Research

Research and Papers

Kora Lab publishes working papers, analyses, and datasets on African AI, language models, and digital sovereignty.

Working Paper

Toward an African Language Model Benchmark

A proposed evaluation suite for measuring frontier model performance across major African languages.

Kheir Lissi · 2026-03

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Analysis

Mapping the AU Continental AI Strategy to Technical Workstreams

An analysis translating the AU policy framework into concrete research and engineering priorities.

Kora Lab · 2026-02

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Dataset

Open African Languages Corpus, v0.1

An initial release of curated text data across fifteen African languages, openly licensed.

Kora Lab · 2026-01

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Policy Brief

Sovereign Compute for African AI: A Policy Brief

Recommendations for African governments and the AfDB on building sovereign compute capacity.

Kheir Lissi · 2025-12

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We work with researchers, universities, and institutions across Africa and globally. If you are interested in joint research, dataset partnerships, or co-authored publications, reach out.

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