Lost in Translation: How AI Forgot Africa
AI, supposed to be an oracle of inclusivity, speaks fluent English, decent French, and broken Mandarin, but struggles with African languages.
For example, Hausa, spoken by 94 million people in Nigeria, is barely recognized by ChatGPT, with only 10 to 20 percent of sentences understood.
That’s not “limited proficiency.” That’s the linguistic equivalent of showing up to a family dinner and asking, “So… what’s your Wi-Fi password?”
Artificial intelligence relies on data, and the lack of African language data has led to this limitation.
Author's summary: AI struggles with African languages due to limited data.
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