Our promise
Why African Languages Lab
Built in Africa. Built on the data.
We built Africa's AI foundation, partnering with native speakers for over a decade to create expert-validated language data that powers native models, speech tools, and translation systems.
Gathering expert-validated data
10+ yrs
African languages supported
30+
Curated tokens behind our models
100B+
Hours of expert-validated speech
13,000+
Languages contributed to Common Crawl
62
Innovator of the Year, LocWorld54
2025
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Products, datasets and research from African Languages Lab.
"We couldn't outspend Silicon Valley, so we invested in the ecosystem instead. We don't wait for inclusion. We build it."
Sheriff Issaka, Founder and Head of Research
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News and announcements
Research
4 min read
All Lab Adds 62 New Languages Added on Common Crawl
We added 1,083 URLs to Common Crawl's web languages project, bringing 62 new languages into the repository.
Partnerships
4 min read
Mansa Joins the Phrase Ecosystem
Mansa is now available inside Phrase, so Phrase customers can translate into 30 African languages without leaving the platform.
Partnerships
4 min read
Mansa Is Now Live on Blackbird
Mansa is now a native app on Blackbird.io, bringing African language translation into the business tools enterprises already use.
