Accessibility Statement

Who we are

Djembely is owned and run by Melian Dialogue Limited (the "Company"). The Company is a private limited company set up in the Republic of Kenya.

Registered Office: P.O. Box B1003, Urban Oasis Apartments, Kingara Road, Lavington, Nairobi.

Company Registration No.: PVT-27ULY98K.

KRA PIN: P052416974R.

Our commitment

Djembely aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. WCAG is a well-known set of rules that helps websites work for people with disabilities. Level AA is a middle level that many organisations aim for.

This is not just a plan for the future. Good accessibility habits are already built into the design system Djembely reuses. (A design system is a shared set of building blocks, such as buttons, colours and text styles.)

What this means in practice

Here is what we aim to do:

• ·Use colours with enough contrast in the dark theme, so text is easy to read. We never use colour alone to show a status.
• ·Let you use controls with a keyboard, and show clearly where you are on the page (this is called a focus indicator).
• ·Give pictures and other non-text things a written description, and organise pages in a clear way, so tools like screen readers can work well. (A screen reader is a tool that reads the screen out loud.)
• ·Keep pages usable when you zoom in or when the layout is squeezed into a smaller space.

Clear words and languages

We write messages in plain English throughout the app. When a money or trading word is needed, our lessons explain it.

Djembely is available in seven languages: English, Spanish, French, Swahili, Sheng, Luganda and Kinyarwanda. AI drafts the translations, so they may contain mistakes. If a translation says something different from the English version, the English version is the one that counts.

The Co-pilot (our AI assistant) lets you type or speak a trade. Voice uses speech-to-text (turns your speech into writing) and text-to-speech (reads text out loud). AI answers can be wrong, so please check them.

Responsive design & device support

"Responsive" means the app changes its layout to fit your screen. Here is how that works.

• ·Djembely is built to work well on a set range of screen sizes. These are phones at 360px and 390px wide, tablets at 768px and 834px, and desktop at 1024px and above. (A px, or pixel, is a tiny dot on a screen.)
• ·On phones and tablets, buttons and other things you tap are at least 44×44px. This meets the minimum in WCAG 2.5.5 and 2.5.8.
• ·Charts stay fully usable when you turn your phone sideways (landscape).
• ·The Super Admin Console works fully on a tablet. On a phone, it deliberately shows only the Command Centre and core actions. It says so inside the app, rather than showing a cramped full console that is hard to use.
• ·If you install Djembely on your phone as an app (a PWA, or progressive web app), it also uses swipe gestures.
• ·All of this is about making the existing web app work well on different screens. It is not a new native mobile app, and it does not replace one. A native mobile app, if we ever make one, would be a separate decision.

Notifications

We only send phone notifications (web push) after you choose to turn them on. You can pause them or turn them off at any time.

Feedback

If you find something on Djembely that is hard to use because of an accessibility problem, please contact us so we can fix it.

As part of getting ready to launch, we do a basic accessibility spot-check against the promises on this page.

Recent updates

Prompt boxes use your browser's British English spellcheck. Every page follows the same layout: heading first, then notifications, then the prompt box.

Walkthroughs (step-by-step guides) are off by default. You can switch them on in Profile, or ask for one from any prompt box.