Basic Company Overview
AfricanGPT is a Ghanaian African-language AI assistant built for chat, translation, voice, learning, and accessibility across 34+ African languages. It is positioned as ChatGPT-style AI for African languages and cultural context — covering tonal languages, regional varieties, and everyday usage that global models often flatten or miss.
The product is owned by DigiTransact Ltd and provided by DigiTransact AI, an Accra-based AI and digital transformation company founded in 2022. It is part of Isaac Kofi Maafo’s work on language technology for Africa. AfricanGPT was named Best African Language AI Innovation Software of the Year at the Ghana International Product Awards 2026.
The platform targets students, educators, SMEs, researchers, content creators, and people with disabilities who need AI that can work in African languages, explain cultural context, and remain usable with screen readers, voice-first navigation, and sign-language tools. Coverage and quality vary by language; some languages are full (chat, translation, voice, learning), others are beta or experimental.
Products and Services
- Multilingual AI chat in African languages with cultural context
- Translation between African languages and English/French, with confidence checks and alternative renderings
- Language learning: vocabulary, phrases, sentence generation, and cultural notes
- Voice input and text-to-speech for selected languages (e.g. Yoruba, Twi; others still rolling out)
- Emotion-aware voice and cultural prosody adaptation
- Multimodal vision: image analysis, document scan, and multilingual OCR
- Multi-agent workflows (translation, cultural context, research/QA)
- Advanced reasoning modes (fast, balanced, deep / chain-of-thought)
- African sign-language tools, including Ghanaian Sign Language text-to-sign and a visual dictionary covering 40+ African sign languages
- Accessibility suite aligned to WCAG 2.2 AA: voice-first mode, high contrast, large text, screen-reader support, keyboard navigation
- Open datasets and community contribution for African language data
- Knowledge library on African cultures, places, agriculture, and civic life
- Consumer and business plans (free tier plus Standard and Premium subscriptions; Premium lists API access)
Supported languages publicly listed include Yoruba, Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Twi, Ewe, Ga, Fante, Kusaal, Zulu, Amharic, Wolof, Bambara, Fon, Mossi, Naijá (Nigerian Pidgin), Shona, Chichewa, Oromo, Somali, Kinyarwanda, and others, plus English and French. FAQ pages also mention Tigrinya, Fula, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Sesotho, Tswana, and Venda.
Contact Details
Company name: AfricanGPT
Established: 2022 (parent company)
Type: Privately held
Founder: Isaac Kofi Maafo
Website: https://africangpt.org
Social Media
- X (founder): https://x.com/kofimaafo
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