Siminyu, Kathleen;
Abbott, Jade;
Túbọ Sún, Kọ Lá;
Anuoluwapo, Aremu;
Sibanda, Blessing K;
Yeboah, Kofi;
Adelani, David;
... Oladimeji, Babatunde; + view all
(2023)
Consultative engagement of stakeholders toward a roadmap for African language technologies.
Patterns
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, Article 100820. 10.1016/j.patter.2023.100820.
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Abstract
There has been a rise in natural language processing (NLP) communities across the African continent (Masakhane, AfricaNLP workshops). With this momentum noted, and given the existing power asymmetries that plague the African continent, there is an urgent need to ensure that these technologies move toward shared goals between organizations and stakeholders, not only to improve the representation of African languages in cutting-edge NLP research but also to ensure that NLP research enables technological advances toward human dignity, well-being, and equity for those who speak African languages. This study investigates the motivations, focus, and challenges faced by various stakeholders who are at the core of the NLP process. We perform structured stakeholder identification to identify core stakeholders in the NLP process. Interviews with representatives of these stakeholder groups are performed and are collated into relevant themes. Finally, a set of recommendations are proposed for use by policy and artificial intelligence (AI) researchers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Consultative engagement of stakeholders toward a roadmap for African language technologies |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.patter.2023.100820 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2023.100820 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Authors. Original content in this paper is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Africa, natural language processing, machine learning, technology, language technology, African langauges, participatory research |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10175856 |
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