Want to learn a South African language? Your options are limited – here’s why

African languages should be promoted at a national rather than provincial level. Higher education institutions should develop ...

From postponed tour to platform: Nkenne’s Zoom-fueled mission to preserve African languages

Economically, Nkenne sits at an interesting juncture. On one side is the language-learning app, aimed at individuals – both ...
Phys.org

A roadmap to help AI technologies speak African languages

From text-generating ChatGPT to voice-activated Siri, artificial intelligence-powered tools are designed to aid our everyday life—as long as you speak a language they support. These technologies are ...
MIT Technology Review

This company is building AI for African languages

AI models can’t understand African languages. Lelapa AI is trying to change that. Inside a co-working space in the Rosebank neighborhood of Johannesburg, Jade Abbott popped open a tab on her computer ...
The Conversation

African languages for AI: the project that’s gathering a huge new dataset

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In comparison, African ...
Global Voices Online

Why tech giants must do more for African language inclusion

The tech giant Google announced that 15 more African languages would be added to Voice Search, Gboard talk-to-type, and Translate dictation on October 28. The languages included are Chichewa, Hausa, ...