Pan-African exchange rates. Free REST API.
Official central-bank rates from 28 African economies — fetched directly from each country's central bank. Free to read, free to query via JSON API.
- 🇳🇬USD/NGN1,378.57▲ 0.24%
- 🇿🇦USD/ZAR16.35▼ 0.09%
- 🇰🇪USD/KES129.22▼ 0.02%
- 🇪🇬USD/EGP49.7▲ 0.12%
- 🇬🇭USD/GHS11.44▲ 0.11%
- 🇲🇦USD/MAD9.35▼ 0.01%
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Mid-market reference rate. Free, no signup. Sourced from each country's central bank.
All countries
North Africa
· 3
West Africa
· 10
East Africa
· 5
Southern Africa
· 10
Direct, unified, free.
What sets AfriRate apart from a generic FX feed: the numbers come straight from each central bank, they arrive in one shape, and they're free to build on.
Direct from the source
Every rate comes straight from the country's own central bank — no intermediaries, no spread, no third-party feed.
One consistent shape
Central banks each publish differently. We unify every source into one clean JSON shape — integrate once, not once per country.
{ "base": "USD",
"quote": "NGN",
"rate": 1359.57 }
Free to read, free to build on
A generous free tier with no credit card. Same data on every plan — you only pay for volume when you scale.
Query any rate with one call.
GET https://afrirate.com/api/v1/rates/latest?country=ZWCoverage: 28 countries live today across North, West, East & Southern Africa, expanding toward all of Africa. Want a country prioritized? Email us.