Now building: Taura, a Shona-first language model
Make it available to everyone.
We build software and AI for clinics, farmers and communities — in Shona, Ndebele and English, over WhatsApp, SMS, USSD and voice. No one left out because of language, distance or data.
Avail Agri · WhatsApp voice
Mhoro, Tendai. Good rains expected from Tuesday. Plant your maize after the first 25 mm of rain.
Shona audio
0:42
Mashonaland East
Avail Health · SMS
Reminder: your clinic visit is Thursday 9am. Reply 1 to confirm, 2 to change the day.
Sent in Shona
Works on any phone
Avail Community · USSD poll
Which service matters most in your ward this season?
- Clean water · 62%
- Roads · 24%
- Clinic hours · 14%
Avail Sport · WhatsApp
Saturday, 9am: U17 league match. Reply 1 if you can play, 2 if you can’t. Training plan to follow.
Club update
Works on any phone
What we do
Four sectors. One promise: available to everyone.
Avail Health
Clinic workflows, patient messages and research data systems that work for nurses and patients, not just administrators.Explore Health →Avail Agri
Planting, weather, pest and market advice farmers can hear in their own language, on any phone.Explore Agri →Avail Community
Tools for NGOs and local government to listen, inform and act with the communities they serve.Explore Community →Avail Sport
Fixtures, training plans and results that reach every player, coach and parent — on any phone.Explore Sport →
Avail Labs — AI that speaks our languages.
Applied AI research for African languages. Our first model, Taura, speaks Shona.
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The Availability Index
Our measure: 80% or it isn't done.
A service only counts as available when people can actually use it. In every deployment we track four steps and aim for at least 80% on each.
- 80%
Reach
They can get to it — on the phone they already have. - 80%
Understand
In their own language, at their reading level. - 80%
Act
They can do something with it, today. - 80%
Benefit
Their harvest, health or community improves.
How we work
Forward-deployed. Built with you, on the ground.
- 1
Embed
Our engineers spend time in the clinic, the co-op or the ward office before writing code. - 2
Build
We ship small, working tools fast, on channels people already use. - 3
Measure
We report against the Availability Index and keep improving until we hit 80%.
Works over
- WhatsApp
- SMS
- USSD
- Voice
- Web
- Android
“The knowledge is already in our communities — in our elders, nurses and farmers. Our job is to make it available to everyone who needs it.”
Emmanuel Buruvuru
Founder & CEO · Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
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Tell us about your clinic, farmer group or programme. We reply within two working days.
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