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Swahili NLP

The Case for Swahili NLP: Addressing Linguistic Gaps in a Vital African Language

Independently authored · Community members

Kevin Obote and Benjamin Kikwai

A case for investing in Swahili NLP so East African speakers are better represented in the digital world. Read the full paper for the argument, challenges, and call to action.

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Swahili NLP

Bridging Swahili Communication Gaps: Real-Time Audio-to-Text Sentiment Analysis via Pre-trained NLP

Independently authored · Community members

Kevin Obote, Benjamin Kikwai, Kennedy Senagi, Joyce Njiiri, John Olukuru and Joseph Sevilla

A Kiswahili audio system that transcribes speech, reads its sentiment and summarizes it with pre-trained language models. American Journal of Artificial Intelligence, 2025.

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Machine learning

Predicting Customer Churn in the Telecommunications Industry using Machine Learning Techniques

Independently authored · Community members

Adeline Makokha, Kevin Obote, Henry Muchiri and Kennedy Senagi

Ten machine learning classifiers tested on 8,454 enterprise telecom accounts to flag business customers likely to leave. American Journal of Networks and Communications, 2026.

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