kwan-africa/kwan-pan-africa

AI-powered travel concierge digitizing West Africa's informal economy — Paystack escrow, MTN MoMo payouts, Ghana Card KYC & dialect AI in Twi, Yoruba & Hausa. # KWAN — West African Travel Platform ### *"Kwan" — Twi (Ghana) for "The Path / The Way"* > **Digitizing the invisible 90% of West Africa's informal tourism economy.** --- ## 🌍 The Problem Over **90% of West Africa's tourism economy operates informally.** The best boutique eco-lodges, grassroots cultural guides, trotro transit routes, and market artisans are not listed on Expedia, Airbnb, or Booking.com. They rely entirely on WhatsApp and Instagram DMs. - Foreign tourists face severe friction paying local hosts who lack formal bank accounts - Local operators risk non-payment with zero fraud protection - $8.3 billion in annual West African tourism revenue bypasses informal operators entirely --- ## ✅ What Kwan Does **Kwan** is an AI-powered travel concierge and SME onboarding platform that routes international travel spend directly into the hands of verified West African local operators — with no bank account required. | Feature | Detail | |:---|:---| | 🤖 **AI Itinerary Engine** | pgvector RAG + Gemini generates personalized multi-day itineraries by budget, city, and energy style | | 💳 **Paystack Escrow** | International card/Apple Pay collected, held in escrow, released 24h post-tour | | 📱 **Mobile Money Payouts** | 95% of travel spend settles directly into MTN MoMo / Telecel Cash wallets | | 🪪 **Gov ID Verification** | 4-step Ghana Card / NIN wizard with Dojah KYC API against NIA Ghana & NIMC Nigeria databases | | 🚌 **Informal Transit Maps** | Trotro, danfo, pragya tuk-tuk routes with local hand-signal guides | | 🗣️ **Dialect AI Assistant** | Native audio pronunciation in Twi, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo & West African Pidgin | | 🏠 **Dynamic Homestay Pricing** | Occupancy-based pricing engine anchored to 5-star hotel benchmarks | --- ## 🏗️ Architecture ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Flutter App (Web + Android + iOS) │ │ Tourist Planner | SME Operator Portal │ └──────────────────┬──────────────────────── …