Maathai delivers AI-powered, multilingual farming intelligence to smallholder farmers — and gives governments, researchers, and agribusiness access to the most comprehensive geolocated agricultural dataset in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Platform
Maathai is the connectivity layer between millions of smallholder farmers and the knowledge they need to thrive — built natively for low-bandwidth, multilingual, offline-first environments across sub-Saharan Africa.
Farmers photograph crops or type questions in their local language. Hands-free voice AI is in public beta; scanner and typed queries work fully on-device. Our AI model diagnoses disease, identifies pests, and recommends treatment within seconds — no internet required for core flows.
50+ verified extension officers, agronomists, and agro-dealers available for live consultation via in-app chat and voice. Real humans, real-time, regional expertise.
Core features work without any internet connection. Maathai syncs intelligently when connectivity resumes — built for remote farms where bandwidth is intermittent or absent.
Every consultation and diagnosis is anonymized and aggregated into a real-time regional dataset, accessible to governments, researchers, and agribusiness via our secure API portal.
Swahili, Amharic, Hausa, Zulu, English, French, Arabic, Spanish, and more. Language should never be a barrier to feeding your family or running your farm profitably.
A single, lightweight mobile app running smoothly on entry-level Android devices from 2016 onwards — purpose-built for the hardware reality of smallholder farmers across Africa.
Built For The Whole Value Chain
Whether you grow maize in western Kenya, teff in Ethiopia, or cassava in Nigeria — Maathai gives you the same quality agricultural advice that large commercial farms have, for free, offline, in your language.
Access anonymized, geolocated datasets from millions of farmer interactions — crop disease outbreaks, yield signals, input usage patterns, and food security indicators — via our secure portal.
Maathai's geolocated dataset is the most granular picture of smallholder input demand in sub-Saharan Africa. Forecast what agrochemicals, seeds, and equipment are needed — by region, by season, by crop type.
Every farmer interaction generates a data point. Aggregated, anonymized, and geotagged — our portal gives institutions access to agricultural intelligence that simply doesn't exist anywhere else.
County-level disease outbreak maps, food security scores, and yield forecasts to inform agricultural policy and emergency resource allocation in real time.
Time-series crop health data across agroecological zones, linked to weather, input use, and farm scale. IRB-ready anonymization, exportable via API or CSV.
Granular demand signals for agrochemicals, seeds, and equipment — by region and season. Forecast what smallholders need before stockouts happen.
How It Works
Install the free app on Android or iOS. Smooth-guided onboarding takes under 2 minutes — no reading required. Runs on any smartphone from 2016 onwards.
Photograph your crop, type your question, or try voice input (voice assistant in beta). Maathai AI responds instantly in your language — even without internet for scan and typed questions.
AI responses are backed by 50+ certified experts who verify recommendations and are available for live in-app consultation when you need a human.
Maathai learns your farm, crops, and history. Receive proactive seasonal alerts, market prices at harvest, and personalized recommendations year-round.
From The Field
Nilipotumia Maathai kwa mara ya kwanza, nilijua ugonjwa wa mahindi yangu ndani ya dakika moja. Niliweza kuokoa shamba langu lote.
Maathai's geolocated disease data gave our county agricultural office early warning of fall armyworm spread three weeks before our own field agents detected it.
As an extension officer, Maathai lets me support 10× more farmers than I could visit in person. I now earn from consultations and reach areas I could never travel to physically.
Whether you're a farmer in Kisumu, a researcher in Addis Ababa, or a manufacturer planning next season's distribution — Maathai has a door for you.