About

Building the future of African AI

Conversa AI Ltd is an artificial intelligence company developing language models, APIs, and enterprise solutions designed for Africa.

Mission

AI that speaks Africa's languages

To democratize access to artificial intelligence for African businesses, developers, and institutions by building world-class language models, APIs, and products rooted in local context.

Vision

Africa's leading AI company

A future where every African can interact with technology in their own language, and every business can deploy AI that understands local markets, cultures, and needs.

Our Story

From language research to enterprise AI

Conversa AI started with a simple observation: African languages are underrepresented in AI, yet they power daily communication for hundreds of millions of people.

We began building datasets, training infrastructure, and translation models for Nigerian languages. Today, Conversa AI is a portfolio company with products spanning language AI, customer support, translation, and agentic commerce — all connected by a shared API platform.

Company Timeline

Key milestones

2023

Conversa AI founded in Lagos, Nigeria

2024

Speak Naija language platform development begins

2025

Enterprise AI products and API infrastructure launch

2026

Public beta for Speak Naija and Agentic Commerce

Technology Stack

Modern, scalable infrastructure

Python & PyTorchNext.js & ReactNode.js & GoAWS Cloud InfrastructureMySQL & PostgreSQLREST & GraphQL APIs
Research Focus

Advancing African language AI

  • • Nigerian and West African language models
  • • Speech recognition for local accents
  • • Low-resource language translation
  • • Conversational AI benchmarks
  • • Open datasets and evaluation frameworks