Kiswahili Blog

SEE Africa is a Mozilla Common Voice awardee. The organization’s Africa Director and Project Lead, Rahma Mkai, told us about “Kiazi Bora,” a voice app that helps rural women in Tanzania learn how to grow and sell a powerhouse potato, boosting their nutrition, earning potential, and status as more equal members of society

Mozilla’s Common Voice Kiswahili team has been organizing a four-part hackathon series to increase the number of voice technologists across East Africa

This post examines IP rights and whether AI can be afforded these rights

This post reflects on the contextual nature of language and its intersection with culture.

This post discusses concerns around voice technology and privacy.

This is the third phase of this writing competition, brought to you by Mozilla.

At the recently held Mozilla All-Hands 2022, an annual gathering of the entire Mozilla ecosystem, the Common Voice team had an opportunity to showcase v…

The essays will be used to help expand Mozilla’s Common Voice Kiswahili open-source data set, enabling the inclusion of local African languages in tech use and development.

Eight projects advancing financial inclusion, access to reliable information for smallholder farmers, and legal rights to land ownership for marginalized communities are the recipients of Common Voice Kiswahili grants totaling USD $400,000

Kiswahili is Africa’s most spoken language and in the top 10 most widely spoken languages in the world. With more than 200 million speakers already, int…

Thoughts on the State of Internet Languages Report from the Mozilla Common Voice Team.

Mozilla’s Common Voice in collaboration with Hekaya Arts Initiative is awarding the top three Kiswahili essay writers with prizes of $400 USD, $250 USD, and $100 USD respectively. The writing competition is part of Mozilla’s Common Voice goal to grow Kiswahili’s open-source data set, enabling the inclusion of local African languages in tech use and development.