African Keyboard

Write local African languages with all their special characters.

Dominik M. Ramík · eu.dominicweb.africankeyboard

4.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 100K+ downloads v0.60 16.3 MB Android 8.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v0.60 (60)
Updated: Aug 29, 2026 (1 month ago)
APK size: 16.3 MB
Requires: Android 8.0+ (API 26)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: Productivity (app)
Listed since: Feb 17, 2021 (at least)
Permissions: 10
Website: dominicweb.eu/african-keyboard
Developer contact: [email protected]

About this APK

African Keyboard is an app by Dominik M. Ramík in the Productivity category, listed since at least February 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

Since version 0.51, the minimum Android version rose from 5.0 to 8.0. It asks for 10 permissions, none of them sensitive. It asks for the same permissions as version 0.56. The app can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.

What's new in v0.60

Fixed Android bottom navigation overlay problem Fixed space-after-punctuation bug

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

For installation instructions please visit http://dominicweb.eu/en/african-keyboard The African Keyboard app is an Android keyboard implementing special characters of African languages that use Latin-based alphabets. Its goal is to give users means of writing their native languages and as such to promote the preservation and growth of those languages and their cultures. The keyboard offers familiar QWERTY and AZERTY layouts and thus is usable for casual writing of English, French and so on. On top of this it offers sets of special characters used in various African languages. Those characters are grouped under keys according to graphical or phonetic resemblance and are accessible after long press on the key. Many African languages use various accents to express tones, nasalization and so on. The uppermost line of the keyboard gives access to such accents, that can be combined virtually with any letter. Although you can use the default "Full African Keyboard Character Set", which gives access to all special characters, you can also go to the Options and chose a particular character set that implements characters of languages from your area. The available options are: Standardized alphabets: - African Reference Alphabet (included in the "Full Character Set") - Benin National Languages Alphabet - Berber Latin Alphabet - General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages - Guinean National Alphabet - Pan-Nigerian Alphabet - Tamasheq Latin Alphabet - Yoruba Alphabet (Yoruba Orthography Committee) Informal sets of characters by country: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Version history

3 versions are listed, going back to v0.51. Since v0.60 it requires Android 8.0+.

v0.60 LATEST Aug 29, 2026 16.3 MB TRUSTED v0.56 Apr 6, 2026 15.3 MB TRUSTED v0.51 Jan 30, 2026 15.2 MB TRUSTED

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Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Aug 29, 2026.
Certificate issued to “dominicweb.eu” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Aug 29, 2026
Validated against Google Play Aug 29, 2026
Signed byCN=Dominik M. Ram?k, O=dominicweb.eu, C=CZ
Signing certificate (SHA-1)50:99:D2:51:30:66:AA:C4:49:4E:D8:19:B0:6E:56:33:7D:55:45:79
File MD52f4c07cdb6277656c046e39d4d0fc2a4
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (10)

African Keyboard requests 10 permissions, none of them sensitive.

Access adservices ad id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
Access adservices attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
Access adservices topics android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) eu.dominicweb.africankeyboard.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch

African Keyboard APK: questions and answers

Is there a version of African Keyboard for older Android phones?

The current version needs Android 8.0 or later. Version 0.56 is the newest listed build that installs on Android 6.0 and later. Get version 0.56 · All versions

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.

Is the African Keyboard APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. It is signed with the same certificate as the 2 other versions checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 2f4c07cdb6277656c046e39d4d0fc2a4.