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For All the Good People of Masakhane
For All the Good People of Masakhane
LingalaSoftware Engineer (RW)
Nama/Damaara LanguagesIndependant Researcher & Community Builder (NM)
Language: Urhobo & Yorùbá Researcher @ Niger-Volta LTI
Chief InvestigatorKiswahili & LuhyaPolicy & AI Researcher @ AI4Dev (KE)
Olabiyi Samuel
YorubaResearcher @ Data Science Nigeria (NG)
Machine Translation ResearcherData Scientist @ Explore Data Science Academy (ZA)
SesothoLanguage Practitioner @ Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
Sudanese DialectMSc Computer Science @ Saarland University (SU)
Principal InvestigatorChair of Data Science @ University of Pretoria (ZA)
Machine Translation ExpertResearch Scientist @ Google Research
Masakhane Co-ordinatorML Engineer @ Retro Rabbit (ZA)
AfrikaansMSc Student @ University of Stellenbosch (ZA)
Nigerian PidginResearch Engineer @ InstaDeep (NG)
isiZulu and XhosaData Scientist @ Praekelt Consulting (ZA)
YorubaML Engineer @ Zalando (NG)
Jamiil Toure ALI
Language: Dendi Intern @ Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (Benin)
Language: Fon
MSc Student & Researcher @ MILA and Google AIJacobs UniversityCo-founder @edAI @lanfrica
MSc Student & Researcher @ MILA and Google AIJacobs UniversityCo-founder @edAI @lanfrica
Language: Yoruba Co-founder @ edAI
Nigerian PidginResearch Engineer @ InstaDeep (NG)
SwahiliData Scientist @ Parrot.AI (TZ)
ShonaTeaching Assistant @ Harare Institute of Technology (ZIM)
Daniel Whitenack
Kimbundu, Fulfulde, PularData Scientist @ SIL International
SwahiliML Engineer @ Data Scientist @ Parrot.AI (TZ)
WolofUCAD (SN)
Tigrinya and KanuriNLP Researcher @ Translators without Borders
WolofResearch Engineer @ Baamtu (SN)
AfrikaansNLP and Machine Learning Lead @ Praekelt Consulting (ZA)
Ridha Moosa
South African LanguagesData Scientist @ Explore Data Science Academy (ZA)
Languages: siXhosa, Yorùbá, Hausa and IgboPhD Student @ University of Johannesburg.
Sepedi and SetswanaMSc Student at Stellenbosch University (ZA)
Rob Fairon
South African LanguagesData Scientist @ Explore Data Science Academy (ZA)
KisiiMSc Student at University of Nairobi (KE)
Yoruba
Benjamin Rosman
Co-ordinatorAssociate Professor @ University of Witwatersrand (ZA)
Fula and WolofResearch Engineer @ Baamtu (SN)
Languages: Fon - Fɔngbe, Gun - GungbeData Scientist @ Konta.tech Casabablanca-Morocco
Vijal Patel
isiZuluMSc Student @ Wits University (ZA)
isiZulu and XhosaBack-end Developer @ Praekelt Consulting (ZA)
EwondoLecturer @ University of Yaounde (CM)
Swahili and KinyarwandaGraduate Student @ AIMS Rwanda (RW)
Martin Rodrigue Atangana Ongolo
Eton, Ewondo, ManguissaMasters Student @ University of Yaoundé (CM)
South African LanguagesData Scientist @ Explore Data Science Academy (ZA)
TunisianHead of Research @ Data Co-lab (TN)
SetswanaData Scientest @ Nedbank (ZA)
Sudanese DialectMSc Student @ African Masters Of Machine Intelligence (SU)
AfrikaansNLP Researcher & Lecturer @ University of Stellenbosch (ZA)
Ghollah Kioko
Swahili, Kamba and KikuyuData Scientist @ Lori Systems
Amharic & other Ethiopian languagesPostdoc @ LT Group, University of Hamburg, Germany
Abdoulaye Diallo
Fula & WolofIndependant Researcher
Ismaël Koné
Languages: Malinké (Mali, Côte d'Ivoire) and baoulé (Côte d'Ivoire)PhD student @ Moulay Ismail University, Morocco
Jean Marie Cimula
Languages: Lingala
Chief InvestigatorLecturer @ University of Witwatersrand (ZA)
Anga Tinzi
South African LanguagesData Scientist @ Explore Data Science Academy (ZA)
Zainab Malik
Language: Sudanese R & D engineer at SEDC
DagaareUniversity for Development Studies School of Medicine and Health Sciences (GH)
Makhamisa Senekane (PhD)
SesothoLecturer @ National University of Lesotho (LES)
Amadou DIABAGATE
Language: Dioula (Madinka) Assistant Professor @ University Felix Houphouet Boigny (Ivory Coast)
Samuel Olanrewaju
Language: Yoruba, Yagba and BasaGrad Student @ University of Ibadan (NG)
Obinna Onuoha
Igbo & EfikIndependant Researcher (NG)
Githinji Sheila
KikuyuStudent @ JKUAT (KE)
Clement Oyeleke
Language: Yoruba Lecturer @ University of Ibadan
Languages: Bambara MSc Student @ Rochester Institute of Technology
Language: Yoruba Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Lead at AI Saturdays @ Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Language: Kiswahili and Kikuyu Electronic engineering student @ JKUAT (KE)
