Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi for Gemini CLI
io.usefulapi/africas-talking
Read Africa's Talking balance, incoming SMS, transactions; send SMS, airtime, data and voice calls.
client:Gemini CLI
transport:streamable-http
tools:10
Install Africa's Talking MCP by usefulapi in Gemini CLI
~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"africas-talking": {
"httpUrl": "https://africas-talking.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs
What Gemini CLI 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