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Honest Orb

Built at Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon · Oct 26, 2026 · Remote

Demo video · youtube.com/…

Honest Orb is a voice-first legal companion for everyday Nigerians. You tap the orb and talk in your own words, in English or Pidgin, and it answers out loud in clear Nigerian English, grounded in real Nigerian law, with the exact sections one tap away under "Show details". Millions of Nigerians meet the law at its sharpest edges (a police checkpoint, an eviction threat, an unpaid salary) without knowing their rights. Many can't read legal text, and in a tense moment nobody has time to. Honest Orb works like a phone call: it listens, thinks and speaks, keeps the conversation in memory, asks clarifying questions (for example, which state a tenancy is in), and handles topic switches. It is grounded in 99 verified sections from 11 laws: Constitution Chapter IV, Police Act 2020, ACJA 2015, Anti-Torture Act 2017, Labour Act, Land Use Act, FOI Act, FCCPA 2018, Corrupt Practices Act, Legal Aid Act and Lagos Tenancy Law 2011. Every citation is checked against the law base, so it never invents law. When a law isn't loaded, it says so honestly and points to the Legal Aid Council. In an emergency it tells the user to call 112 first. It passes 43/43 conversation tests and 18/18 legal-accuracy evals.

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