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Pushing tech companies to properly support Igbo across speech recognition, captions, voice and more.

#PutIgboInTech

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

Join us November 21 for a virtual roundtable titled "Igbo in the Digital Age", a conversation about the future of our language in technology.

Reserve your place: https://t.co/DD40kC9H47

Millions speak Igbo, yet the technology we use every day still struggles to understand us.

We're bringing together Igbo creators, researchers, and tech leaders to explore what needs to change and how we can make it happen.

Our language deserves a place in the digital future. Be part of the conversation.

#PutIgboInTech #TokataHQ #DigitalInclusion

[Ifeoma Igbotic @IfeomaIgbotic]

Another Igbo person makes history in U.S. 🇺🇸 politics.

Kelechi Ohaebosim from Imo State becomes the second African person to become a deputy governor In the USA.

He is the Lieutenant Governor of Kansas.
Kelechi Ohaebosim is from Amaigbo in Nwangele LGA, Imo State.

[Nonstop_bobbybillions @nonstop_bobbyb]

Be a part of the virtual meeting on the 21st November where we discuss about putting Igbo in Tech. A lot of prominent Igbos will be part of this virtual conference. Be a part by registering with the link on my comment. Let’s Put Igbo In Tech! Daalu nu! #fyp #putIgboInTech #Igbo

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

Igbo belongs in the conversation about the future of voice AI. So we're going straight to where that conversation is happening! 🎙️🔥

It's Day 2 of VapiCon 2026 in San Francisco, one of the world's leading voice AI conferences, and TokataHQ is here making sure Igbo is part of the conversation!

Yesterday, we engaged directly with founders and technology leaders, asking why Igbo is still missing from so many speech recognition and voice AI products.

What did we learn? Some platforms don't support Igbo yet, but some teams told us they're open to adding it if they see the demand.

The demand is already there. The market opportunity is real. Now we need to make both impossible to ignore!

We're asking the tough questions, understanding how companies make decisions, and building relationships that can help get Igbo onto their product roadmaps.

That's #PutIgboInTech in action. ❤️

And now, we need YOU!

Join us for Igbo in the Digital Age, a FREE virtual roundtable bringing our community into direct conversation with the people shaping the future of technology.

📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026
🕛 12 PM EST | 5 PM GMT | 6 PM WAT

Hear from Alex Acero, PhD (former Siri speech technology leader, now at Zoom), Scott Hanselman (Microsoft VP), Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo, Chris Emezue (NaijaVoices), and more!

🎟️ REGISTER FREE & SEE THE FULL LINEUP:
https://t.co/HQ2EkcQ8Es

📣 HELP US SHOW THE DEMAND! Create your personalized I'm Attending flyer, share it with your network, and tag @tokatahq.

👉 https://t.co/MMcRXGDTNL

Our language deserves to be in the products shaping our future. Let's make sure our voices are heard!

#PutIgboInTech #IgboLanguage #VoiceAI #Igbo #AfricanLanguages

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

Igbo belongs in the conversation about the future of voice AI. So we're going straight to where that conversation is happening! 🎙️🔥

It's Day 2 of VapiCon 2026 in San Francisco, one of the world's leading voice AI conferences, and TokataHQ is here making sure Igbo is part of the conversation!

Yesterday, we engaged directly with founders and technology leaders, asking why Igbo is still missing from so many speech recognition and voice AI products.

What did we learn? Some platforms don't support Igbo yet, but some teams told us they're open to adding it if they see the demand.

The demand is already there. The market opportunity is real. Now we need to make both impossible to ignore!

We're asking the tough questions, understanding how companies make decisions, and building relationships that can help get Igbo onto their product roadmaps.

That's #PutIgboInTech in action. ❤️

And now, we need YOU!

Join us for Igbo in the Digital Age, a FREE virtual roundtable bringing our community into direct conversation with the people shaping the future of technology.

📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026
🕛 12 PM EST | 5 PM GMT | 6 PM WAT

Hear from Alex Acero, PhD (former Siri speech technology leader, now at Zoom), Scott Hanselman (Microsoft VP), Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo, Chris Emezue (NaijaVoices), and more!

🎟️ REGISTER FREE & SEE THE FULL LINEUP:
https://t.co/HQ2EkcQ8Es

📣 HELP US SHOW THE DEMAND! Create your personalized I'm Attending flyer, share it with your network, and tag @tokatahq.

👉 https://t.co/MMcRXGDTNL

Our language deserves to be in the products shaping our future. Let's make sure our voices are heard!

#PutIgboInTech #IgboLanguage #VoiceAI #Igbo #AfricanLanguages

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

@HaleyGTM Same!

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

Igbo belongs in the future of AI. And we're taking that message straight to the people building it! 🔥

TokataHQ is at VapiCon 2026 in San Francisco @vapicon2026 , engaging directly with the founders, researchers, and tech executives shaping the future of voice AI.

Our mission: Get Igbo onto the product roadmaps of the world's leading technology companies.

We're not just raising awareness. We're asking the tough questions.

Why is a language spoken by over 30 million people still missing from automatic captions, speech recognition, and voice assistants?

How do companies decide which languages to support? What's holding Igbo back? And what will it take to change that?

We're sitting down with founders, learning how these decisions are made, building relationships, and gathering the technical and economic insights to make a stronger case for Igbo.

Because our language deserves more than recognition. It deserves to work in the technology our children will grow up using. ❤️

This is what #PutIgboInTech looks like in action. Not just calling for change, but doing the work to make it happen.

