+500 developers building with Tchavi

The world's most powerful AI, accessible from Africa

GPT-5, Claude, Mistral — one API, mobile payment. Start free in 2 minutes.

Wave · Orange Money · MTNAPI ready in 2 minNo credit card needed

Why Tchavi?

Without Tchavi

  • Need an international Visa card
  • Grey.co KYC + 3,050 F fees
  • Payments that regularly fail
  • USD billing — unpredictable pricing
  • No local support

With Tchavi

  • Wave / Orange Money payment in 10 seconds
  • No credit card required
  • Zero payment failures
  • FCFA pricing — you know exactly what you pay
  • French support, WhatsApp included

How it works

1

Create an account

Free signup in 30 seconds. 2,000 credits included.

2

Get your API key

Copy your key and just change the base_url in your existing code.

3

Build with AI

GPT-5, Claude, Mistral — all accessible via a single OpenAI-compatible API.

All the best AI models, one access point

15+ models available. New models added within 48h of release.

GPT-5 Nano

OpenAI

~3 cr/requestMost affordable
GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI

~14 cr/requestBest balance
GPT-5

OpenAI

~63 cr/requestMost powerful
Claude Opus 4.6

Anthropic

~63 cr/requestAdvanced reasoning
Claude Sonnet 4.5

Anthropic

~14 cr/requestFast and accurate
Mistral Small

Mistral

~3 cr/requestOpen source
o3

OpenAI

~63 cr/requestLogical reasoning
o1

OpenAI

~350 cr/requestMost advanced

Choose your pack

Free trial

Free

Try risk-free

  • 2,000 credits
  • Nano models only
  • 50 requests/day
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Max 1 API key
  • 10 req/min
Activate for free
Most popular

Dev

2,000 F

Less than a coffee

  • 5,000 credits
  • All models
  • Streaming
  • Max 3 API keys
  • 30 req/min
Buy — 2,000 F
Best value

Pro

20,000 F

↓33% savings per credit

  • 75,000 credits
  • All models
  • Streaming
  • Max 10 API keys
  • 120 req/min
  • Priority support
Buy — 20,000 F

Enterprise

Custom

Custom solution

  • Max 20 API keys
  • 200 req/min
  • Custom credits
  • Guaranteed SLA
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How many requests per pack?

GPT-5 Nano
1,666 requests
GPT-5 Mini
357 requests
GPT-5
79 requests
o1
14 requests

What does it really cost?

😤

Grey.co card + OpenAI

~8 F / request

+ 3,050 F setup + KYC + payment failures

🚀

Tchavi — Dev Pack

0.40 F / request

Wave payment in 10 sec. Zero friction.

Coming soon🌿

Tchavi — Eco Mode

0.24 F / request

40% additional savings

They build with Tchavi

I integrated GPT-5 into my app in 10 minutes. Wave payment is a game changer.

K

Koffi A. 🇧🇯

Developer, Cotonou

No more Visa card or VPN needed. Tchavi unlocked AI access for me.

A

Aminata D. 🇸🇳

Engineer, Dakar

The Dev pack at 2,000 F is perfect for testing my ideas every week.

Y

Yao M. 🇨🇮

Founder, Abidjan

Frequently asked questions

Credits are consumed differently depending on the AI model. Budget models (GPT-5 Nano) use ~3 credits per request, advanced models (GPT-5) ~63 credits. You choose the model that fits your need.

Yes! The Tchavi API is 100% OpenAI-compatible. Just change the base_url and your API key — the rest of your code stays the same.

Wave, Orange Money, MTN MoMo, and Moov Money. Instant payment, 100% mobile.

Your API keys stay active but requests return a 402 error. Recharge anytime to resume instantly.

Yes! Your remaining credits are kept. Buy a new pack anytime, credits add up.

Eco mode reduces your request costs by 40% using lower-priority servers. Perfect for development and testing. Coming soon.

Tchavi never stores your prompts or responses. Your API traffic is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3). We are a transparent proxy.

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