Language
At Vambo AI our mission is to close the African language gap in foundational models and AI infrastructure so that innovation across education health agriculture financial services and public systems can truly serve every community. We believe Africa's languages are not just communication tools but engines of identity opportunity and knowledge - and they deserve to be embedded at the heart of global AI progress. Through the AI Hub for Sustainable Development we are seeking partnerships that strengthen technical capacity expand access to compute and enable deeper R&D so we can accelerate this work and reach more languages more communities and more sectors. With the right support we can build multilingual AI infrastructure that unlocks inclusion and economic possibility for hundreds of millions across the continent.
Vambo AI is advancing a multilingual AI infrastructure layer designed to transform access to language technologies customer engagement and digital public services across Africa. Founded by Chido Dzinotyiwei and Isheanesu Misi experienced AI entrepreneurs specialising in multilingual modelling and African language systems the company addresses a critical gap: the absence of reliable scalable AI tools that understand African languages and dialects which limits inclusion for more than 600 million non-English speakers. Leveraging Natural Language Processing Deep Learning speech models and predictive analytics Vambo AI provides developer-ready APIs for translation transcription semantic search content generation and voice-driven interfaces across 44 African languages and 20 global languages. The platform is powered by the Jua-Tanga model series built with the support of 80+ linguists and native speakers and is optimised for on-continent inference through a partnership with Cassava Technologies' NVIDIA GPU clusters. Through the Compute Accelerator's Ready Track Vambo AI will enhance the performance of its foundational models using GPU and cloud compute credits enabling faster fine-tuning improved inference speed and large-scale deployment of multilingual APIs for governments enterprises utilities SMEs and health and education providers across Africa. With 17000+ users enterprise use cases across EdTech fintech public sector and healthcare recognition from the Mastercard Foundation NBA Africa WHO pilots AU-EU initiatives and an expanding language ecosystem Vambo AI exemplifies a new generation of sovereign inclusive AI innovators.
