{"id":13467,"date":"2025-12-01T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/?page_id=13467"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:51:10","slug":"the-african-ai-languages-model-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/the-african-ai-languages-model-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The African AI Languages Model Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In Africa. By Africa. For Africa<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Accelerating scalable, relevant, and inclusive AI language models<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The African AI Language Models project convenes the G6 Mobile Network Operators and other telecommunications companies, public and private sector actors, academia, and civil society in a collaborative drive to accelerate the building and adoption of scalable, relevant, and inclusive AI language models for African Languages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join the project<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Download Non-Member Participation Agreement<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Project Terms and Conditions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In Africa. By Africa. For Africa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

African driven and owned – no exclusions to those outside Africa to participate. From major indigenous languages to Africanised English, French, and Arabic dialects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Collaboration and Scale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prioritise broader ecosystem collaboration rather than duplicating siloed LLMs. Scale only if viable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sustainable Commercial Models<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To be researched but not discussed as part of workstreams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Data & Models<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Addressing fundamental challenges to building, using, and scaling Data for Model training and inference across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Compute<\/a>
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Identifying and addressing barriers to access and usage of scaled compute for AI training and inference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talent<\/a><\/strong>
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Mobilising and upskilling African researchers, developers, and communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Innovation & Market Enablement<\/a><\/strong>
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Driving adoption, application relevance, policy alignment, and commercial pilots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Project Roadmap: Planning to MWC Kigali 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • December 2025: <\/strong>Preliminary outputs to the GSMAi\/African Union White Paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • MWC Barcelona 2026:<\/strong> Live PoC demonstration and solution showcases<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • MWC Kigali 2026:<\/strong> Regional demo of solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ongoing: <\/strong>Alignment on commitment, deliverables, resources, and funding<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Target:<\/strong> Determine sustainable commercial models to support the alliance long-term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Register your interest to join<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Please note: <\/strong>All non-GSMA members are required to complete our ‘Non-Members Participation Agreement. You can download this using the button below. Once the registration form is completed, a member of the GSMA staff will be in touch to complete the agreement with you.<\/p>\n\n\n