Masakhane
Pan-African • Pan-African
Continent-wide grassroots research collective driving African language NLP.
Focus: Open NLP for African languages
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Researchers, startups, labs, funders, and ecosystem builders shaping the future of intelligence across the continent.
60 organizations
Pan-African • Pan-African
Continent-wide grassroots research collective driving African language NLP.
Focus: Open NLP for African languages
Pan-African • Pan-African
Trains the next generation of African data scientists.
Focus: Capacity building & summer schools
Pan-African • Pan-African
The largest African AI community gathering.
Focus: Annual continental ML gathering
Pan-African • Pan-African
Funds dataset creation across the Global South.
Focus: Datasets for low-resource communities
South Africa • Southern Africa
Building Vulavula, an African-language API stack.
Focus: African language LLMs
Kenya • East Africa
PROMPTS SMS service supports millions of mothers.
Focus: Maternal health AI assistant
Tunisia • North Africa
Tunisian-founded, world-class enterprise AI.
Focus: Decision-making AI
South Africa • Pan-African
Africa's largest data scientist community & contest platform.
Focus: African data science competitions
Nigeria • West Africa
Mass AI literacy programs across Nigeria.
Focus: AI talent at scale
Kenya • East Africa
Nairobi's hub for AI practitioners.
Focus: AI meetup & research
Kenya • East Africa
Connects practitioners across Kenya.
Focus: Kenyan AI community
South Africa • Southern Africa
Cross-disciplinary AI institute.
Focus: Applied research & policy
Ghana • West Africa
Open NLP for Twi, Ga, Ewe and more.
Focus: Ghanaian language models
Ghana • West Africa
Builds founders & engineers in Ghana.
Focus: Tech entrepreneurship
Ghana • West Africa
12-month entrepreneurial training program.
Focus: Pan-African founder training
Nigeria • West Africa
West Africa's leading innovation center.
Focus: Innovation hub
Kenya • East Africa
Iconic catalyst of Silicon Savannah.
Focus: East African tech hub
South Africa • Pan-African
Pan-African startup competitions & investor network.
Focus: Tech startup accelerator
Pan-African • Pan-African
450+ hubs across 53 countries.
Focus: Network of innovation hubs
Pan-African • Pan-African
Pan-African network producing top researchers.
Focus: Postgraduate maths & ML
Rwanda • East Africa
Home of African Masters in Machine Intelligence.
Focus: AMMI program
South Africa • Southern Africa
Founding AIMS centre.
Focus: Mathematical sciences
Senegal • West Africa
Bilingual research training.
Focus: Francophone AI training
South Africa • Southern Africa
Leading African NLP research lab.
Focus: Social-impact ML research
South Africa • Southern Africa
Research on robust, accountable AI.
Focus: Responsible AI
Uganda • East Africa
Pioneering AI for agriculture & health in East Africa.
Focus: Applied AI for Africa
Rwanda • East Africa
Top-tier graduate AI training on the continent.
Focus: Engineering & AI graduate programs
Pan-African • Pan-African
Africa's flagship ML masters.
Focus: Elite ML masters program
Ghana • Pan-African
Accra-based AI research lab.
Focus: Industry research lab
Kenya • East Africa
Nairobi & Lagos engineering hubs.
Focus: Engineering & AI
Kenya • East Africa
Industrial research labs in Nairobi & Johannesburg.
Focus: Applied AI research
Pan-African • Pan-African
Champions African digital rights.
Focus: Open internet & AI
Pan-African • Pan-African
Coalition for open agricultural data.
Focus: Open data partnerships
Pan-African • Pan-African
Funds purpose-driven data projects.
Focus: Data for social impact
Pan-African • Pan-African
Drives the AU AI continental strategy.
Focus: Continental AI strategy
Rwanda • Pan-African
32-country digital agenda.
Focus: Digital transformation alliance
Rwanda • East Africa
Affiliate of WEF C4IR network.
Focus: AI policy lab
Pan-African • Pan-African
Supports African governments on AI strategy.
Focus: Government advisory
Côte d'Ivoire • Pan-African
Funds continental digital infrastructure.
Focus: Digital transformation finance
Pan-African • Pan-African
Major financier of African connectivity.
Focus: Digital infrastructure
Pan-African • Pan-African
Funds AI for child wellbeing.
Focus: Tech for children
Pan-African • Pan-African
Catalyses public-sector AI projects.
Focus: SDG innovation
Pan-African • Pan-African
Major bilateral digital partner.
Focus: German cooperation
France • Diaspora
France-Africa initiative funding early-stage tech.
Focus: African startup financing
Pan-African • Pan-African
Free digital training across the continent.
Focus: Digital skills network
South Africa • Pan-African
Continental telecom investing in AI.
Focus: Telecom AI
Kenya • East Africa
Pioneer of M-Pesa & data products.
Focus: Mobile financial AI
Nigeria • West Africa
AI-powered fraud detection at scale.
Focus: Payments fraud AI
Kenya • East Africa
Africa's largest mobile money platform.
Focus: Mobile money intelligence
Nigeria • Pan-African
Connects African engineers to global teams.
Focus: Global engineering talent
Ethiopia • East Africa
Engineering talent platform from Addis.
Focus: Pan-African talent marketplace
Pan-African • Pan-African
Trains hundreds of thousands of African technologists.
Focus: Tech leadership at scale
Pan-African • Pan-African
Global community of African talent.
Focus: Network of doers
Rwanda • East Africa
Mission-driven university with AI programs.
Focus: Next-gen African leaders
Mauritius • Pan-African
Parent of ALU/ALX/The Room.
Focus: Education ecosystem
South Africa • Southern Africa
Connects young Africans to digital work.
Focus: Youth jobs at scale
Rwanda • East Africa
Cross-border innovation studio.
Focus: Product & design lab
South Africa • Pan-African
Builds & invests in early-stage African startups.
Focus: Venture builder
South Africa • Pan-African
Continental tech accelerator.
Focus: Accelerator
Nigeria • Pan-African
Backs Africa's frontier founders.
Focus: Mission-aligned VC