Laws.Africa Legal Knowledge Platform
Build legal AI grounded in African legislation and case law.
Legal knowledge grounding is essential for trustworthy legal AI
Laws.Africa gives your product a foundational legal knowledge layer so you can focus on building your business.
Trustworthy AI grounding
Ground search, agents and legal AI systems in authoritative sources with clear legal context.
Structured legal data
Use machine-readable legal knowledge with metadata and formats that fit product and AI workflows.
Kept up to date
Build on legal information that is maintained as legislation and caselaw changes.
Prototype, build, scale
Start with a free sandbox, launch with one country, and scale when you need more coverage, higher usage or full content access.
Sandbox
Prototyping and experimentation
Free
- Single country
- Legislation and judgments Knowledge Bases
- Cape Town by-laws via the Content API
- 100 calls per day
Build
Production workflows
From ZAR 4,200 / month
- Single country
- Legislation and judgments Knowledge Bases
- Cape Town by-laws via the Content API
- 1,000 calls per day
Scale
Multiple countries and full legislation content
From ZAR 6,700 / month
- Multiple countries and content types
- Legislation and judgments Knowledge Bases
- Legislation Content API starting at ZAR 42,000 per month billed annually
- 10,000 calls per day
Enterprise
Custom requirements and support
Custom
- Multiple countries and content types
- Legislation and judgments Knowledge Bases
- Legislation Content API starting at ZAR 42,000 per month billed annually
- Custom call limits
Choose the API that matches your product
Choose Knowledge Bases for AI grounding, quick integrations and reliable answers.
Choose the Content API when you need full legislation collections inside your own systems.
Knowledge Bases
Query authoritative African legal information for AI grounding, RAG, legal agents, search and workflow tools. Laws.Africa handles ingestion, indexing and updates.
AI-ready retrieval
Use it for legal agents, RAG systems and semantic search without managing embeddings or indexes yourself.
Maintained content
Let Laws.Africa handle updates, source changes and collection maintenance.
Content API
Pull full legislation collections into your own systems with Akoma Ntoso XML, HTML, PDF and metadata. Use it when you need deeper control over content, storage and presentation.
Structured formats
Work with Akoma Ntoso XML, HTML, PDF and rich metadata for legislation collections.
Webhooks for content updates
Define webhook endpoints and receive notifications when subscribed legislation content is updated.
Compare plans
| Sandbox | Build | Scale | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of countries | One country | One country | Multiple countries | Multiple countries |
| Knowledge Bases | ||||
| Ongoing updates | ||||
| Public links | ||||
| Call rate limits |
30 calls / minute 100 calls / day |
100 calls / minute 1,000 calls / day |
500 calls / minute 10,000 calls / day |
Custom |
| Knowledge Bases: Judgments | ||||
| Flynotes / topics | ||||
| One-line case summaries | ||||
| Full case summaries | ||||
| Knowledge Bases: Legislation | ||||
| Latest versions | ||||
| Provision-level matches | ||||
| Content API | ||||
| Preview: Cape Town By-laws | ||||
| Latest legislation versions | ﹣ | ﹣ | ||
| Historical legislation versions | ﹣ | ﹣ | ||
| Formats | ﹣ | ﹣ | PDF, HTML, Akoma Ntoso XML | PDF, HTML, Akoma Ntoso XML |
| Legislation lifecycle metadata | ﹣ | ﹣ | Publication, commencements, amendments, repeals | Publication, commencements, amendments, repeals |
| Webhooks for content updates | ﹣ | ﹣ | ||
| Pricing* | ||||
| Knowledge Bases | Free | ZAR 4,200 per Knowledge Base per month | ZAR 6,700 per Knowledge Base per country per month | Custom |
| Content API | ﹣ | ﹣ | From ZAR 42,000 per country per month, billed annually | Custom |
Built for developers
Evaluate the APIs quickly, test real queries and give your team a clear path from prototype to production.
Documentation
Clear guides help teams evaluate responses, understand limits and integrate confidently.
Sandbox
Test queries and inspect outputs before committing to an implementation path.
AI workflows
Use the platform with Claude, Codex, agent frameworks and retrieval pipelines.
Frequently asked questions
How do upgrades work?
Start in Sandbox, move to Build when you need production access, and move to Scale for multiple countries or deeper integrations.
Can I change countries?
Sandbox and Build are country-scoped. Choose the country that matches your current product or evaluation need.
What happens when I hit limits?
Limits protect shared infrastructure. Upgrade when you need higher usage, production reliability or broader coverage.
What formats are supported?
The Content API supports structured legislation formats such as Akoma Ntoso XML and HTML, with PDF where available. Learn more about the Content API.
Can I receive update notifications?
Yes. Webhooks are available for Content API subscriptions. Define webhook endpoints in the platform and receive notifications when subscribed legislation content is updated. Setup details are in the developer docs.
Do I need the Content API?
Use Knowledge Bases for AI grounding, search and retrieval. Use the Content API when you need full local copies.
Can I use this with AI systems?
Yes. The platform is designed to ground AI and agent workflows in maintained, authoritative African legal knowledge.
Start free. Build on legal knowledge you can trust.
Build on trustworthy African legal knowledge without maintaining the legal data pipeline yourself.