TCROWN10/AfriStreams

Afristream is a mobile-first platform that protects African creativity by helping creators earn fairly and giving fans affordable, offline access to music and films. Afristream Protecting African creativity. Rewarding creators. Affordable for fans. Afristream is a mobile-first, offline-friendly platform that enables African musicians and filmmakers to sell directly to fans. Creators earn 95%+ of revenue, while fans enjoy affordable, secure access through airtime, mobile money, or cards. 🚀 Features For Creators Secure uploads with DRM and AI watermarking Blockchain-powered royalty tracking & automatic payouts Creator dashboard with earnings, insights, and withdrawal options For Fans Affordable payments (airtime, mobile money, card) Offline playback with encrypted files Screen-recording prevention Rewards and referrals for legal content support 🌍 Vision Africa loses over $2B annually to film and music piracy. Afristream is building a sustainable ecosystem where: Creators are fairly rewarded Fans get affordable legal access Piracy becomes less attractive 🛠️ Tech Stack (MVP) Mobile App: Android (iOS later) Backend: Cloud API + Blockchain ledger Payments: Airtime, Mobile Money, Bank/Wallet integrations Web: Lightweight creator dashboard 📊 Success Metrics 100+ creators onboarded in 6 months ≥95% of earnings paid to creators 70% repeat fan engagement after 1 month Demonstrable piracy reduction ⚡ Getting Started (Placeholder until repo is live) Clone the repo git clone github.com Navigate into project cd afristream Setup dependencies & run (to be updated once codebase is ready) 🗺️ Roadmap Hackathon MVP (uploads, playback, payments mock) Full royalty tracking on blockchain AI piracy monitoring Auto-subtitles for African languages iOS app release 🤝 Contributing We welcome contributions! Please fork the repo and submit a pull request. 📜 License MIT License – feel free to use, modify, and distribute under the same license. ✨ Afristream makes legal access as simple as sending airtime — while creators finally get paid fairly.