Alie

I write code ||
Building a language learning app for African languages @FourOf

[Alie @apkargbo]

@buildanythingso Based!!

[Alie @apkargbo]

@buildanythingso Based!!!

[Alie @apkargbo]

@minilek @AnthropicAI Congratulations

[Alie @apkargbo]

@LanreJoseph10 @Morris_Monye What "Sub" about 80% of the land mass and population that calls Africa "Africa"?

[aditya @adxtyahq]

execution beats intelligence every single time

[Equipe du Sénégal @GaindeYi]

👌

[Chess.com @chesscom]

One Blunder After Another.

[Google Research @GoogleResearch]

The biggest barrier for AI applications in Africa isn't model complexity -- it's the scarcity of data for the 2000+ spoken languages there.

We just released WAXAL. This open-access dataset delivers 2,400+ hours of high-quality speech data for 27 Sub-Saharan African languages, serving 100M+ speakers. Crucially, this community-rooted effort — led by African organizations — changes the roadmap for truly inclusive voice AI.

Learn more and check out the WAXAL dataset here: https://t.co/OVrDvZq4bl

[Omar Sanseviero @osanseviero]

We open sourced WAXAL!

- Multilingual speech dataset for African languages
- 17 languages for TTS
- 19 languages for ASR

Over 100 million speakers across 40 Sub-Saharan African countries

https://t.co/LEn3YNzNO3

[Chess.com @chesscom]

keep pushing that pawn

[Nadia Adjoa Sam, MD, CTropMed @NASAdoc]

I've said this here before but now I will directly ask my fellow Black/African academics: please avoid using "sub-Saharan Africa" in your papers & talks. Still seeing SSA in papers I'm reviewing, led by Africans! It's racist, colonial, & geographically inaccurate. Alternate terms

[Philosophy Of Physics @PhilosophyOfPhy]

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

[blue @bluewmist]

Honestly once you realize you're not in trouble all the time and really no one has power over you, the second half of life begins

[ₕₐₘₚₜₒₙ @hamptonism]

Don’t isolate yourself for success.

[Alie @apkargbo]

@PhilosophyOfPhy @grok pdf link free download

[Alie @apkargbo]

Attention is all you need. ❤️

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

You must read. Read nonfiction. Read fiction. Read history. Read philosophy. Read psychology. Read banned literature. Read poetry. Read about new technology. Read biography. Read memoir. Read on economics. Read on finance. Reread what you have already read. Read. Reflect. Repeat.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

I’ve noticed something.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala studied at Harvard, ran Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance, now leads the WTO yet when she speaks, she is unapologetically Nigerian.
Same with Chimamanda Adichie. Global mind. Nigerian soul.

But watch some people who left Nigeria 6 months ago suddenly full foreign accent, complete rebrand, identity reset.

Here’s the hard truth nobody tells you:
No matter how much accent you acquire, that society will never fully accept you as one of them.

Authenticity is not a disadvantage.
It’s leverage.

Indians understood this early. They went global without deleting themselves, accent, culture, confidence intact. And today, they dominate boardrooms, tech, medicine, and politics worldwide.

Trying to sound “less Nigerian” doesn’t make you global.
It makes you forgettable.

The world rewards originals, not imitations.

Be excellent. Be global.
But be yourself first.

Nigeria needs to hear this.

[Tanishq Mathew Abraham, Ph.D. @iScienceLuvr]

Hot take: too many talented AI researchers are focusing on code generation. There are many other interesting applications of AI that deserve more top talent.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Has any Nigerian seen the full independence agreement signed in 1960 before Britain left?

When Nigeria gained independence in 1960, Azikiwe, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa sign an agreement with the British?

Where is the document today and why is it not taught in our schools?

Could the roots of our problems be sitting in an archive?