Holidays, tax rates and filing deadlines for every African country, from the official source.
One API for payroll, invoicing, HR and fintech teams. Public holidays and business days, VAT and withholding tax rates, tax ID format checks and filing deadlines for all 54 African countries. Every answer links to the law, gazette or tax authority it comes from.
Public holidays & business days
Holiday calendars for 2025–2030, weekend rules (including Friday–Saturday weekends), substitute days and official moves. Count or add working days in one call.
Confirmed Islamic holidays
Eid, Mawlid and other moon-sighted holidays are marked estimated until the official announcement, then confirmed with a link to it.
VAT & withholding tax
Standard and reduced VAT rates, registration thresholds, and withholding rates for dividends, interest, royalties, rent and services, resident and non-resident.
Tax ID formats & deadlines
Check a tax ID against the official format (it is never stored), and get the VAT, PAYE, withholding and corporate tax due dates for any month.
Every value cites its official source
We read the statutes, official gazettes, finance laws and tax-authority publications ourselves, including scanned documents in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic. Each answer carries the source link, legal basis, effective date, last-verified date and a confidence level. A daily monitor watches the official sources and flags changes for review.
GET /v1/countries/KE/holidays?year=2026
{ "country": "KE", "coverage": "ready",
"holidays": [ { "date": "2026-03-20", "name": "Idd-ul-Fitr",
"status": "confirmed", "source_url": "http://kenyalaw.org/kenya_gazette/" }, ... ],
"sources": { "hol": { "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Act Cap 110 ...",
"confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-10" } } }Coverage
All 54 countries are in the API. Each answer states its coverage (ready, partial or gap), so you always know how complete it is.
Works inside your AI assistant
Connect the MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client and ask in plain language: "When is VAT due in Ghana in March?" or "How many working days between these dates in Morocco?" Ten read-only tools, the same data and sources as the API.
MCP endpoint: https://api.africacompliancedata.com/mcp
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Start free with holidays and business days. Add tax data with Pro. Billed in USD through Polar, our merchant of record, which handles sales tax and VAT.
Free
- Public holidays & business days, 54 countries
- 30 requests / minute
- Testing and personal, non-commercial use
Starter
- Public holidays & business days, 54 countries
- MCP server for AI assistants
- Commercial use · 60 requests / minute
Pro Most popular
- Everything in Starter
- VAT, withholding tax, tax ID checks, filing deadlines
- 300 requests / minute
Compliance
- Everything in Pro
- Email alerts when official sources change
- Priority support · 1,000 requests / minute
Enterprise
- Full dataset export and data licence
- Use the data inside your own product
- Service guarantee, invoice payment
Every paid plan is also available yearly with 2 months free; choose at checkout. Cancel anytime from your Polar customer portal; your key stops working at the end of the paid period.
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