MCP server for Kenya remittance — corridor rates, KYC, recipient options, diaspora investment. 5 tools.
# 💸 remit-mcp
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**Compatible with `claude-sonnet-5`** (released 2026-06-30) — Anthropic's most agentic
Sonnet yet. Runs multi-step tool chains end-to-end without stopping short.
Install: `pip install remit-mcp` · Use with any MCP client.
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Remittance corridor fees to East Africa often run well above the UN SDG 10.c target of 3% by 2030 — but comparing corridors requires checking each provider manually.
```bash
pip install remit-mcp
remit-mcp
```
## Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|------|-------------|
| `compare_remittance_corridors` | Compare all providers for US→KE, UK→KE, CA→KE corridors |
| `estimate_savings` | Calculate annual savings by switching providers |
| `list_corridors` | List all supported corridors |
## Research Basis
- **World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide** — Global database of corridor costs. SDG target: reduce to 3% by 2030. Current global average: 6.3%. Kenya corridors: 4.1–9.1%.
- **World Bank Migration & Development Brief 2025** — Kenya received USD 4.2B in remittances in 2024. Top-10 African recipient.
- **"Democratizing AI in Africa"** arXiv:2408.17216 — AI tools for financial inclusion in resource-constrained settings.
- **IrokoBench** arXiv:2406.03368 — Swahili AI capability benchmark; multilingual financial AI for Africa.
## DEMO Note
Current data is synthetic, representative of World Bank RPW Kenya corridor patterns.
Real implementation queries: remittanceprices.worldbank.org API + live FX feeds.
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*© 2026 Gabriel Mahia / AI Kung Fu LLC · MIT License*
## Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack
This MCP server is one of 32 tools in the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
Connect it to `africa-coord-bus` —
the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
```bash
pip install africa-coord-bus
```
All 32 servers:
pypi.org
Live demo: coord-cascade-demo
## IP & Collaboration
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled D …