Africa’s healthcare is entering a transformative era powered by AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP). These technologies are reshaping medical care, from diagnosis and research to patient management, with applications that are tailored to the continent’s unique needs.
On October 29, 2024, Lanfrica hosted The Lanfrica Data Unconference, a fully‑virtual gathering on Zoom designed to re‑imagine who gets to shape language technology …
Understanding a language and how its native speakers speak it requires more than just knowing the words and their meanings. It involves …
On 6 September 2024, during the week‑long Deep Learning Indaba in Dakar, Senegal (1–7 Sept), Lanfrica co‑organised the full‑day workshop titled “Empowering African Voices in AI: Data, Models & Innovation”. The session …
Technology has come a long way, and amazing inventions are coming up every day. Today, people have virtual assistants on their phones …
Home Lanfrica Labs, with the support of The Masakhane Research Foundation, and FAIR Forward, an initiative of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), …
We are excited to welcome Elizabeth Chikapa to Lanfrica as our Community Engagement Curator (CEC)! Her passion for community building, enthusiasm, skills, …
By Chris Emezue With the advent of AI and its ever-expanding applications, I have both witnessed and been at the forefront of …
African intellectuals must do for their languages and cultures what all other intellectuals in history have done for theirs.
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