About Vambo
Vambo AI was born from a simple observation: billions of people across Africa communicate in languages that technology has overlooked. We set out to change that by building AI that truly understands African languages.
To make AI accessible in every African language. We build language technology that empowers communities, businesses, and governments to communicate without barriers.
A world where language is never a barrier to opportunity. Where every speaker of an African language can access education, healthcare, financial services, and technology in the language they think in.
Our Team
A multidisciplinary team united by a shared commitment to African language technology.
Chido Dzinotyiwei
Co-Founder & CEO
Mandela-Rhodes Scholar. Forbes Africa. BBC News Africa. Slator Top 50. Stanford GSB case study subject. Published researcher.
Isheanesu Misi
Co-Founder & CTO
Self-taught programmer from age 14. 8+ years AI/ML, full-stack, systems architecture. Published researcher. Technical architect of 64+ language platform.
Marie-Louise Damwanza
Operations Lead
Drives operations and execution across the organization. Research co-author.
Linah Kitala
Community Lead
Based in Kenya. Leads hackathons, developer community, and ecosystem growth. Research co-author.
Linguists
Native Language Experts
Our models are built with the wisdom of native speakers from across the continent.
Open Source
We believe in building in the open. Our core language models and datasets are available for researchers and developers to use, contribute to, and improve.
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