Volunteer African Language Data Contributor

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, 00, Kenya LeangoogsAI Remote Full-time

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Company Description Leangoogs AI Technologies builds language and data infrastructure to ensure AI systems work for African realities, not only African markets. The organization focuses on enabling AI in healthcare, finance, governance, and public life to understand people in their own languages, accents, dialects, and natural code-switching patterns. Its Lean Speech platform is designed specifically for African languages such as Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Nigerian Pidgin, Swahili, and Amharic, providing sovereign, on-premise solutions for institutions that require high language accuracy. Leangoogs AI also offers a Data Infrastructure Platform that supports annotation, evaluation, and validation of datasets rooted in African languages, local market patterns, and cultural contexts. In addition, the company leads the Language Infrastructure Guild, a professional community of African language AI builders, linguists, researchers, and governance specialists committed to ensuring African languages are deeply represented in future AI systems. Role Description The Volunteer African Language Data Contributor role is a full-time, remote position focused on improving AI systems for African languages. Day-to-day tasks include annotating and labeling text and speech data, reviewing and validating language datasets, and providing detailed feedback on linguistic nuances, dialects, and code-switching patterns. The contributor will work with project guidelines to ensure high-quality, consistent data, collaborate with language specialists and AI engineers, and participate in periodic training or calibration sessions to align on standards. This role may also involve contributing to documentation on language usage, helping refine annotation tools and workflows, and supporting quality assurance processes across multiple African languages. Qualifications
- Strong proficiency in at least one African language (e.g., Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Nigerian Pidgin, Swahili, Amharic and other local languages) and familiarity with regional dialects or code-switching.
- If you are a developer proficient in computer science and software engineering here is your special spot.
- Ability to perform detailed text and speech annotation, data labeling, and basic linguistic analysis following clear guidelines.
- Attention to detail, consistency in applying instructions, and strong skills in reviewing and validating language data for accuracy.
- Comfort with using digital tools and platforms for data entry, annotation, and collaboration in a remote environment.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills in English for coordination with distributed teams.
- Self-motivated, reliable, and able to manage time and tasks independently in a full-time remote volunteer role.
- Background or interest in linguistics, language technology, AI, or related fields is beneficial.
- Previous experience with data annotation, localization, or research assistance in language-focused projects is an advantage.

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