African language AI infrastructure

Build Nigerian-language AI into every product.

Speak Naija provides translation, speech recognition, voice synthesis, transcription, and conversational AI for English, Nigerian Pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa through developer-ready APIs.

Explore APIs Enterprise platform

5: Launch languages
Text + speech: Unified model surface
API-first: SDKs for product teams

api.speaknaija.ai/playground

Input

Your account is ready. You can begin sending money today.

Output

Akaunti yin ti setan. E le bere lati fi owo ranse loni.

await speaknaija.translation.create({
  source: "english",
  target: "yoruba",
  model: "sn-multilingual-v1",
  input: "Your account is ready. You can begin sending money today."
});

Core products

The foundation layer for local-language apps.

One platform for the language work Nigerian businesses, developers, and public institutions need: translate, listen, speak, transcribe, and respond.

Translation API

High-quality text translation across English, Nigerian Pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and future African languages.

Speech API

Speech recognition, voice generation, transcription, speech translation, and speaker detection for local accents.

Assistant API

Multilingual chatbots for WhatsApp, Telegram, customer support, call centers, and virtual assistants.

Enterprise Platform

Secure document translation, meeting transcription, healthcare workflows, and on-premise deployments.

Language coverage

Designed for Nigeria's real language mix.

Start with the highest-impact language pairs, then expand the same model infrastructure across West African languages as data pipelines mature.

EnglishNigerian PidginYorubaIgboHausaFulfuldeKanuriTiv

Enterprise ready

Secure language intelligence for high-volume operations.

Private deployments

On-premise and dedicated cloud options for banks, government, hospitals, and large enterprises.

Document workflows

Translate records, policies, forms, court documents, and learning materials with review controls.

Cloud marketplace path

Prepared for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud distribution as enterprise adoption grows.

Dataset licensing

Commercial and academic speech, translation, benchmark, and evaluation datasets.

Who it serves

Built for teams that need language access at scale.

GovernmentFinancial servicesTelecommunicationsHealthcareEducationMediaTechnology

Usage model

Start with credits. Scale into contracts.

A clear API pricing ladder for builders, with annual licensing, fine-tuning, and private infrastructure for enterprise buyers.

Starter

Free

10,000 requests/month for prototypes and community builders

Developer

$29/mo

Higher limits, SDK access, hosted playground, email support

Growth

$99/mo

Production quotas for startups, fintech pilots, and local apps

Business

$499/mo

Team usage, analytics, priority support, volume controls

Enterprise

Custom

Annual licensing, private deployment, compliance support

Growth roadmap

From Nigerian language MVP to African AI infrastructure.

Phase 1

Datasets, training infrastructure, developer API, translation MVP

Phase 2

Speech recognition, synthesis, voice assistant, evaluation framework

Phase 3

Enterprise platform, SDKs, billing, analytics, monitoring

Phase 4

African language expansion across Fulfulde, Kanuri, Tiv, Edo, Efik, Ibibio, Urhobo

Developer preview

Bring Speak Naija into your next product pilot.

Join the beta for API access, dataset partnerships, research collaboration, and enterprise deployment conversations.

Feedback

Help shape Speak Naija.

Share comments, product feedback, partnership ideas, or language coverage suggestions. Your input helps us build something useful for real teams and real communities.