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African Languages
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Featured Datasets

NLPActiveCC BY-SA 4.0

AfricaNLP Corpus

Comprehensive multilingual text corpus covering 20+ African languages with cultural annotations.

Dataset Info:

Size:2.3TB
Languages:24
Samples:50M+
Updated:2024-01-15

Key Features:

24 African languages
Cultural context annotations
Multi-domain coverage
Ethical data collection

Supported Tasks:

Language ModelingTranslationSentiment AnalysisNamed Entity Recognition
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NLP
Computer VisionActiveCC BY-NC 4.0

African Agricultural Vision

Computer vision dataset for African agricultural applications with crop, livestock, and environmental data.

Dataset Info:

Size:1.8TB
Languages:1
Samples:2M+
Updated:2024-01-12

Key Features:

Multi-crop coverage
Seasonal variations
Pest and disease detection
Local context adaptation

Supported Tasks:

Object DetectionImage ClassificationSegmentationAnomaly Detection
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Computer Vision
SpeechActiveCC BY 4.0

Ubuntu Speech Collection

Speech recognition dataset with diverse African accents and languages for ASR research.

Dataset Info:

Size:856GB
Languages:18
Samples:100K+
Updated:2024-01-10

Key Features:

18 African languages
Diverse accents
Quality annotations
Privacy-preserving

Supported Tasks:

Speech RecognitionSpeaker IdentificationLanguage DetectionAccent Classification
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Speech
Knowledge BaseActiveCC BY-SA 4.0

African Cultural Knowledge Base

Structured knowledge base of African cultural practices, proverbs, and traditional wisdom.

Dataset Info:

Size:45GB
Languages:32
Samples:500K+
Updated:2024-01-08

Key Features:

32 African languages
Cultural annotations
Proverb collections
Traditional knowledge

Supported Tasks:

Knowledge ExtractionCultural QAText GenerationCross-cultural Analysis
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Knowledge Base
BenchmarkActiveMIT

Low-Resource Language Benchmark

Evaluation benchmark for low-resource African languages across multiple NLP tasks.

Dataset Info:

Size:12GB
Languages:15
Samples:250K+
Updated:2024-01-05

Key Features:

15 African languages
Standardized evaluation
Multiple tasks
Reproducible results

Supported Tasks:

ClassificationTranslationParsingQuestion Answering
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Benchmark
MedicalActiveCC BY-NC-SA 4.0

African Medical Texts

Medical text dataset in African languages for healthcare AI applications.

Dataset Info:

Size:180GB
Languages:8
Samples:1M+
Updated:2024-01-03

Key Features:

8 African languages
Medical terminology
Privacy compliance
Expert annotations

Supported Tasks:

Medical NERSymptom ClassificationDrug RecognitionMedical QA
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Medical

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