We are just built different.

Like South Africans themselves.

UmkhoAI has no direct competitors we’re the first of our kind, differing in everyway that we operate. Global AI models (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Deepseek) may know African languages but their chat features cannot pronounce our clicks.

UmkhoAI is built based off of an English last approach, with South African LLM learning first. Unlike Lelapa AI or KAAI we also focus on dialects like Spetori in our NLP’s.

Competitors Matrix

While the other models are still buffering whilst your screaming “bloody eskom”, UmkhoAI’s already answering you during loadshedding - in isiZulu. We don’t just slap a flag on foreign tech; we built ours from the ground up with real Makoya context. It’s like asking your gogo for advice, if she had a machine learning degree.

Customer Profile

Andiswa Mlisa

Age: 40s

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Job: Interim CEO, South African National Space Agency (SANSA)

Sector: Government | Space & Earth Observation | Infrastructure

Pains

Over-reliance on foreign digital tools, don’t align with local languages, or keep updated information about policy changes.

Andiswa: “I gave up on asking ChatGPT to speak to me. It misinterprets my accent and I am not fighting with a robot.”

UmkhoAI speaks South African accents, whether it’s “Sho wena,” “Howzit, bru,” or “Ya neh” after a long day. Allowing customers like Andiswa to explain complex science without getting into a showdown with a literal robot.