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Guides for African API developers.

Code-first articles on Nigerian bank codes, African market data, NUBAN validation, and building on the Mansa API. Real curl examples. No filler.

identitybank codes

Nigerian bank codes: the complete reference for developers

Every Nigerian bank code, SWIFT/BIC, and USSD shortcode in one place — plus how to query them programmatically via the Mansa API.

2026-05-298 min read
identitynuban

What is NUBAN? A developer's guide to Nigerian account number validation

How the CBN NUBAN checksum algorithm works, how to validate Nigerian account numbers in code, and how to automate it via API.

2026-05-296 min read
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What is 'Bankleitzahlen Afrika' and how to access African bank codes via API

Bankleitzahlen Afrika is the German term for African bank routing codes. Here is what it means, which codes exist, and how to fetch them programmatically.

2026-05-295 min read
identityverification

How to verify a Nigerian bank account programmatically

A developer's guide to validating Nigerian bank accounts — NUBAN checksum, account name resolution, and the APIs that power it.

2026-05-297 min read
marketsafrica

Pan-African stock market data for developers: exchanges, endpoints, and what you can build

A technical guide to getting live stock prices, indices, ETFs, and market movers from NGX, GSE, NSE, JSE, BRVM, and more via one API.

2026-05-2910 min read
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OPay bank code, sort code, and how to use it in payment flows

OPay's NIBSS bank code is 999992. Here is everything you need to integrate OPay into Nigerian payment and transfer flows as a developer.

2026-05-294 min read
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Moniepoint bank code and integration guide for developers

Moniepoint's NIBSS bank code is 50515. Complete integration reference for developers building on Nigeria's fastest-growing fintech.

2026-05-294 min read
marketsdividends

NGX dividend history API: tracking Nigerian corporate actions programmatically

How to access ex-dividend dates, dividend-per-share amounts, and corporate action history for any NGX-listed stock via the Mansa API.

2026-05-296 min read
marketsinsider trades

Director dealings in Nigerian stocks: accessing Form 3 insider data via API

How to access NGX director dealings, Form 3 disclosures, and insider trade signals for Nigerian stocks via the Mansa API insider-trades endpoint.

2026-05-297 min read
identitytutorial

Building a bank-transfer validation flow with MansaAPI (Node.js)

A complete Node.js tutorial: validate a NUBAN, resolve the bank code, and confirm the institution before sending a Nigerian bank transfer.

2026-05-299 min read
marketstutorial

Integrating live NGX stock prices into a Next.js dashboard

Build a live Nigerian stock market dashboard in Next.js using the MansaAPI markets endpoints — server components, caching, and a movers widget.

2026-05-2910 min read
marketscomparison

Why Financial Modeling Prep isn't enough for African market data

FMP covers global markets — but African coverage is thin, stale, and missing critical local data. Here is what you get with a purpose-built African data API instead.

2026-05-296 min read