AfroTools Changelog

The biggest update in AfroTools history. 518 files changed, 77,000+ lines of new code. Total tools: 400+ (up from 184). All 54 African countries. English + French.

Your financial overview in one place. Calculation history, salary benchmarks, document vault, workflow engine, and user profiles with country/currency/employment personalization.

Save payslips, tax summaries, and invoices securely. Integrated with dashboard for easy access.

Chain calculators: Salary → Tax → Budget. Monthly recurrence support. Guided multi-step financial workflows.

See how your pay compares in your country. Benchmark data seeded for 15 countries across multiple roles and industries.

2-step setup personalizes your experience. Country, currency, employment type. Calculation history saved and revisitable.

Donut/bar chart visualizations on all calculator results. Download professional tax summaries as PDF. WhatsApp-optimized result sharing with compare mode.

Full French UI for 14 French-speaking countries: CI, SN, CM, CD, MA, DZ, TN, ML, BF, NE, GN, CG, GA, TG. Calculateur salaire net + calculateur TVA. CFA franc formatting.

M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Wave, OPay, TeleBirr, EcoCash fee calculators with all transfer tiers.

Pension calculators (SSNIT, CNPS, NSSF, RSSB, INSS, NAPSA, CNSS). Import duty calculators for EAC, ECOWAS, SADC, and North Africa.

JAMB Score Calculator, HELB Loan Calculator (Kenya), SACCO Projector (Kenya), Mining Royalty Calculator (Zambia), Terminal Benefits, Rental Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax.

REST API: tax rates, FX rates, salary benchmarks for all 54 countries. API docs at /api/. Free tier: 100 req/day. FX rate pipeline with daily updates for 20 African currencies.

Cross-tool context, references your calculation history. French AI advisor responses. Smart search with Ctrl+K shortcut. Mobile bottom navigation bar.

Salary, FX, business, relocation, and personal finance SEO articles. 117 total articles (up from 77). Structured data (JSON-LD), OG images, canonical URLs, hreflang tags.

Supabase: 10 migration tables (history, benchmarks, FX, vault, workflows, API keys, leads). Netlify: 34 serverless functions. CSS minification, dark mode, print styles.

Full 2D floor planner at /engineering/floor-planner/. 15 African house templates (Nigerian, Kenyan, South African, Pan-African), wall drawing with snap-to-grid, 5 door types, 5 window types, 40+ furniture items across 6 categories. AI-powered plan generation, cost estimator for 6 countries, PDF/PNG/SVG/BOQ export. Infinite canvas with zoom/pan, undo/redo, auto-save.

Old /tools/floor-plan/ now redirects to the new AfroPlan. Tool registry and navbar updated with new name, description, and URL.

Fixed mobile navbar truncating "Sign in" to "Sign" due to max-width: 32px constraint. Button now displays full text on all screen sizes.

Full embed system at /widgets/. 128 widgets across 12 categories (financial, health, crypto, education, developer, etc.). Single-line embed code, iframe-based isolation, responsive design. Demo page at /widgets/demo/. Supports camelCase, underscore, and PascalCase widget keys.

Custom sections, multi-language support, photo upload, drag-and-drop section reordering, 6 professional templates, real-time preview, PDF export. Dashboard integration with saved CVs.

Rebranded all 128 widgets from green accent to blue (#007AFF) to match the site-wide Apple Blue design system. Updated widget-base.css and all widget templates.

Added generator brand presets (Honda, Firman, Elepaq, Sumec, Lutian) with auto-populated specs. Country-specific fuel price database for 6 African countries.

Rebuilt AI advisor with light-first UI, markdown rendering support, improved mobile layout, and architecture upgrades for better response handling.

Comprehensive audit fixing tool pages, dashboard profile section rebuild, UI improvements across the platform. Fixed hero text flash, optimistic save button, auth polling.

Hide username on mobile — show only avatar circle. Full name visible in hamburger menu only. Fixed saved-tools auth polling race condition.

Complete forex monitoring hub with 42 African currencies. Live rate ticker, currency heatmap, cross-rate matrix, crypto prices, historical charts, CBN vs parallel rate section.

Live petrol, diesel, and LPG prices for all 54 African countries. Interactive SVG map, sortable comparison table, generator cost calculator with grid/solar comparison.

