Sahel AI

What It Does

Sahel AI is a contract drafting and review tool that runs inside Microsoft Word, aimed at law firms and in-house legal teams. It has three modules: drafting (build contracts from scratch and pull from a clause library), review (flag risks and check sections against an internal playbook), and chat. The company is based in Lagos, Nigeria, and positions itself around legal work across the Middle East and Africa. Press coverage describes it as one of the first contract-AI tools built for the Nigerian market.

What We Found

Sahel AI launched its contract product with coverage in Nigerian press (BusinessDay, Punch) in early 2025. The vendor claims ISO 27001 certification and GDPR compliance, and cites time-savings figures (review time cut ~80%, up to 15 hours/week saved per transactional lawyer) — these are vendor claims, not independently tested. It is listed on Microsoft’s marketplace and Legaltech Hub.

Who It’s For

Built for transactional lawyers and in-house legal teams who draft and review contracts in Word. Sector focus per the vendor spans energy, construction, telecoms, banking and retail, with a regional emphasis on Africa and the Middle East.

Company Info

• Sector: Contract drafting / review (AI)
• HQ: Lagos, Nigeria
• LinkedIn: 1,232 followers (2026-06)

What We Haven’t Verified

• Founding date, headcount, and funding — not confirmed from a primary source.
• ISO 27001 / GDPR certification and all time-savings figures are vendor claims.
• The LinkedIn handle resolves to a “Sahel AI” but we could not fully confirm it is the same Lagos contract-drafting entity vs. a similarly named company — treat the follower count with that caveat.
• No independent reviews or community usage located yet.

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.