Ai West Africa (AiWA) is a multidisciplinary initiative using ethical AI to preserve and promote West African languages, culture, and creative expression. From speech-to-text tools to cultural tourism programs, AiWA blends linguistics, art, and automation to build economic opportunity across the region. AiWA builds ethical AI tools to preserve West African languages, stories, and culture—empowering communities through linguistics, art, and automation.
From San Diego, California to Busumbala, The Gambia, AiWA builds ethical AI tools to preserve West African languages, oral traditions, and cultural identity.
We focus on linguistic equity, economic empowerment, and the responsible use of artificial intelligence in underserved regions.
AiWA develops open and closed-source tools for:
- 🔤 Language documentation (Mandinka, Wolof, and others)
- 🗣️ Speech-to-text and translation for oral histories
- 📚 Corpus creation and interlinear glossed text datasets
- 🎙️ Audio recording, transcription, and ethical data governance
- 🌍 Educational tools for schools and communities
Our work is grounded in consent-based data practices, dual-language community review, and long-term local stewardship.
AiWA is co-developed by MaximillianGroup (San Diego, CA) and Cellular Vibrations (Busumbala, The Gambia), in partnership with linguists, educators, and community elders.
Our ethical foundation includes:
- Community ownership of data
- Transparent training practices
- Dual-consent and contributor rights
- Cultural sensitivity and dialectal respect
We invite collaboration in:
- West African linguistics
- Audio engineering and language tech
- Curriculum design for culturally-rooted education
- AI ethics, documentation, and voice technology
📫 Reach us: [email protected]
We believe that AI should protect and amplify—not erase—local knowledge. Every word, story, and voice in our corpus is a step toward a future where technology honors tradition.
© 2023–2025 Ai West Africa (AiWA), a project of MaximillianGroup and Cellular Vibrations.