Igbo Speech Corpus
Open dataset and ASR baseline for the Igbo language.
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🚀Current Flagship Initiative
Building Africa's AI Future from Abia
Synthavia AI is building a world-class AI ecosystem in Eastern Nigeria — nurturing talent, developing innovative AI solutions, and connecting communities, enterprises, and policymakers.
- 1,200+
- Community Members
- 40+
- AI Projects
- 15+
- Partner Orgs
Flagship EventAI of Things — AI for Our Future
August 15, 2026 Aba, Abia State Livestream available
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About Synthavia
Africa needs its own AI story — we're writing it from Abia.
Synthavia AI is a Nigerian AI company and innovation ecosystem powered by Synthavia Core. We exist to build a generation of African AI talent, research, and practical solutions that serve our communities and the world.
Our Mission
Democratize AI in Nigeria, foster local innovation, create high-value jobs, and position Abia as a rising hub for AI in Africa.
Our Vision
A thriving, world-class AI ecosystem rooted in Eastern Nigeria — powering African solutions to global challenges.
Our Values
Community first. Technical excellence. Open knowledge. African optimism. Long-term impact over short-term hype.
Synthavia Core
The community engine behind it all.
Synthavia Core is our active AI community — where curious minds become skilled practitioners through workshops, cohorts, mentorship, and projects.
Workshops
Hands-on technical workshops on modern AI.
Meetups
Monthly community gatherings across Abia.
Cohorts
Structured learning cohorts for builders.
Mentorship
1:1 mentorship from senior practitioners.
Open Source
Collaborative open-source AI projects.
Community Events
Hackathons, demo days, study jams.
Synthavia Lab
Research & innovation, applied to African problems.
Synthavia Lab is our research and innovation arm — building open datasets, models, and tools that solve real problems in agriculture, education, language, and enterprise.
Machine Learning Generative AI Computer Vision NLP for African Languages AI for Agriculture AI for Education Enterprise AI AI for Local Industries
Cassava Disease Vision
On-device CV model assisting smallholder farmers across Abia.
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SME Copilot
LLM-powered copilot tailored to Nigerian SMEs and informal commerce.
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Programs
Programs to grow African AI talent.
Structured pathways for the next generation of builders, researchers, and AI founders across the continent.
Flagship
AI Fellowship
A six-month immersive program for the next wave of African AI engineers and researchers.
Early career
Internship Program
Hands-on internships embedded inside Synthavia Lab and partner organizations.
Future
AI Accelerator
An accelerator for African AI-first startups solving local and global problems.
Impact
The numbers behind a growing ecosystem.
- 500+
- Talents Trained
- 1,200+
- Community Members
- 40+
- AI Projects Built
- 15+
- Partner Organizations
- 20+
- Events Hosted
- 1
- AI of Things 2025
"Synthavia turned my curiosity about AI into real skills I now use professionally."
"The most authentic AI community I've seen in Eastern Nigeria — global standards, local roots."
"Partnering with Synthavia gave us access to a pipeline of brilliant young engineers."
Flagship Event
AI of Things — AI for Our Future
Unlock the power of AI. A landmark gathering in Aba bringing together builders, founders, students, and policymakers — with hands-on labs on Gen AI tools, AI in careers, freelance services with AI, mini-hackathons, keynote speeches and business automation. In-person + global livestream.
Agenda Preview
- Day 1 · MorningOpening keynotes & African AI landscape
- Day 1 · AfternoonHands-on labs: LLMs, CV, NLP for African languages
- Day 2 · MorningFounder & policy tracks, partner showcases
- Day 2 · AfternoonDemo day, awards, closing celebration
Speakers
TBA
Keynote — Industry
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Keynote — Research
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Founder Track
TBA
Policy Track
Where will the summit be held?
Aba, Abia State, Nigeria. Venue details ship with your ticket confirmation.
Is there a virtual / livestream option?
Yes — a livestream pass is available for attendees joining virtually from anywhere in the world.
Who should attend?
Engineers, researchers, students, founders, policymakers, and anyone passionate about AI in Africa.
Partners & Sponsors
Building the ecosystem, together.
We collaborate with universities, governments, startups, and global AI organizations to grow African AI capacity.
Blog & Insights
Notes from the frontier of African AI.
New articles publishing soon — check back shortly.
Get in touch
Let's build the future of African AI — together.
Partner with us, join the community, or just say hello. We'd love to hear from you.
- Abia State, Nigeria
- hello@synthavia.ai