Africomplings
About Us
Empowering native speakers and scholars of African languages to lead in language technology and AI.
Overview
The recent developments in artificial intelligence have ignited another phase of industrial evolution. While Africans have been part of different inventions, they have mostly been low-level participants. At the heart of AI is natural language processing and speech technology.
With over 2,000 African languages, Africans are better positioned to lead language technology. Given that many African languages are primarily spoken and endangered, we combine the primary training of native speakers with the knowledge of their cultures to naturally develop AI systems.
Africa Computational Linguistics Summer School (Africomplings) has been positioned to empower and train native speakers or scholars of African languages who are interested in transitioning to the tech industry. Our approach spreads from the grassroots of every language around Africa, beginning with dataset development to product fabrication.
So if you speak a language, you deserve Africomplings!
Our vision is to provide necessary technological knowledge, skills and empowerment that will enable native speakers and scholars of African languages to not only be consumers of language technological products but also be active participants in building them.
Africomplings 2026 Organizers
Meet the team behind the summer school.
Itiola Olabisi
Secretary I
PhD student of Linguistics Anthropology whose research focuses on phonetics, indigenous knowledge system and dataset development."
Tasi'u Jibril
Secretary II
A seasoned Hausa Language Expert and co-founder of LocalizeHausa, a Kano-based company specializing in language services and AI solutions.
Nkechi Ukaegbu
General Track Coordinator
Basil Friday Ovu
Text Track Coordinator
A Language Consultant specializing in linguistic data annotation and AI training, with a strong focus on building accurate, natural, and human-centered language technologies.
Babatunde Oluwagbemiga Olayinka
Speech Track Coordinator
A linguist with interests are rooted in language documentation, computational linguistics, phonetics, and language technology, particularly as they relate to underrepresented African languages.
Surajo Ibrahim Muhammad
Graphics Designer
A linguist, journalist, and media professional with extensive experience in Fulfulde and Hausa language services, including translation, transcription, subtitling, and voice-over.
Kayode Owoyale
Graphics Designer
His work sits at the intersection of language, creativity, and technology.
"Fawaz Adebayo Ajani
Video Editor
A content creator with experience that rings together linguistics, research, and hands-on platform experience across YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook.
Gbenga Kayode Solomon "
Video Editor
A linguist and computational language researcher with training in phone tics, phonology, syntax, and language documentation.
Peace Benson
Class Captain I
A Linguistics student in the University of Kansas. My research interests are in syntax, morphosyntax, language documentation, and fieldwork. I conduct fieldwork on understudied African languages to contribute to generative theoretical models.
Adedoyin Christianah
Class Captain II
linguistics researcher with academic and professional experience in language studies, research coordination, and digital communication.
Esther Adenuga
Class Captain III
A linguist and NLP Research Fellow at The African Research Collective (TARESCo), working on the development of tools and resources for Nigerian languages.
Lovina Ehimen-Ugbede (lead)
Lead Content Creator
A linguist, data linguist, and early-career computational linguist whose work sits at the intersection of language, technology, and African language development.
Olujobi Olajumoke Christianah
Content Creator
Passionate about the documentation, preservation, and advancement of African languages, particularly within contemporary linguistic and technological spaces.
Chiamaka Glory Nwokolo
Content Creator
A research student having a solid interest in Linguistics, language technology, and a kind of knowledge sharing driven by community.
Hezekiel Gikambi Peter
Content Creator
A distinguished Swahili linguist, communication expert, and language technologist with over fifteen years of experience at the intersection of media, linguistics, and digital innovation.