AfricanGPT
The accessible African AI assistant for chat, translation, voice, and learning — like ChatGPT, but built for Africa and for every ability.
Chat, translate, learn, and create in Yoruba, Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Twi, Ewe, Ga, Zulu, Amharic, Wolof, and more. AI tools for African businesses, students, educators, SMEs, researchers, and people with disabilities — designed for African languages, context, and accessibility.
AfricanGPT provides AI-assisted support. Outputs may contain errors. For legal, medical, official, academic, or high-stakes communication, confirm with a qualified human expert.
What is AfricanGPT?
AfricanGPT is the AI assistant built for Africa — and for everyone. It supports chat, translation, language learning, voice interaction, sign language tools, cultural context, and community contribution across 36+ African languages, with full accessibility for people with disabilities.
Whether you are a blind user navigating by voice and screen reader, a Deaf person exploring sign languages, a student learning an African language, an SME expanding across African markets, an educator building multilingual resources, or a researcher working on African NLP — AfricanGPT is the AI platform designed for African context and every ability.
Who AfricanGPT is for
AI Tools for African Languages
Tools for chat, translation, learning, voice, sign languages, accessibility, and language data — built for African languages and every ability.
Chat in African languages
Have conversations with AI in your preferred African language.
Translate text
Translate between African languages and other languages.
Learn vocabulary and phrases
Build your knowledge of African languages with guided learning.
Generate sentences
Create example sentences for learning and practice.
Understand business etiquette
Learn cultural protocols for doing business across Africa.
Scan documents
Extract and translate text from images and documents.
Contribute voice and language data
Help improve African language AI with your contributions.
Explore datasets and corpus tools
Browse and contribute to open African language datasets.
Learn African Sign Languages
Explore 40+ African sign languages, browse a visual dictionary, and translate text to sign.
Accessibility tools
High contrast, large text, voice-first mode, screen reader support, keyboard navigation, and saved preferences.
Supported Languages
AfricanGPT supports a growing list of African languages, including:
Coverage and quality may vary by language. We are continuously working to improve support.
View full language tableAfrican Sign Languages
Over 50 million Deaf and hard-of-hearing Africans use sign languages daily. AfricanGPT is making AI inclusive by bridging the communication gap with tools for learning, exploring, and translating African sign languages — because language access is a right, not a privilege.
40+ Sign Languages
Explore an encyclopaedic guide covering sign languages from every region of Africa — history, grammar, usage, and community context.
GSL Visual Dictionary
Browse 95+ Ghanaian Sign Language signs with visual descriptions across 14 everyday categories — greetings, numbers, family, and more.
Text-to-Sign Translator
Type any English sentence and see it translated into Ghanaian Sign Language with step-by-step signing instructions.
Featured from the Knowledge Library
Plain-language reference content on African cultures, proverbs, places, agriculture and civic life. All items are openly licensed and clearly attributed.
Sankofa
Twi word and Adinkra symbol meaning return and get it; widely used as a philosophical motif for learning from the past to build the future.
Read moreKente cloth: Ghanaian textile and cultural symbol
Kente cloth is a hand‑woven silk and cotton textile from Ghana. Originating in Bonwire, it was traditionally worn by the Asante, Akan and Ewe peoples. Today it is widely used to mark special occasions and has inspired mass‑produced prints across Africa.
Read moreRock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela
Eleven 12th/13th-century rock-cut churches in Ethiopia; UNESCO World Heritage and active Orthodox pilgrimage site.
Read moreVictoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya)
Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) — the world's largest sheet of falling water, UNESCO-listed.
Read moreM-Pesa
M-Pesa — the mobile money service that revolutionised financial inclusion in Africa, serving 51M+ users.
Read moreUniversity of Cape Town (UCT)
UCT — Africa's top-ranked university, founded 1829, home to four Nobel laureates in South Africa.
Read moreBuilt by DigiTransact AI
AfricanGPT is developed by DigiTransact AI (DigiTransact Ltd), an AI and digital transformation company based in Accra, Ghana. Part of Isaac Kofi Maafo's AI work — building language technology for Africa.
Inclusive AI for Every Ability
AfricanGPT follows WCAG 2.2 AA standards so that blind, low-vision, Deaf, and motor-impaired users can chat, translate, learn, and explore without barriers. Features include voice-first mode, high-contrast and large-text display, screen-reader-optimised ARIA landmarks, keyboard-only navigation, sign language tools, document reading, and image descriptions — all with preferences that save automatically.
View all accessibility featuresResponsible AI for Africa
AfricanGPT is useful for learning, translation, cultural understanding, and content support. It does not replace qualified translators, teachers, cultural experts, legal professionals, medical professionals, or other subject experts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about AfricanGPT and how it can help you with African languages.
AfricanGPT is the AI assistant built for Africa. It helps users chat, translate, learn, and create content in 36+ African languages with cultural context. Think of it like ChatGPT, but designed specifically for African languages and context.
Yes. AfricanGPT is an AI assistant similar to ChatGPT, but purpose-built for African languages and cultural context. It supports chat, translation, learning, and voice in Yoruba, Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Twi, Ewe, Ga, Zulu, Amharic, and 27+ more African languages.
AfricanGPT supports a growing list of African languages, including Yoruba, Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Twi, Ewe, Ga, Fante, Kusaal, Zulu, Amharic, Wolof, Bambara, Fon, Mossi, Naijá, Shona, Chichewa, Oromo, Somali, Kinyarwanda, and others.
Yes. AfricanGPT provides AI tools for African businesses and SMEs, including multilingual translation for customer communication, business etiquette guidance for 20+ African countries, and cultural context for expanding across African markets.
Yes. AfricanGPT is an AI assistant for African students, supporting language learning with vocabulary, phrases, sentence examples, pronunciation guidance, and cultural context across 36+ African languages. Free to start.
Yes. AfricanGPT is committed to responsible AI for Africa. It includes accuracy disclaimers, cultural sensitivity awareness, and clear communication that AI outputs may contain errors. For legal, medical, official, or high-stakes communication, users should confirm with qualified human experts.
AfricanGPT offers free access to AI chat, translation, voice, and learning features for African languages. For questions about features or usage, visit the Contact Support page.
AfricanGPT is developed by DigiTransact AI (DigiTransact Ltd), an AI and digital transformation company based in Accra, Ghana. It is part of Isaac Kofi Maafo's AI work, focused on building language technology for African communities.
Ready to try AfricanGPT?
Start chatting, translating, or learning in African languages today — fully accessible for every user.