GhanaNLP/Ghana-Named-Entities

List of Named Entities in Ghana # 🇬🇭 Ghana Named Entities A curated dataset of named entities extracted from Ghanaian news sources, compiled by the Ghana NLP Community. ## Dataset Description Each record contains a named entity phrase found in Ghanaian news, along with its frequency count and a short human-readable description of what (or who) the entity refers to. ## Dataset Structure | Column | Type | Description | |--------|------|-------------| | `phrase` | string | The named entity text as it appeared in the news | | `count` | int | Number of times the entity was observed | | `description` | string | A short description of the entity | ## Example ```python from datasets import load_dataset ds = load_dataset("ghananlpcommunity/ghana-named-entities") print(ds["train"][0]) ``` ## Source Entities were extracted from Ghanaian online news articles. The dataset is intended to support NLP research and applications focused on Ghanaian and West African contexts. ## License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) ## Contributors This dataset was created and curated by the following members of the Ghana NLP Community: | Name | LinkedIn | |------|----------| | Kasuadana Sulemana Adams | Profile | | Mich-Seth Owusu | Profile | | Jonathan Asiamah | Profile | | Emmanuel Saah | Profile | | Gerhardt Datsomor | Profile | ## Citation If you use this dataset in your research or applications, please cite or acknowledge the Ghana NLP Community and its contributors: ```bibtex @dataset{ghana_named_entities, author = {Adams, Kasuadana Sulemana and Owusu, Mich-Seth and Asiamah, Jonathan and Saah, Emmanuel and Datsomor, Gerhardt}, title = {Ghana Named Entities}, year = {2024}, publisher = {Ghana NLP Community}, url = {huggingface.co } ```