HeyZod/african-bank-codes

African bank codes, SWIFT/BIC and USSD datasets — 8 countries in full + licensed-institution directory for 14 WAEMU/CEMAC countries. By Mansa API (mansaapi.com) # African Bank Codes Open datasets of African banking infrastructure, maintained by Mansa API — the African financial data API. ## What's in here | File | Contents | Coverage | |---|---|---| | `data/banks.json` | Bank codes (NIBSS & local), SWIFT/BIC codes, USSD shortcodes, mobile-money flags | 77 institutions — Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Zambia, Tanzania | | `data/mobile-networks.json` | Mobile network prefixes, USSD codes, mobile-money operators | 27 networks across 8 countries | | `data/registry-directory.json` | Directory of **every licensed credit institution** in the WAEMU & CEMAC monetary zones (names + countries), verified against central-bank registers | 216 institutions — 14 francophone countries | ## Example ```js const { banks } = require("./data/banks.json"); const gtbank = banks.find(b => b.code === "058"); // { name: "Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank)", code: "058", // swift_code: "GTBINGLA", ussd: "*737#", country: "NG", ... } ``` ## The full registry (22 countries, 293 institutions) The registry-verified records for the 14 WAEMU/CEMAC countries — BCEAO licence numbers, official sources, SWIFT codes, change-monitoring for bank M&A — are served by the Mansa API: ```bash curl "mansaapi.com" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" ``` - **Free tier**: the 8 countries in `data/banks.json`, plus currencies, mobile networks, holidays and location data. Get a key → - **Paid tiers**: the full pan-African registry, sourced from the BCEAO official register and six national CEMAC registers. Pricing → ## Data quality rules 1. **No invented data.** A `null` SWIFT or USSD field means no official source publishes one — several fintech banks (e.g. Kuda) genuinely have no USSD code, whatever the listicles say. 2. **Provenance.** Registry records are verified against official sources — the BCEAO's licensed-institutions register, national treasury lists (DGTCFM Cameroon, CNEF Congo), and bank …