Open-source · Free forever · Africa-first

AI-powered fraud detection
for emerging markets

Free ML-powered tools for developers fighting financial crime across Africa. Open-source intelligence protecting transactions, securing livelihoods, and building a safer financial ecosystem — together.

50+
GitHub Stars
42+
Active contributors
8+
Contributing countries
15+
Tool forks

Our mission

Democratizing financial security through transparent AI

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Accessible security

Making fraud prevention tools available to every African SME, regardless of budget. No vendor lock-in, no license fees, no barriers.

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Africa-first AI

Models trained on African transaction patterns for genuine local relevance — not re-purposed Western datasets that miss the context of emerging-market financial flows.

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Community defense

Collective intelligence against evolving financial threats. Every contributor, data donor, and advocate strengthens the entire network.

Open solutions

Building Africa's fraud-fighting arsenal together

Each tool is standalone and composable. Start with the core detection model and expand as your threat model grows.

Core frameworkPrimary repo

Fraud Detection Core

Real-time ML fraud detection

Lightweight XGBoost models that identify suspicious transactions as they happen. Drop into any Python backend — FastAPI, Flask, or raw scripts. Trained on African transaction patterns for local relevance.

XGBoostPythonFastAPI
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Data

Africa Fraud Data

Transaction pattern library

Anonymized fraud signatures from across Africa. A growing dataset of real-world fraud patterns that teams can use to train, benchmark, and validate their own models without sharing sensitive data.

SQLitePandasSDV
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EducationComing soon

Financial Literacy Tools

Consumer & merchant education

Educational resources and conversational tools that help merchants and consumers recognise fraud attempts. WhatsApp-native delivery for maximum reach across low-bandwidth environments.

GradioWhatsApp APINLP
Coming soon
Documentation

Lab Docs

Guides, tutorials & reference

Full documentation covering installation, integration guides, model training workflows, and the OSINT and threat intelligence concepts behind the tooling.

MarkdownGitHub Pages
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Our impact

Community-powered security innovation

50+
GitHub Stars
15+
Tool forks
8+
Contributing countries
42+
Active contributors
12
African countries reached
7
AI models in production
500+
Analysts trained
3
Active repositories

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Join the fraud fighters

Your skills can help secure Africa's financial ecosystem

Become part of Africa's fastest-growing open-source security community. Collaborate, contribute, and help secure financial systems across the continent.

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Code contributors

Python developers, ML engineers, and DevOps specialists — help us build and maintain the core models and infrastructure.

Fix an issue
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Data donors

Share anonymised transaction patterns. No sensitive data required — synthetic and aggregated signatures help the whole community.

Submit patterns
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Community advocates

Technical writers, translators, and community organisers. Security is a collective problem — every voice strengthens the network.

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“Building open-source AI guardians for Africa's financial ecosystem — protecting transactions, securing livelihoods, and making the digital economy safer for everyone.”