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AfroCal

Track nutrition the African way.

AfroCal is the first calorie tracker built for African cuisine — from Jollof Rice and Egusi Soup to Injera and Bobotie. Snap a photo, type what you ate, or browse 112 curated dishes for instant nutrition breakdowns.

Live on App Store · free during beta Product design, SwiftUI engineering, AI food recognition, App Store launch
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At a glance

Key facts.

112
Curated African dishes
100+
AI-recognised meals
Free
During beta launch
5
Supported languages

What we built

  • Snap & Track — AI identifies African dishes from a photo (Sign in with Apple)
  • Quick Log — type meals like “Jollof rice with chicken” with no sign-in required
  • Daily dashboard with calories, protein, carbs, fat, and a health score
  • Offline-first logging with automatic sync when you sign back in
  • Weekly insights, meal history, and personalised goal presets
  • Privacy-first — Sign in with Apple, secure photo analysis, in-app account deletion
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Studio role

Product design, SwiftUI engineering, AI food recognition, App Store launch

African food calorie tracker by Nestamedia Studios Limited

Case study

From problem to product.

Challenge

Mainstream calorie apps barely recognise African dishes. Users were guessing macros for Jollof, Egusi, Injera, and Bobotie — or giving up on tracking altogether.

Approach

We built a curated 112-dish nutrition database across West, East, North, South, and Central Africa, then layered AI photo recognition and quick text logging so tracking works whether or not you have a camera handy.

Outcome

AfroCal shipped free on the App Store during beta with snap-to-log, offline meal history, and multilingual support across English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian.

“Finally an app that knows what Jollof rice is — I just snap my plate and it logs the calories.”

Early AfroCal beta user
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