What we do
We turn raw language to working AI
African Languages Lab covers the full path, from collecting and validating data to deploying models people use every day. Partners can join at any stage.
Our approach
How we work
From first brief to live system in three steps
01
Scope the need
We agree the languages, the users and what success looks like, then plan the data and a pilot.
02
Collect and validate
Native speakers and language experts gather, review and check the data your system needs.
03
Build, deploy and improve
We build and evaluate the models, ship them into your product and keep improving them with you.
Projects
Our strategic projects and partnerships
Platform
Building a platform for intelligent communities
Base brings messaging, voice and video, AI tools and incentives into one platform, so communities stop losing knowledge across scattered tools.
Data infrastructure
Crowdsourcing language data for inclusive AI
All Voices lets native speakers submit and review speech and text data, work together on leaderboards and help preserve their languages.
Research
Detecting misinformation in African languages
An end-to-end system across 30 African languages, from community text and audio data and fact-checking to models and tools people can use.
Strategic initiative
An AI terminology framework for African languages
A multimodal glossary of AI terms for African languages, aiming for 1,000 terms across 20 languages, for non-commercial use.
Strategic initiative
Community-driven language contribution
Volunteers, linguists, researchers and native speakers build datasets together, from translations and text collections to annotations.
Our PARTNERS
Questions
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