Language: Hausa and YorùbáResearcher @ Data Duality Labs
Language: Tunisian Research Fellow @ Data Co-lab (TN)
Language: Yoruba Software Developer
Language: Yoruba ML Researcher @ EY UK LLP
Language: Kikuyu and Kiswahili Data Scientist @ AWS Educate Cloud and deeplearning.ai
Language: Yoruba Researcher
Language: Luo and KiswahiliComputer Science Student @Africa Leadership University (KE)
Isaac Thani
Language: Panya and Minda Software Engineer
Language: Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani and ArabicSoftware Engineer
Language: Fon, French, EnglishMachine Learning Engineer
Language: Kiswahili Machine Learning student @AIMS-Rwanda (KE)
Idris Abdulmumin
Language: Hausa Researcher @Ahmadu Bello University (NG)
Language: Pidgin, YorubaSoftware Engineer
Tekevwe Kwakpovwe
Language: Urhobo Software Engineer (NG)
Barbara Ruth C
Language: FularSoftware Engineer (DE)
Language: YorubaMachine Learning (NG)
Language: Hausa and IdomaSoftware Engineer (NG)
Language: WolofResearch Engineer @BAAMTU (SEN)
Language: YorubaMachine Learning Researcher @Bowen University (NG)
Ankur Kejriwal
Machine Learning Researcher (IN)
Language: English and CroatianNLP Researcher @Allen Institute for AI, University of Washington
Language: Hausa and Efik-IbibioSoftware Engineer and Linguist @Save The Deaf and Endangered Language Initiative (NG)
Machine Learning Researcher (PhD Student) @University of Liverpool
Language: Kiswahili and EnglishMachine Learning Researcher @Auckland University of Technology (KE)
Eliud Ngaruiya
Language: Kikuyu and KiswahiliMachine Learning @University of Nairobi (KE)
Language: Fanti, Twi and GaMachine Learning @Centre for Research, Data Science and IT Solutions (GH)
ML & NLPResearch Scientist @ Naver Labs Europe
Language: Dinka and KiswahiliML/AI & NLPMachine Learning Engineer (SSD & CA)
Language: WolofML & NLP (SE)
Language: Amharic Machine Learning Student @AIMS-GHANA (ETH)
Language: YorubaNLP (NG)
Language: Twi, NafanraML & NLP @University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani (GH)
Verrah Otiende
Language: LuoResearch & Data Acquisition (KE)
Language: TigrinyaSoftware Engineer (UK)
Betty Mirembe
Language: LugandaResearch & Data Acquisition (UG)
Software Engineer (NG)
Language: Kiswahili, Hausa, Yoruba, West African Pidgin English Software & ML Engineer (US)
Victoire Memdjokam Koagne
Language: Ghomala'Linguistics & ML (CM)
Language: Igbo, Twi, South-East Asian languagesSoftware & ML Engineer @University of Dayton Research Institute (US/China/Singapore)
Language: Moore, Dioula, FrenchSoftware & ML Engineer @Deep4e (BF)
Language: TwiML & NLP (GH)
Language: HausaML & NLP @Bayero University-Kano (NG)
Language: Yoruba, Nigerian PidginML & NLP Researcher @Saarland University (NG)
Chiamaka Chukwuneke
Language: IgboNLP @Lancaster University (NG)
Language: KiswahiliML & NLP @University of Edinburgh (US/AUS)
Language: NdebeleSoftware & NLP Engineer @Google (ZI)
Language: PidginML & NLP (NG)
Language: Yoruba, Nigerian PidginNLP @University of Lagos (NG)
Phylis Ngigi
Language: Kiswahili, Nairobi Sheng (Slang)ML & NLP (KE)
Language: Igbo, Nigerian PidginSoftware & NLP Engineer (NG)
Heather Souter
Language: MichifLinguistics, Translation @Prairies to Woodlands Indigneous Language Revitalization Circle (CA)
Blessing Nqobizitha Chitakatira
Language: Northern NdebeleML & NLP (ZI)
Aruna Gibril Bundu
Language: TemneStudent (US)
Priscilla Tyulu
Language: IsiXhosaLinguistics, Research & NLP (SA)
Cheikh Bamba Dione
Language: WolofLinguistics, Research, ML & NLP @University of Bergen (SEN)
Language: YorubaTranslation, Machine Language & Natural Language Processing (NG)
Language: YorubaResearch & Natural Language Processing @University of Edinburgh (US)
Mahlatse Mashala
Language: Sepedi, Xhosa, ZuluMachine Learning (SA)
Amael Bogne
Language: English, French, PidginML & NLP @Francophone Engagement Resident-Masakhane (CMRN)
Idongesit Inyang
Language: WolofResearch, Translation, ML & NLP (NG)
Ndeye Penda Diagne
Language: FrenchML, NLP & Data Engineer (SEN)
Language: YorubaLinguistics & Translation (NG)
Emeka Felix Onwuegbuzia
Language: Igbo, Pidgin, Yoruba, UkwuaniLinguistics, Research & NLP (NG)
YOU! Please let us know what languages you're working on so we can add you to our ever growing list!