With $100,000 already committed from the early Paystack Backer Felix Anane, capital accelerates Yamify's mission to promote practical AI innovation across Africa.
Yamify, a developer-first AI platform that enables businesses and freelancers to launch AI solutions quickly, has announced the end of its $200,000 pre-seed fundraising round. With $100,000 already committed from the early Paystack Backer Felix Anane, capital accelerates Yamify's mission to promote practical AI innovation across Africa.
Founded by Luc Okalobé, a former Silicon Valley engineer with experience in top technology companies such as IBM and Tiktok, Yamify tackles the challenges of local AI infrastructure head on. This platform allows for one-click deployment of AI environments and applications, such as N8N in clusters with GPUs and WordPress with AI. These clusters, or “Yams,” are hosted in local data centers, ensuring high performance, low latency, and data residency compliance.
Yamify takes a unique, community-driven approach by leveraging open standards and local billing solutions to make AI more accessible. This strategy distinguishes itself from other African AI startups, such as Celebrium, which focuses on large-scale model training. Yamify's platform is designed for freelancers, startups and web agents, allowing you to launch AI agents and workflows in seconds.
The company, which is part of the startup and Google in Nigeria's Itana Free AI zone, has already gained great traction. Since joining the private beta in July 2025, it has secured over 1,500 developers and startups on its waitlists from major African high-tech hubs such as Lagos and Johannesburg. The newly raised funds are used to launch Model Context Protocol (MCP), a tool designed to help users quickly turn ideas into functional AI prototypes.
Yamify founder Luc Okalobé highlighted the company's vision and stated, “Africa shouldn't wait to be included in the AI wave. We need to build it.” Yamify is actively involved in the local tech ecosystem, hosting hackathons and workshops to support developers and help Africa become a leader in responsible AI adoption.
