
AJALA builds enterprise speech technologies for low-resource languages, focusing on African languages. They offer speech-to-text and text-to-speech solutions, with more products planned. Their services also include consulting to help businesses design custom voice solutions for optimizing customer experience. AJALA supports languages such as Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Kiswahili, and Kinyarwanda, with more to come. Their business model appears to be based on usage, with volume and committed-use discounts, suggesting a pay-as-you-go or subscription-based service.

AJALA builds enterprise speech technologies for low-resource languages, focusing on African languages. They offer speech-to-text and text-to-speech solutions, with more products planned. Their services also include consulting to help businesses design custom voice solutions for optimizing customer experience. AJALA supports languages such as Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Kiswahili, and Kinyarwanda, with more to come. Their business model appears to be based on usage, with volume and committed-use discounts, suggesting a pay-as-you-go or subscription-based service.
What they do: Enterprise speech technologies (ASR, TTS, voice authentication) for low-resource African languages
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: United Kingdom (Chiswick / Hounslow)
Notable supported languages: Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Kiswahili, Kinyarwanda, Nigerian English, Ghanaian English, Nigerian Pidgin
Funding signal: Pre-seed funding; Innovate UK listed as lead investor
Speech technology for low-resource languages (African languages)
2015
Biotechnology
“Innovate UK listed as lead investor”