
AI Powered Health Across Kenya, South Africa & India, 2018-Present

Insight
Girls and boys around the world don’t have anyone to turn to for private trusted advice about relationships, anxiety, and the every day questions about growing up.

Solution
A multilingual AI companion, like a best friend in your pocket, offering a safe, private space to get answers anytime. It delivers non-judgmental, conversational support on relationships, sex, stress, and anxiety, helping users navigate emotional, social, and everyday challenges with empathy and trust.

AI
Co-created with young people and first launched in 2018, this AI-powered companion has reached over 2 million users. Trained on the real language of youth in low- and middle-income countries, it now answers more than 80,000 questions every day across Kenya, South Africa, and India.

IMPACT
Independently evaluated and proven to increase contraceptive use, boost health service uptake, and improve awareness of mental health and coping mechanisms.

Awards & Recognition
Recognized by the Yale School of Public Health (Case Study, 2025) and featured in Stanford’s Center for Digital Health Generative AI in Health in LMICs White Paper (2025). Winner of the Fast Company World Changing Idea Award for WAZZII (2025).