Lanfrica Talks #11 | NLP for Ghanaian languages
Channel: Lanfrica
Date: 08/11/2022

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Abstract
NLP Ghana is an open-source non-profit organization aiming to advance the development and adoption of state-of-the-art NLP techniques and digital language tools to Ghanaian languages and problems. In this talk, I will present the motivation and necessity for the efforts of the organization. I will also present the NLP Ghana organization and outline its aims, scope of work, some of the methods employed and contributions made thus far in the NLP community in Ghana.

Learn more about GhanaNLP by checking out their link tree: https://linktr.ee/nlpghana

Bio
Lawrence Adu-Gyamfi is a Ghanaian with a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace engineering and MSc in Modeling for Science and Engineering. Currently working as director of products and a research scientist with GhanaNLP.

Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-adu-gyamfi/