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Building Krio-First AI: The Case for Indigenous Language Models in West Africa
IDIbrahim Denis FofanahData Scientist & AI Researcher11 min read·Sierra Leone
This piece is part of The Data Frontier's ongoing coverage. The full text of Building Krio-First AI: The Case for Indigenous Language Models in West Africa is being prepared for publication.
What this covers
- The practical constraints practitioners actually hit
- Where the published benchmarks disagree with production experience
- What we'd do differently next time