Togo Launches AI Initiative to Digitise National Languages

Togo has launched a national initiative to develop artificial intelligence tools capable of understanding the country’s local languages, with the aim of improving access to public services for citizens who do not speak French. The three-year programme, known as Voix du Togo (Voice of Togo), was launched in early October by Cina Lawson, Minister of Public Service Efficiency and Digital Transformation. It will gather audio recordings, written transcriptions and translated texts to build datasets f