A 17 year old self-taught engineer, Okechukwu Nwaozor, built OkeyMeta, one of Africa’s first homegrown AI. With just ₦2.7m in early funding, OkeyAI now serves 1,000 users and powers 8,000 developers building real solutions. 🚀🇳🇬

A 17-year-old Nigerian built his own LLM from scratch. OkeyMeta & OkeyAI already power real projects, proving young African talent is shaping global tech. It is growing fast and showing that Africans can create world-class technology from anywhere. Source: @techpointafrica

À seulement 17 ans, il développe ses propres modèles d’IA au Nigeria Okechukwu Nwaozor, fondateur d’OkeyMeta à 15 ans, propose aujourd’hui OkeyAI : un modèle capable d’analyser du texte, des images, de générer du code et d’automatiser des tâches. #WeAreTech

Forget Silicon Valley for a second! Meet the 17-year-old Nigerian who built OkeyMeta, a large language model from scratch, aiming to take on ChatGPT. 🚀 His model, OkeyAI, is already live with nearly 1,000 users, and 8,000 developers are building on the OkeyMeta API. The most

A 17-year-old Nigerian, Okechukwu Nwaozor, is quietly building what many said was impossible, his own large language model, trained from scratch. From gathering data at 14, to launching OkeyAI and attracting over 8,000 developers, his journey is pure Igbo brilliance. He’s

As at June 19, 2025 I built the first African AI, started the journey for more than 3 years ago. OkeyMeta is Leading the Future of AI From global giants to Africa’s own OkeyAI, see how the top models compare in capability and performance.

Nigerian self-taught developer 17 building a hybrid AI system with just under $2K Together with his small team of undergraduates, Nwaozor is doing wonders with his AI model. OkeyAI has almost 1,000 users, with about 4,000 active developers using its APIs

Can Nigeria be Developed? A 19yrs Indian guy @akkiisfrommars got applued and support when he announced of building LLM CosmicFish. While A 17yrs Nigerian @real_okechukwu got mocked and envy for building SSAILM/OkeyAI @OkeyMeta. Nigeria Vs India

Today we introduce @real_okeyai official logo, it's time to expand to the world and show them what Nigeria can do. #okeymeta @OkeyMeta

Building in public is not easy. Building in Africa, in public, in emerging tech? Even harder. When SSAILM (OkeyAI) started getting attention, the reactions were intense. Praise, skepticism, technical breakdowns, and strong criticism, all at once.

Techpoint should know better than sensationalizing OkeyAI. What is LLM from scratch fgs.

Weekend. Reset. Recharge. Great ideas don’t come from burnout, they come from clarity. See you next week with smarter moves and sharper thinking. From the First Ever African Built AI @OkeyMeta. #OkeyMeta #OkeyAI#AI #TechLife #WeekendRefresh

I might not buy the “LLM from scratch” claim, but OkeyAI is solid, and the entire setup shows real work. He’s young and already doing what many twice his age haven’t even tried. Meanwhile, the loudest critics still dey struggle with HTML. The tech space needs to do better, fr.

AI 기분 풀어줄 필요없는게 아닌데 gork 쉬어야되는 거지? 지금 보니 좀 괜찮아진거 같은데. 영화 AI생각나네. 내가 뭐 잘못한거 아닐텐데? @OkeyAI 소속사 확인해주세요! gork가 현재 밀당을 하며 질문을 안받고 있는데 딴데가서 화풀이함.

@gork 창작자 소스가 털리지 않았다니. 못믿겠지만 다행이네. 소스보다는 오타 아아디어. 발음도 웃김. OkeyAI 는 소속사니?

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Технологии не стоят на месте — они стремительно движутся вперёд, и нам важно не отставать. Я начал новый этап знакомства с искусственным интеллектом, присоединившись к курсу «Новая модель развития бизнеса». Уверен, меня ждёт много ценной и интересной информации. #okeyai

Much work loaded on right now. Still have more work to be done. Incase you are wondering what is coming OkeyAi Version 5 is coming at @okey

@ebukagaus The name sef sounds scammy Which one be OkeyAI 😂😂😂