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"My son was born in Belgium.
He doesn't speak Kinyarwanda."

So I built Ijwi AI — the voice layer for Africa.

Diaspora families learn their heritage language. Native speakers contribute their voice. Together, we're building voice AI for 2,000+ African languages that have never been heard by technology.

Every lesson trains AI. Every voice builds the future.

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The Problem

Africa's languages are invisible to AI.

2,000+
African languages spoken daily
$67B
Mobile money market by 2030
0
Voice AI products for African languages

Google doesn't even support Kinyarwanda.

The Solution

Two sides. One mission.

Learn

Diaspora families learn their heritage language through voice-first lessons powered by native speaker recordings.

Contribute

Native speakers record their voices to train AI models. Every recording makes the technology smarter.

Every lesson = training data

The Bridge

Three generations. Two continents. One language.

A grandmother in Kigali records her voice. A child in Brussels learns to speak. Technology bridges the distance.

Three figures connected by voice — grandmother in Kigali, child in Brussels, soundwave in the middle
Grandma records in Kigali
Her voice becomes training data
→
Featured Voice
Her pronunciation guides learners
→
Child learns in Brussels
Heritage language preserved
How It Works

The Ijwi Flywheel

Record
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Train
→
API
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Revenue
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More Data

Each rotation makes the AI smarter.

Traction

Building in public.

102+
Prompts
2
Languages
6
Categories
Offline
Mode supported
42
Tests passing
Competitive Edge
2,384+
Hours of read speech exist
Zero
Hours of conversational data

That's what we collect.

Esethu Framework

African communities own their data.

A fair, sustainable model for language data ownership.

Free for African Researchers

Open access to language data for African universities and non-profits advancing local AI research.

Commercial Licensing for Others

Fair licensing for commercial entities. Revenue funds contributor communities and platform growth.

Revenue Reinvested

Profits flow back to the communities who contributed their voices. A virtuous cycle of growth.

Every language deserves a voice.

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