AfriLens
Scan the culture. Own the craft.
Transforming Kuriftu African Village from a passive hotel stay into an interactive, zero-inventory revenue engine.
Watch the Demo
Requires Android 8.0+. iOS users, please view the interactive demo video above.
QR Room Tour
Scan. Explore. Discover the story behind every room.
Scan to explore
Scan to explore
Scan to explore
The QR Room Tour Experience
Scan → Story → Buy
The QR Room Tour serves as the frictionless front door to the AfriLens experience, transforming a static hotel stay into an interactive digital museum the second a guest arrives. By opening the AfriLens app and scanning a beautifully crafted wooden QR block on their nightstand, guests unlock an immersive digital room tour. Acting as a personal concierge, the app provides a brief, captivating description of the specific history and rich culture behind their villa's design. This guided experience organically gamifies the physical space, highlighting the unique artifacts around them and seamlessly driving guests toward high-margin e-commerce purchases before they even unpack. It is the perfect execution of our core loop: "Scan → Story → Buy"
Why It Wins
Three steps. One seamless experience. From curiosity to commerce, powered entirely by AI.
Discover
AI Image Recognition
Point your phone at any artifact, textile, or piece of art in your Kuriftu villa. Our AI instantly identifies the item and unlocks its story — no QR codes, no labels needed.
Learn
Dynamic Cultural Storytelling
Every scan triggers a rich, AI-generated narrative — the origin, artisan lineage, cultural symbolism, and the hands that made it. Each artifact becomes a living chapter of African heritage.
Earn
Zero-Inventory E-Commerce
Love what you see? Buy it instantly. Orders go straight to local artisans — no warehouse, no middlemen. Kuriftu earns commission, artisans earn livelihoods. Everyone wins.
Architecture Stack
A modern, production-grade pipeline from scan to sale.
Flutter
Mobile App
Cross-platform UI with camera integration and real-time scanning
Django REST
Backend Engine
Robust API layer handling artifacts, orders, and user management
SimpleJWT
Authentication
Secure token-based auth with refresh rotation and session management
AI / LLM
Vision + Language
Image recognition and cultural narrative generation via LLM integration