Beyond the Big Four: Enriching Nigeria’s AI language diversity, By Joshua Olufemi
...investment in Nigerian language AI currently prioritises the “Big Four” — Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and Pidgin English. While these cover...
Joshua Olufemi is PREMIUM TIMES' head of Knowledge and Innovations. He is also the program director at the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism. Joshua is a 2019 Reagan-Fascell fellow of the National Endowment for Democracy. He holds a Master's degree in Measurement and Evaluation from the University of Lagos.
...investment in Nigerian language AI currently prioritises the “Big Four” — Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and Pidgin English. While these cover...
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