Livio: Personalized Nutrition

Livio

Livio: Personalized Nutrition

An AI-powered nutrition platform delivering personalized meal plans, health education, and culturally relevant African recipes for better well-being.

Lagos, Nigeria

NGA

For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models

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Across Africa, poor nutrition is contributing to a growing epidemic of preventable diseases and worsening health inequities. Obesity affects 30% of adults on the continent, while nearly 47% suffer from hypertension, and over 60 million children under five experience malnutrition (WHO, UNICEF, IDF). This health crisis is compounded by severe gaps in access to personalized dietary advice, about 80% of Africans lack affordable, adequate healthcare services, and professional nutritionists are scarce and costly. A key contributing factor is the lack of reliable, culturally specific nutritional information. More than 70% of traditional African recipes are undocumented in existing food composition databases, leaving individuals unaware of how their everyday meals impact their health. This knowledge gap is especially dangerous in urban areas, where fast food and processed meals are increasingly replacing traditional diets. Globally, poor diets now account for 1 in 5 deaths, with the World Bank projecting the burden of non-communicable diseases in LMICs to double by 2030. In Africa, this shift is happening rapidly, exacerbated by urbanization, misinformation, and the absence of accessible, trustworthy health guidance tied to local food systems.

Livio is a mobile health platform that uses artificial intelligence to deliver personalized meal plans, nutrition education, and culturally relevant African recipes. Designed for individuals across Sub-Saharan Africa, Livio empowers users to make informed food choices based on their health goals, medical conditions, and dietary preferences. Through an easy-to-use app, users input basic health and lifestyle data (such as age, weight, goals, or chronic conditions). Livio’s AI engine then generates tailored meal plans using a growing database of over 500 African recipes, each with detailed nutritional breakdowns and a health score. Users can filter meals by tags like “heart-friendly,” “low carb,” or “muscle-building,” and receive shopping lists and portion guidance. Livio also hosts a “Food Hub” where users can order ready-to-eat healthy meals from verified chefs and access expert guidance through a community of certified nutritionists and fitness coaches. This technology makes personalized, preventive health care accessible, no matter someone’s income, location, or cooking skills. Product Demo Video: https://youtu.be/AjkwROZwmso

Livio serves everyday Africans, particularly low- to middle-income individuals, urban professionals, families, and people managing diet-related health conditions, who lack access to affordable, culturally relevant nutrition guidance. These individuals often live in areas where healthcare systems are under-resourced, consultations with dietitians are prohibitively expensive, and reliable information about local food and its health impacts is limited or nonexistent. Women, especially working mothers, form a key segment of Livio’s user base. They face the dual burden of managing their families’ nutritional needs while navigating limited budgets, time constraints, and the rising availability of unhealthy processed foods. By delivering AI-powered, personalized meal plans based on users' health goals and dietary needs and grounding this in traditional African cuisine, Livio empowers users to make better food choices, prevent disease, and improve well-being. For people living with conditions like diabetes, hypertension, or obesity, Livio offers affordable, practical support to manage their health. For families, it offers tools to foster healthier eating habits from an early age. Ultimately, Livio improves quality of life by making nutrition actionable, affordable, and aligned with users’ lived realities.