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KivuLingua AI is an open scientific initiative creating high-quality multilingual speech and text datasets for Bantu languages of Eastern DRC. We develop advanced ASR and TTS models while strengthening linguistic sovereignty, digital inclusion, and cultural heritage preservation through community collaboration.
20M+
Native speakers of targeted Bantu languages in Eastern DRC engaged in community-driven data collection, validation and linguistic preservation.
9
Bantu languages from North Kivu, South Kivu and Maniema prioritized for ASR, TTS and multilingual AI infrastructure.
500h+
High-quality multilingual audio corpus planned with controlled speech, spontaneous conversations, oral traditions and community dialogue.
Open Science
Fully open datasets, models and benchmarks following Mozilla Common Voice standards and international research ethics principles.
Meet Our Team
Leadership Driving Language Preservation
Our interdisciplinary team combines expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and indigenous language documentation to build sustainable infrastructure for African language technologies.
Muhigiri Ashuza
Technical Lead & AI Specialist
Software engineer and AI engineer specialized in voice technologies (Audio AI), generative models, and end-to-end AI systems. Currently AI consultant at AIAM (AI & African Music) project with The MIND Institute. Founder of African STEM Resources Hub developing virtual labs and offline educational solutions. Expertise covers TTS, low-resource language NLP, LLMs, educational AI systems, and AI infrastructure for African contexts.
CIRUZA Alain
AI Architect & ML Infrastructure
Master's in Machine Intelligence from AIMS/AMMI with 5+ years designing, developing and deploying large-scale AI systems in agriculture, finance, and HR. Deep learning and NLP expertise with production frameworks: PyTorch, JAX, FastAPI, Django, LangChain, React. Cloud infrastructure experience with AWS and GCP. Specializes in multilingual NLP platforms, low-latency systems, and large-scale data pipelines.
Marius Nshombo
Mashi Language Custodian
Curator of Muruhula.com, a comprehensive digital Mashi-French linguistic library. 8+ years dedicated to Mashi language documentation, preservation and digital accessibility. Deep expertise in Mashi grammar, vocabulary, cultural context and linguistic practice. Drives community validation, orthographic standards and ensures authenticity in language resource development.