtime
- africastalking_find_airtime_transaction
- africastalking_send_mobile_data
- africastalking_find_mobile_data_transaction
- africastalking_get_mobile_data_wallet_balance
- africastalking_make_voice_call
- africastalking_get_voice_queue_status