Technology & AI

askSisi (Core Assistant)

askSisi is the intelligent, multilingual chatbot interface trained on African data, cultures, and domain-specific knowledge. It is integrated across the entire ecosystem and is context-aware, real-time, and privacy-respecting.

Data Strategy

  • Consent-based data usage
  • Focus on underrepresented languages
  • Trained using real-life African manuals, stories, products, jobs, and services
  • Partners with SMEs, health orgs, agri-bodies, and governments

AI Architecture (Planned Expansion)

  • Fine-tuned open-source LLMs (Mistral, LLaMA, etc.)
  • Modular prompts and persona design per domain (Health, Finance, Agro, etc.)
  • Whisper/Coqui/Mozilla TTS for voice
  • NLP pipelines for classification, summarization, QA, retrieval

Strategic Advantage

  • End-to-end AI-first experience (not an add-on)
  • Local language and low-literacy accessibility
  • Built for mobile-first and offline-ready environments
  • Ethical data ownership model
  • Business and government partnership-ready
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