Luvlab/seshaa-africa

Africa's 360 People & Business Directory — seshaa.africa # Seshaa (Working Name) ### Africa's 360 Phone & Address Directory A full-stack, advertising-funded, user-generated directory for all 54 African countries — in **12 African and colonial languages**, with AI search, real-time chat, group messaging, event sharing, and a local sales rep commission network. --- ## Architecture ``` Seshaa/ ├── frontend/ React 19 + TypeScript + Vite + TailwindCSS │ └── src/ │ ├── i18n/ 11 languages (EN, FR, PT, AR, SW, HA, YO, FF, AM, ZU, IG + LN, WO, TW) │ ├── pages/ Home, Search, Chat, Portals │ ├── components/ Navbar, ListingCard, AdBanner, Footer │ ├── services/ API client (listings, ads, auth, AI) │ ├── store/ Zustand auth store │ └── types/ Shared TypeScript types └── backend/ Node.js + Express + TypeScript └── src/ ├── routes/ listings, ads, auth, salesreps, ai, chat ├── middleware/ JWT auth └── prisma/ PostgreSQL schema ``` ## Portal Tiers | Portal | URL | Who | |--------|-----|-----| | Consumer | `/search`, `/` | Public users, free | | Business | `/business` | Business owners | | Advertiser | `/advertise` | Ad buyers (3-step campaign wizard) | | Sales Rep | `/salesrep` | Field reps earning 20% commission | | Admin | `/admin` | Platform operators | ## Languages | Code | Language | Native | Speakers | |------|----------|--------|----------| | `en` | English | English | Colonial | | `fr` | French | Français | Colonial | | `pt` | Portuguese | Português | Colonial | | `ar` | Arabic | العربية | N. Africa | | `sw` | Swahili | Kiswahili | 200M+ | | `ha` | Hausa | Hausa | 100M+ | | `yo` | Yoruba | Yorùbá | 50M+ | | `ff` | Peul/Fulfulde | Fulfulde | 40M+ | | `am` | Amharic | አማርኛ | 35M+ | | `zu` | Zulu | isiZulu | 12M+ | | `ig` | Igbo | Igbo | 45M+ | | `ln` | Lingala | Lingala | 70M+ | | `wo` | Wolof | Wolof | 12M+ | | `tw` | Twi/Akan | Twi | 20M+ | ## Features - **Directory**: Personal + Business + Government + NGO listings - **Search**: Text + AI-p …