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Children 6–12
Emotion Explorer Adventures
Learn feelings through characters and simple stories that build emotional literacy in a fun, safe world.
🌍 AI-Powered Youth Wellbeing
Growing Strong Minds
Through Play
Cheza4Afya Akili is an AI-powered digital mental wellbeing platform for children and adolescents in Africa.
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇹🇿 Tanzania
🇷🇼 Rwanda
Ages 6–19
Daily Check-ins
1,200+
emotional moods tracked
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Healing Games
6 Types
Target Reach
1M+
children across Africa
🧠 Mental Wellness
🎯 AI Personalized
Why Cheza Exists
Children in Africa face real mental health challenges
Many children and adolescents in Africa face stress, anxiety, bullying, trauma and emotional challenges with limited access to age-appropriate support. Cheza4Afya Akili is designed to close that gap.
Our Solution
Cheza makes mental wellbeing engaging, accessible, and effective
Through AI, play, storytelling and practical tools — built specifically for African youth.
AI Companion
Personalized guidance that adapts to each child
Mood Check
Daily emotional check-ins via voice, text or icons
Healing Games
Play-based therapeutic adventures and quests
Storytelling
African oral storytelling woven through every feature
Rewards & Progress
Celebrate growth with badges and milestones
Meet Cheza
Learn About Cheza
Your AI wellbeing companion
Cheza listens, understands and guides you on your journey to a healthier mind and a happier life. Available 24/7, Cheza speaks your language, knows your culture, and grows with you.
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Conversations that feel safe
Cheza creates a judgment-free space for young people to open up
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Built for Africa
Understands Swahili, Sheng, Kinyarwanda and local cultural context
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Smart progress tracking
Surfaces insights for parents, teachers and counselors (with consent)
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How are you feeling today?
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Great job on your Calm Quest today!
Healing Games
Play-based healing adventures for young minds
Separate, age-appropriate experiences for children and adolescents — each rooted in African storytelling and evidence-based mental wellness.
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Children 6–12
Calm Down Quests
Breathing and calming mini-games that help children manage worry, anger and anxiety step by step.
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Children 6–12
School Life Missions
Safe scenario games that help children practise decisions around school, friendship and bullying.
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All Users
Safe Voice Stories
AI turns feelings into stories, helping users express emotions when words alone feel difficult.
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Teens 13–19
Identity Quest Lines
Life storytelling journeys that help adolescents explore self-worth, identity and future goals.
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Teens 13–19
Peer Healing Circles
Anonymous group healing missions that reduce isolation and encourage healthy peer support.
Who We Serve
We are here for the whole village
Cheza4Afya Akili is designed for every person who plays a role in a young person's wellbeing — from the child at the centre to the systems that surround them.
✅ Built FOR Africa, not imported to Africa
✅ Swahili, Sheng, Kinyarwanda support
✅ Mobile-first — works on low-bandwidth devices
✅ African oral storytelling woven throughout
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Children
Ages 9–12
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Adolescents
Ages 13–19
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Parents & Caregivers
Family insights
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Teachers
Classroom tools
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Counselors
Professional tools
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Schools & NGOs
Org dashboards
Business Model
Sustainable revenue while keeping core access free
Basic games and emotional check-ins remain free for youth. Premium features and partnerships sustain the mission.
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Freemium
Free
Basic games, mood check-ins, Cheza companion and emotional stories remain free for all youth.
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Premium
Subscription
AI coaching, parent insights, extended progress tracking and advanced quest lines.
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Schools
B2B Licence
Curriculum support, teacher dashboards, classroom programs and wellbeing reporting.
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NGOs & Governments
Grants / B2G
Youth access programs for community and public-health scale deployments.
Scalability
From East Africa to the Global South
Starting where the need is clearest, then expanding thoughtfully to serve the whole continent and beyond.
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Kenya, Tanzania & Rwanda
Build the foundation in East Africa — three countries, three languages, one shared platform.
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East + West Africa
Expand to West African markets, adding French and more local languages as we grow.
3
Global South
Take healing through play to India, Latin America and every community that needs it.
Impact Metrics
How we measure success
400
Students per country
Initial reach across Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda in the pilot phase.
6
Pilot schools
Early partnerships with schools and youth-support organisations.
1M+
Children — long-term
Future target reach across the African continent.
20K
Schools — long-term
Potential school network expansion over three to five years.
50K+
Future jobs created
Long-term opportunity creation across the youth-wellness ecosystem.
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Launch countries
One shared mental-health platform across Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Meet the Team
The people building Cheza4Afya Akili
A multidisciplinary team combining product, mental-health programming and technology expertise — one from each launch country.
Monalisa Keghocha
Co-Founder
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Beryl Mungai
Co-Founder
🇰🇪 Kenya
African Iryivuze
Co-Founder & Tech Lead
🇷🇼 Rwanda
Partners
Built together, for greater impact
We collaborate with organisations that share our mission to improve youth mental health across Africa.
E4BE
EdTech Partner
TUSSA
NGO Partner
Schools Network
Pilot Schools
Ministry of Health
Government — RW
More Partners
Coming Soon
Interested in partnering with us?
We welcome schools, NGOs, governments and impact investors.
Get In Touch
Latest Updates
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News from Cheza4Afya Akili
May 15, 2026
Cheza Prototype Development Update
Our team has reached a major milestone — the first working prototype of the Cheza platform is ready for internal testing with youth advisors across Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Read more →April 28, 2026
Our Journey at E4BE Hackathon
The Cheza4Afya Akili team competed at the E4BE EdTech Hackathon, presenting our platform concept and connecting with potential partners and mentors who share our vision.
Read more →April 15, 2026
Introducing the Gratitude Journal
We've added a new daily Gratitude Journal feature inside the Cheza app — giving young users a simple, structured way to reflect on positive moments and build healthy habits.
Read more →
Contact Us
Email
We'd love to hear from you
afyaakilicheza@gmail.com
Phone / WhatsApp
+255 123 456 789
Based in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Nairobi, Kenya & Kigali, Rwanda
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"Every child deserves a safe place to feel, learn and grow."
— Cheza, AI Wellbeing Companion
Help build the future of youth mental health in Africa
Join the waitlist, request early access, or contact the team for school, NGO, government and funding partnerships.