Tonative
@tonative_org
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Translating open source NLP datasets to reflect Africa’s rich linguistic and cultural diversity.
Joined March 2025
We have officially kicked off. 🥳. We are on a mission to translate existing datasets into many more African languages. If you'd like to join us in any of the voluntary roles:.- AI Research.- Data Validation.- Software Engineering.- Writing. Kindly visit
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Photo gallery from @DeepIndaba . #DLI2025. A huge thank you to everyone that signed up today.
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RT @sharonibejih: The turn-up at our booth today. 🥹. We got over 50 new members of diverse African language speakers for @tonative_org to….
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RT @LyngualLabs: Live at #DeepLearningIndaba2025 . Proud to be part of shaping the future of AI research in Africa . #LyngualLab #DLI2025 #….
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We are at Kigali for @DeepIndaba! 😎. Highlights:.- Our co-founder, @JayneAmol will be receiving the Alele-Williams Master Award for her significant African AI research. - We also got a booth. So you can meet us tomorrow, Monday. 🥳.- There are also freebies to share!. #DLI2025
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Tomorrow, we shall be joining @LyngualLabs in creating more awareness on AI research and why this should be an important subject for us in Africa. Please register here:
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If you signed up to volunteer with us, kindly check your inboxes for our welcome email and an invite to our community groups.
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We also want to make further efforts in translating existing datasets into more African languages, to aid diversity and protect endangered languages. If you'd like to volunteer, kindly visit and we will be happy to have you onboard.
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The Tonative (to native) initiative is a project aimed at fostering the compilation, translation, and accessibility of datasets for African languages and contexts. We want to put together already existing African AI datasets that are stored in different locations, in one place.
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