LANGUAGE LOCALIZATION & NLP DATA

Localize AI for Every African Language

Africa speaks in over 2,000 languages. We help AI understand them. Our language localization services bridge the linguistic gap with expert-led translation, transcription, and culturally-grounded NLP datasets across 50+ African languages and five regions.

50+

African Languages

500+

Native Language Experts

5

Regional Language Families

30+

African Countries Represented

Language Coverage

50+ African languages, across 5 regions.

Our team of native-speaking linguists spans every major African language family — from the Niger-Congo languages of West Africa to the Afroasiatic languages of North and East Africa.

West Africa
🇳🇬 Yoruba 🇳🇬 Hausa 🇳🇬 Igbo 🇳🇬 Pidgin (Nigerian) 🇸🇳 Wolof 🇬🇭 Twi 🇹🇬 Ewe 🇬🇳 Fula 🇲🇱 Bambara 🇬🇲 Mandinka 🇧🇫 Moore 🇳🇪 Kanuri 🇸🇱 Temne 🇸🇱 Krio 🇸🇳 Serer
East Africa
🇰🇪 Swahili 🇪🇹 Amharic 🇸🇴 Somali 🇷🇼 Kinyarwanda 🇺🇬 Luganda 🇪🇷 Tigrinya 🇪🇹 Oromo 🇰🇪 Kikuyu 🇸🇸 Dinka 🇩🇯 Afar 🇰🇪 Luo 🇲🇬 Malagasy
Southern Africa
🇿🇦 Zulu 🇿🇦 Xhosa 🇱🇸 Sesotho 🇲🇼 Chichewa 🇿🇼 Shona 🇧🇼 Setswana 🇿🇦 Sepedi 🇿🇦 Xitsonga 🇸🇿 Siswati 🇿🇦 Tshivenda 🇿🇼 Ndebele
Central Africa
🇨🇩 Lingala 🇨🇩 Kikongo 🇨🇩 Tshiluba 🇨🇫 Sango 🇨🇲 Ewondo
North Africa
🇲🇦 Tamazight 🇲🇦 Darija 🇲🇷 Hassaniya
Language Services

Six services, end to end.

From raw translation to structured NLP dataset creation — every service is delivered by native speakers with cultural and domain expertise built in.

Translation & Localization

Human-quality translation by native speakers — linguistically accurate and culturally resonant. We adapt content for local idioms, register, and context.

Speech Transcription & TTS Data

Accurate transcription of African language audio with tone, dialect, and code-switching awareness. We also produce read-speech datasets for TTS model training.

NLP Dataset Creation

Build language-specific NLP datasets from scratch — text corpora, parallel translation pairs, sentiment datasets, and question-answer pairs for African languages.

Linguistic Review & Post-Editing

Expert review and post-editing of machine-translated content. We improve MT output quality and flag systematic errors specific to African language pairs.

Cultural Sensitivity Review

Ensure AI outputs respect cultural norms, local etiquette, and community values. We flag harmful, offensive, or tone-deaf outputs specific to African cultural contexts.

Glossary & Terminology Management

Build domain-specific terminology databases for healthcare, legal, finance, and agriculture — ensuring consistent AI outputs across African language variants.

Our Localization Process

Five stages, to culturally-grounded language data.

Every localization engagement follows the same end-to-end process — from scoping objectives and selecting linguists, to cultural validation and iterative delivery.

Language and Domain Scoping
Step 01
Language & Domain Scoping
We identify your target languages, dialects, domains, and formality registers to match the right linguistic experts to your project.
Expert Linguist Assignment
Step 02
Expert Linguist Assignment
Native-speaking linguists with domain expertise are assigned. Medical, legal, and technical content is handled by subject matter expert translators.
Translation and Linguistic QA
Step 03
Translation & Linguistic QA
Primary translators produce outputs reviewed by independent senior linguists. Disputed translations are escalated to a third expert for resolution.
Cultural and Contextual Validation
Step 04
Cultural Validation
Validators check for appropriateness, sensitivity, and local resonance — especially critical for healthcare, education, and public-facing AI.
Delivery and Iteration
Step 05
Delivery & Iteration
Localized datasets or translated content delivered in your preferred format. We support ongoing iteration as your model or product evolves.

Use Cases & Applications

  • Multilingual chatbots & conversational AI
  • African language ASR & TTS systems
  • Neural machine translation (NMT) training
  • Localized healthcare & agricultural AI
  • LLM fine-tuning for African language users
  • RLHF & instruction datasets in African languages
  • Cross-lingual evaluation & benchmarking
  • Document translation for legal & finance

Output Formats Supported

JSON / JSONL CSV / TSV XLIFF TMX (Translation Memory) Parquet HuggingFace Datasets Custom

Explore Other Services

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Model Evaluation

LLM benchmarking, RLHF & red-teaming.

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Data Annotation

Image, text, audio & video labeling.

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Data Collection

Custom data collection campaigns.

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Talent Service

On-demand AI talent placement.

Make Your AI Speak Africa's Languages

Partner with our team of native linguists to build inclusive, culturally-aware AI for African markets.