bundu-labs/shamwari

Shamwari AI is Nyuchi Africa’s open source initiative to build a localized AI model and platform purpose-built for the African continent. # Shamwari AI **Shamwari AI** is Nyuchi Africa's open source initiative to build a localized AI model and platform purpose-built for the African continent. The name "shamwari" means "friend" in Shona. Shamwari is not trying to be GPT. It's the AI that actually works for Africa: small enough to run locally, smart enough to be useful, culturally grounded, and commercially sustainable. ## Two Core Pillars **The Model** — A small, efficient language model (1B–7B parameters) designed for on-device inference across affordable hardware. Deep multilingual support for African languages starting with Shona and Ndebele, expanding across Southern and broader Africa. **The Platform** — A full-stack AI platform with two web properties: - **shamwari.ai** — Consumer-facing AI chat application - **platform.shamwari.ai** — Developer and business portal (API keys, usage dashboards, billing, documentation) ## Tech Stack | Layer | Technology | Deploys to | |-------|-----------|------------| | Frontend | Next.js 16, Tailwind CSS v4, shadcn/ui | Vercel | | Monorepo | Turborepo + npm workspaces | — | | Edge | Cloudflare Workers | Cloudflare | | App Backend | Vercel Serverless (Route Handlers / Server Actions) | Vercel | | AI Backend | Python (FastAPI) + Beanie ODM | Fly.io | | Inference | Rust (GGUF/ONNX) | Fly.io | | Database | MongoDB Atlas | — | | Auth | Stytch (Mukoko B2C) | — | | Storage | Cloudflare R2 | Cloudflare | ### Architecture Overview ``` ┌─────────────┐ │ Clients │ └──────┬──────┘ │ ┌──────▼──────┐ │ Cloudflare │ API gateway, rate limiting, │ Workers │ API key validation, caching └──────┬──────┘ ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌──────▼──────┐ ┌──▼───────────┐ │ Vercel │ │ Fly.io │ │ Serverless │ │ FastAPI │ │ (Next.js) │ │ (AI/ML) │ └──────┬──────┘ └──────┬───────┘ │ │ └───────┬───────┘ ┌──────▼──────┐ │ MongoDB │ │ Atlas │ └─────────────┘ ``` - **Cloudflare Workers** handle edge concerns only — they cannot make raw TCP conn …