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African Language Speech Datasets

Commercially licensed speech data in Luganda, Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Wolof, Twi, and Yoruba, validated and shipping today with volume scaling now. Every African audio dataset is speaker-verified, AI quality-filtered at capture, and delivered under a commercial license with an SLA.

Available now

Speech datasets in seven African languages shipping today

Luganda Speech Dataset commercially licensed for ASR and IVR Uganda

Luganda Speech Dataset

Uganda · ISO 639: lg

Available · scaling

Natural, everyday Luganda speech for voice and ASR systems serving Uganda.

For: Ugandan ASR training data & local-language IVR

ModalityConversational & image-prompted speech
FormatWAV · 16 kHz + timestamped transcripts (JSON)
LicensingCommercial license + SLA
Quality>80% inter-annotator agreement
SourcingFair-Trade, native speakers
DeliveryAPI or S3

Part of our speaker-verified corpus across Luganda, Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Wolof, Twi & Yoruba fully annotated and growing.

Ewe Speech Dataset commercially licensed for ASR and IVR Togo

Ewe Speech Dataset

Togo · ISO 639: ee

Available · scaling

Natural, tonal Ewe speech for voice and ASR systems serving Togo and southeastern Ghana.

For: ASR training data & local-language IVR in Togo and Ghana

ModalityConversational & image-prompted speech
FormatWAV · 16 kHz + timestamped transcripts (JSON)
LicensingCommercial license + SLA
Quality>80% inter-annotator agreement
SourcingFair-Trade, native speakers
DeliveryAPI or S3

Part of our speaker-verified corpus across Luganda, Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Wolof, Twi & Yoruba fully annotated and growing.

Fulfulde (Fula) Speech Dataset commercially licensed for ASR and IVR Senegal

Fulfulde (Fula) Speech Dataset

Senegal · ISO 639: ff

Available · scaling

Everyday Fulfulde speech for voice and ASR systems serving Fula-speaking communities across the Sahel.

For: Sahel-wide ASR training data & local-language IVR

ModalityConversational & image-prompted speech
FormatWAV · 16 kHz + timestamped transcripts (JSON)
LicensingCommercial license + SLA
Quality>80% inter-annotator agreement
SourcingFair-Trade, native speakers
DeliveryAPI or S3

Part of our speaker-verified corpus across Luganda, Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Wolof, Twi & Yoruba fully annotated and growing.

Hausa Speech Dataset commercially licensed for ASR and IVR Nigeria

Hausa Speech Dataset

Nigeria · ISO 639: ha

Available · scaling

Natural Hausa speech for voice and ASR systems serving Nigeria and the wider Hausa-speaking region.

For: Nigerian ASR training data & West African IVR

ModalityConversational & image-prompted speech
FormatWAV · 16 kHz + timestamped transcripts (JSON)
LicensingCommercial license + SLA
Quality>80% inter-annotator agreement
SourcingFair-Trade, native speakers
DeliveryAPI or S3

Part of our speaker-verified corpus across Luganda, Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Wolof, Twi & Yoruba fully annotated and growing.

Wolof Speech Dataset commercially licensed for ASR and IVR Senegal

Wolof Speech Dataset

Senegal · ISO 639: wo

Available · scaling

Everyday Wolof speech, including French code-switching, for CPaaS platforms serving Senegal.

For: Wolof IVR Senegal & West African ASR training data

ModalityConversational & image-prompted speech
FormatWAV · 16 kHz + timestamped transcripts (JSON)
LicensingCommercial license + SLA
Quality>80% inter-annotator agreement
SourcingFair-Trade, native speakers
DeliveryAPI or S3

Part of our speaker-verified corpus across Luganda, Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Wolof, Twi & Yoruba fully annotated and growing.

Twi (Akan) Speech Dataset commercially licensed for ASR and IVR Ghana

Twi (Akan) Speech Dataset

Ghana · ISO 639: ak

Available · scaling

Natural, code-switched Akan Twi speech for Ghanaian voice and ASR systems.

For: Ghanaian ASR training data & local-language IVR

ModalityConversational & image-prompted speech
FormatWAV · 16 kHz + timestamped transcripts (JSON)
LicensingCommercial license + SLA
Quality>80% inter-annotator agreement
SourcingFair-Trade, native speakers
DeliveryAPI or S3

Part of our speaker-verified corpus across Luganda, Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Wolof, Twi & Yoruba fully annotated and growing.

Yoruba Speech Dataset commercially licensed for ASR and IVR Nigeria

Yoruba Speech Dataset

Nigeria · ISO 639: yo

Available · scaling

Natural, tonal Yoruba speech for voice and ASR systems serving Nigeria.

For: Nigerian ASR training data & local-language IVR

ModalityConversational & image-prompted speech
FormatWAV · 16 kHz + timestamped transcripts (JSON)
LicensingCommercial license + SLA
Quality>80% inter-annotator agreement
SourcingFair-Trade, native speakers
DeliveryAPI or S3

Part of our speaker-verified corpus across Luganda, Ewe, Fulfulde, Hausa, Wolof, Twi & Yoruba fully annotated and growing.

Mission-Based Collection

More African Languages Coming

Need a language that isn't in our catalogue yet? We scope and staff a custom collection mission with our native-speaker network the same image-prompted elicitation, AI quality-filtering and >80% agreement standard as our shipping datasets.

  • Swahili
    Tanzania
  • Amharic
    Ethiopia
  • Zulu
    South Africa
  • Shona
    Zimbabwe
  • Lingala
    DR Congo
  • Fon
    Benin
  • Igbo
    Nigeria
  • Oromo
    Ethiopia
  • Tigrinya
    Ethiopia
  • Somali
    Somalia
  • Xhosa
    South Africa
  • Kikuyu
    Kenya
  • Krio
    Sierra Leone
  • Bambara
    Mali
  • Kinyarwanda
    Rwanda

Typical lead time: 4–8 weeks from kickoff to first delivery.

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