UNICEF WCARO NLP Landscape

West and Central Africa Language Technology
Last updated: 2026-04-23
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Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physiques (IMSP)

University emerging

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University
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emerging
open
Dangbo, Benin
PASET-Rsif (Pan-African Science Fund)
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GbeBenin
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Benin

Description

Research institute affiliated with University of Abomey-Calavi, offering programs in mathematics, physics, data science, and information technologies. Home to Fongbe speech and NLP research led by PhD student D. Fortuné Kponou. The team has created the largest speech translation corpus for Fongbe (61 hours) and developed ASR systems for the language. Research funded by PASET-Rsif (Pan-African Science Fund).

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Last updated: 2026-01-23