Afriaya

How a Community Effort is Teaching AI to See Africa’s Richness North Mini Code. Cohere's first model for developers. Learn more

Dec 16, 2025

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How a Community Effort is Teaching AI to See Africa’s Richness AfriAya, a vision-language dataset, addresses Africa’s underrepresentation in AI. Created by Ugandan engineers, it builds on Aya improving AI’s recognition of African cultures, covering 13 languages, with plans to expand. Part of Cohere Labs’ inclusion efforts, it aims for cultural robustness in AI.