3 papers
cs.CL2026
How Architecture, Typology, and Adaptation Strategies Shape ASR for Low-Resource African Languages: A Controlled Empirical Study
Mercy Muchai, Kevin Chege, Nick Mumero Mwangi +4
Despite recent advancements in ASR, identifying effective architectures, fine-tuning approaches, and data adaptation strategies for low-resource languages remains challenging. We p…
cs.CL2026
Toward Cultural Alignment: Human-Centered Evaluation of Multimodal AI Stories Across Five African Communities
Millicent Ochieng, Felermino D. M. A. Ali, Elizabeth A. Ankrah +8
In this paper, we examine how well AI-generated multimodal stories align with the lived practices, relationships, language, values, and visual expectations of the communities they…
cs.HC2025
Dukawalla: Voice Interfaces for Small Businesses in Africa
Elizabeth Ankrah, Stephanie Nyairo, Mercy Muchai +4
Small and medium sized businesses often struggle with data driven decision making do to a lack of advanced analytics tools, especially in African countries where they make up a maj…