Google, in collaboration with a consortium of leading African research institutions, has announced the launch of WAXAL, a ...

Armed terrorists stormed three churches in Kaduna State, Nigeria, on Sunday morning, Jan. 18, and abducted at least 160 ...

In communities with limited English proficiency, the technology could transform sectors such as education, agriculture, and healthcare by enabling tools that deliver information in local languages.

Google released a large-scale open dataset designed to solve the critical data scarcity problem that has limited scientific ...

Google and African institutions have launched WAXAL, a large-scale speech dataset covering 21 African languages. Here’s how it will transform AI research, education, and technology access across the ...

Whether one accepts the framing of a “Christian genocide” or not, it reflects something real: a feeling of existential dread, and a belief that some lives are disposable, writes Salihu Idoko.

Google has launched WAXAL, a large-scale AI speech dataset designed to support 21 African languages spoken by more than 100 ...

Though time is a healer, the evergreen memory of Akintola remains forever for his family and political associates and for ...

Google and a consortium of African research institutions announced the launch of WAXAL, a large-scale, openly accessible speech dataset designed to catalyse research and build more inclusive AI ...

A town with well-established features of ethnic plurality, Okene, my place of birth in the north-central state of Kogi, was like a mini Nigeria. Populated by Nigerians of various ethno-geographic ...

The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has lately demonstrated a striking understanding of Nigerian social ...

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), an institution whose mandate is to steer the country’s democratic processes with impartiality and integrity, has shockingly chosen to entangle itself in ...