Policy rates, inflation, T-bill yields, and MPC calendar for all 54 countries. Inflation heatmap, real interest rate ranking, hawk/dove indicators, treasury yields.

REST API endpoints for forex, fuel, and rates data. Free tier (100 calls/day), API docs at /docs/api/. Three endpoints: /api/forex, /api/fuel, /api/rates.

Reusable <afro-map> web component with all 54 country paths. Hover tooltips, click events, configurable color scales.

Netlify Scheduled Functions for automated data fetching — forex every 15 min, fuel every 6 hrs, rates every 12 hrs. Multi-source fallback with Netlify Blobs caching.

Professional SVG card images for every tool in the registry. Category-themed gradients, emoji icons, tool names, and AfroTools branding.

Fixed all-tools page rendering, PAYE filter, categories page slugs, salary-tax page links, homepage card alt text and dimensions. Full audit logged.

Dedicated tool/country request page at /suggest-tool/ with structured form — tool category, country, description, priority voting.

Navbar now shows user's name linking to /dashboard/ when logged in, instead of showing the signup modal. Detects auth state on load and listens for changes.

Added missing tokens.min.css, fixed nested anchor tags, updated suggest-tool links, improved mobile form layout.

Fixed text overflowing containers with min-width, overflow-wrap, and flex-wrap. Date badges and tags now wrap properly.

Corrected hero text from "104 COUNTRIES" to "104 PAYE tools across 54 countries" — there are 54 African countries, not 104.

Complete shift from dark green to Apple Blue (#007AFF, #F8FAFD). Glass morphism navbar, pill buttons, updated all 335+ files.

Supabase Auth with Google, Facebook, X/Twitter, GitHub. Password strength indicator, forgot password flow, improved error handling.

Eliminated every remaining green hex from tokens, SVG logos, JS components, homepage flags. Renamed --_green-* tokens to --_blue-*. Only national flag colors preserved.

Updated CSP for CDN sources, added HSTS preload, removed deprecated X-XSS-Protection, added upgrade-insecure-requests.

Floating AI assistant on every page — explains tools, recommends calculators, answers financial questions.

AfroDraft now prominently showcased as a flagship engineering tool with live CAD preview banner.

All three pages rebuilt with dark navy hero, professional card layouts, proper typography, table of contents on privacy page.

Added missing afro-related-tools component and proper script loading order to vat-calc and floor-plan pages.

WHO/CDC validated data for 11+ African countries, monthly risk calendars, prevention guides, medication tables, symptom checker.

15 categories including African-specific area units (Nigerian Plot, SA Morgen, Ghana Plot), special fuel & temperature converters.

Added 72 planned tools across health, education, finance, developer, language, African-specific, engineering, and legal categories.

Fixed IntersectionObserver issue preventing country flag pills from appearing. Updated roadmap section.

Added AfroTools favicon to all pages that were missing it — 404, privacy, terms, about, and all country/category index pages.

Africa's first browser-based CAD tool. 60+ AutoCAD-style commands, layers, blocks, DXF/SVG/PNG export, touch-enabled for mobile.

Culturally-aware bridewealth calculator for Zimbabwe, South Africa, and other southern African nations.

Added body fat estimation, macro targets, goal timeline, waist-to-hip ratio, health risk assessment, AI advisor integration.

Merge, split, compress, add page numbers, watermarks, password protect, sign PDFs — all in one app without page reloads.

Compare M-Pesa, Airtel Money, MTN MoMo, and Orange Money transaction fees across East and West Africa.

Calculate solar panel requirements, battery sizing, and payback period for all 54 African countries with country-specific solar irradiance data.

Country-specific PAYE salary tax calculators for all 54 African nations with current 2025/26 tax rates, allowances, and deductions. AI advisor + PDF export.

VAT calculation for all 54 African countries with correct rates, multi-item invoice mode, and reverse VAT calculation.

Full customs duty + levy calculation for Nigeria (NCS), Kenya (KRA), South Africa (SARS), Ghana (GRA), and 13 more African nations.

Convert between 42 African currencies and major world currencies. Live rates, historical comparison.

Professional CV/resume builder with African-optimised templates. Invoice generator with local currency support and tax calculations.