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AI and NLP Driving the Future of Healthcare Innovation in Africa

From Consumers to Builders – Lanfrica’s Data Unconference Recap

Why Linguistic Collaboration Is Important In Advancing NLP Tools in Africa

Empowering African Voices in AI – Lanfrica’s DLI 2024 Workshop Recap

Improving Discoverability and Impact of African Resources

[Remote] Opportunities at Lanfrica​ Labs

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Honoring the Legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at Lanfrica

Lanfrica V2 is Here! A New Era for African AI Discovery

Lanfrica partners with Mila

Partnership: Lanfrica Joins Mila’s Entrepreneurship Lab To Map Africa’s AI Ecosystem

How To Scale Language Data Ecosystems to Drive Industrial Development Growth

Announcing the 2025 Cohort of the NaijaVoices Language Heritage Micro-Grant

Building a Future of Accessible, Inclusive Education

Call for Proposals: The NaijaVoices Language Heritage Micro-Grants

The State of African Language Datasets

Lanfrica V2 – What’s Cooking Under the Hood

Your Voice Matters: Join the TWB Voice Project and Make A Difference

Lanfrica Blog

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 …

In the tenth issue of ActuIA magazine, founder Chris Emezue discusses Lanfrica and our data-centric and community-driven efforts to improve AI in …

This webinar intends to discuss the question of how we can build language technologies for our minority/indigenous/endangered languages and dialects. Language is …

Lanfrica and the problems facing the advancement of technologies for African languages On Thursday, August 11 2022, at 7:00 a.m. UTC,  Lanfrica …

Fon Language Highlight

The Fon language is spoken by about 1.7-2 million people. With very few related resources available online, it is one of the …

There is more to Africa than the varieties of Jollof Rice delicacies or the melodious and vibeable tunes of Afrobeats. There are …

The Urhobo language, spoken by about 2 million people, is not getting enough attention like other African languages – despite its rich …