AI Uses Cases
Explore real-world examples of how AI is being applied across Africa to solve pressing challenges. From improving healthcare access to advancing climate resilience and supporting inclusive education, these use cases spotlight locally driven innovation and the potential of AI to accelerate sustainable development on the continent.
ImplementedPROMPTS
An AI-powered messaging platform aimed at strengthening maternal and newborn primary healthcare in Kenya.
ImplementedAquarech
A digital fish farming platform that empowers smallholder fish farmers by providing access to high-quality inputs, credit, technical support, and guaranteed markets through mobile technology and innovative partnerships.
ImplementedaskNivi
A retrieval-based chatbot that improves access to local healthcare.
ImplementedENGIE Energy Access
A provider of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) off-grid solar and mini-grid solutions, delivering affordable, reliable, and sustainable clean energy products and services to homes, businesses, and public institutions with the mission to end energy poverty and accelerate the Africa's green energy transition.
ImplementedLesan AI
A machine translation platform that uses advanced AI and custom-built datasets to deliver accurate, rapid translations for low-resource languages.
ImplementedPlantix
An image recognition mobile application that helps smallholder farmers identify crop diseases and pests and suggests solutions to improve crop yields and income.
ImplementedNithio
An AI-driven investment platform that provides data-driven financing and analytics to accelerate access to clean energy for households and businesses across Africa.
ImplementedRobotsMali
An education project using AI to create locally relevant educational content to encourage national language literacy in Mali.
ImplementedCropNuts
An agricultural testing laboratory and agronomy advisory company, providing AI-powered soil fertility, water quality, food safety, and crop management services to farmers and agribusinesses across Africa to improve yields, sustainability, and profitability.
ImplementedHello Tractor
A digital platform that connects smallholder farmers with tractor owners and, in partnership with Atlas AI, uses machine learning and predictive analytics to forecast demand for tractor services , improving farmers’ access to mechanisation services.
ImplementedSunbird Translate
An open-source system that translates text between English Ugandan languages enabling accurate, rapid, and culturally relevant language access for underrepresented communities in Africa.
ImplementedBaradi
A company that provides IoT-enabled, energy-efficient cold storage solutions for meat preservation, helping reduce electricity costs and improve food safety in commercial meat markets.
ImplementedUwazi by HURIDOCS
An INGO that uses an AI-optimised database to make information and evidence more accessible to human rights defenders.
ImplementedMeza
An AI-powered tool developed by the World Food Programme and Charitable Analytics International that uses optical character recognition to rapidly digitise handwritten nutrition and health records from remote clinics, enabling real-time, accurate data collection and analysis to improve nutrition interventions for vulnerable populations.
ImplementedEIDU
A social digital learning technology company that uses AI to improve learning outcomes for schoolchildren.
ImplementedAfrica-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium (ACADIC)
An initiative creating predictive tools resilience against pandemics and disasters.
ImplementedApollo Agriculture
An agri-fintech company that empowers small-scale farmers to increase their productivity and profits.
ImplementedITIKI Drought Prediction Tool
An AI-powered early warning system that integrates indigenous knowledge with scientific data to deliver highly localised, actionable drought forecasts to smallholder farmers to help them make informed decisions.
ImplementedFarmer.Chat
An AI-powered, multilingual conversational platform that provides personalised, real-time agricultural advice and support.