Basic Company Overview
9jaLingo is a Nigerian artificial intelligence company specialising in voice AI for African languages. It builds speech technology that can generate and transcribe natural-sounding audio in Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Nigerian Pidgin, and Nigerian-accented English — with tones, rhythm, and regional accents that global voice systems often miss.
Founded in 2026 and headquartered in Abuja, the company was created to close the gap left by mainstream voice AI, which was largely trained without African languages and accents in mind. Its platform is aimed at developers, businesses, educators, and content creators who need locally authentic voice for apps, customer support, education, media, and accessibility.
Products and Services
- Text-to-speech (TTS) for Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Nigerian Pidgin, and accented English
- Speech-to-text / transcription for the same languages
- Nigerian-accented and indigenous-language voice synthesis
- Voice library with 240+ African speaker voices and regional accents
- Voice cloning from short reference samples
- Real-time streaming speech synthesis for conversational apps
- Developer APIs and SDKs (Python, Node.js; OpenAI-compatible endpoints)
- Dashboard for credits, usage analytics, and API key management
- Audio content creation for education, customer support, media, and social campaigns
- Document- and app-level voice localisation for African audiences
Contact Details
Company Name: 9jaLingo
Established: 2026
Headquarters: Abuja, Nigeria
Company size: 2–10 employees
Type: Privately held
Founder: Chukwuka Okolie
Website: https://www.9jalingo.org
API: https://api.9jalingo.org
API docs: https://www.9jalingo.org/api-documentation
Support: support@9jalingo.org
Social Media
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/9jalingoai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@9jaLingo
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/9jaLingo
- LinkedIn: https://ng.linkedin.com/company/9jalingo
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