KUMA
Bringing every Sierra Leonean language to life.
We believe in a future where every Sierra Leonean citizen can speak to, and be understood by, digital public services in the language they call home.
To start, we have two goals.
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The language playground
Type English text and hear it translated and spoken in Sierra Leonean languages. Real audio. Real voices.
Try the playground →02
Language should never cost a life.
Sierra Leone's 8 million citizens speak over 20 languages, yet nearly all digital government services are English-only. Kuma is built to change that, permanently.
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Kuma is a project of the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), under the Office of the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. Open, ethical, and built for the public good.