And now, we need YOU in this conversation!

On November 21, TokataHQ is bringing creators, researchers, and technology leaders together for Igbo in the Digital Age, a FREE virtual roundtable.

📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026
🕘 9 AM PT | 12 PM EST | 5 PM GMT | 6 PM WAT

Don't just watch the movement. Be part of it! Register today, invite your friends, and help us show the tech industry that Igbo matters.

🎟️ FREE registration: https://t.co/DD40kC9H47
🔗 Link in bio!

30+ million voices. Our language. Our future.

#putigbointech #Igbo #Digitalinclusion #languageadvocacy VapiCon2026 VoiceAI

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

Daalụ Kosi. Join the campaign. Use our free flyer Maker to create your own #PutIgboInTech flyer here: https://t.co/jC1qVACVVY
Tag us on your #putigbointech flyers

[Anukwu KosisoChukwu @AnukwuK]

Join me! Register free: https://t.co/9Kd0tbKmfe

@TokataHQ

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

@juberti It was a great presentation! It was also nice meeting with you and chatting about Igbo language support in GPT Live. I dm'd you.

[Justin Uberti @juberti]

Had a great time talking about GPT-Live at VapiCon 2026. Doing my best to also deliver natural speech with frontier intelligence 😁

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

@Amb_mex Thanks. It's a team effort. You can join the campaign here https://t.co/jC1qVACVVY

[Dr Aloy Chife @ChifeDr]

Allow me to share with you a genre of music native to my Omambala part of Anambra State called “Egwu Ekpili.

Best represented by the late Ekwegbalu Anyanwu (and his irrepressible backing vocalist, Modilimu) from Aguleri.

“Oburo di ota na akuta enu”
“Mgomgbo a na egbotero onwu”
“Anyi na ekwu na Omambala ya dika orimili”

Anam and Aguleri. You tend to hear about us from time to time when we foment unrest but we’re truly an easygoing and happy people.

Sit back, pour yourself some ogogoro and eat some azu ndu

Enjoy!
@UchePOkoye

[Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo @ChinasaTOkolo]

I look forward to serving as an inaugural member of the @NigerianCenter Policy Advisory Council, a nonpartisan national body established to strengthen the voice and representation of Nigerian Americans, Black immigrants, and the broader African diaspora in public policy.

[Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze @DrAnakwenze]

In Barbados, we paid our respects to the legendary Igbo writer and abolitionist, Olaudah Equiano. In his celebrated autobiography from the 1700s, Equiano described the heartbreaking moment he arrived at the port of Bridgetown on a slave ship.

"Soon after we landed... We were conducted immediately to the merchant's yard, where we were all pent up together, like so many sheep in a fold, without regard to sex or age."

[Ifeoma Igbotic @IfeomaIgbotic]

An Igbo woman, Onyeka Oshionwu, is the new Lord Mayor of Göttingen, Germany!

She won the election with thousands of votes.

Born and raised in Germany, Onyeka has not lost touch with her Igbo roots. Both her first name and surname are Igbo!

Yet, you will find people whose parents are both Igbo, who grew up in Ala Igbo, but bear names like Stanley Cup and Jaden Pearls.

Sometimes, I wonder: What exactly makes us lose touch with our own identity?

Congratulations, Onyeka! Ndị Igbo are proud of you! ❤️

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

Thank you so much for reposting. Please register here: https://t.co/ndtJSEfMTy

[ỤLỌ: The Igbo Vault @Uloigbovault]

🌍 IGBO IN THE DIGITAL AGE: OUR LANGUAGE MUST HAVE A PLACE IN THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY. 💻

From the wisdom of our elders to the creativity of a new generation, Igbo has always had a voice. Now, it must have a place in the digital world.

On November 21, TokataHQ, in partnership with @UmuIgboUnite, brings together an impressive gathering of Igbo cultural icons, creators, researchers and technology leaders for Igbo in the Digital Age — a conversation on making our language visible, audible and accessible across the technologies shaping our world.

Featuring an exceptional lineup:

🎬 Pete Edochie — Nollywood legend and cultural icon whose remarkable storytelling career has carried Igbo heritage across generations.

🎶 @ugoccie — Singer, songwriter and contemporary Igbo music sensation using music to amplify the beauty and relevance of our language.

🧠 Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo — TIME100 AI honouree, Forbes 30 Under 30 and AI governance researcher championing African representation in artificial intelligence.

🔥 Chris Emezue — AI researcher, Lanfrica co-founder and creator of NaijaVoices, advancing African language technology.

📚 @amarachiattamah — Igbo language instructor at Harvard and Yale, author, award-winning chant performer and cultural advocate.

🌍 @nwanyi_ocha (Janine Udogwu) — Media personality, author of Ala Nnam and passionate ambassador of Igbo culture to global audiences.

❤️ Udochi Okeke — Co-founder of Mmụta Dị Ụtọ and Ikenga Nation, building communities around Igbo language and cultural preservation.

🎙️ Chuka A. Erike — International journalist, founder of Naija Disruptors and moderator of the conversation, bringing Nigerian stories to global audiences while championing Igbo subtitles and representation.

The question is simple but urgent: Can our language be understood by the technology we use every day?

From AI and voice recognition to automatic captions, transcription and digital content creation, Igbo deserves to be part of the conversation and the innovation.

ỤLỌ believes cultural preservation must go hand in hand with cultural advancement. We must preserve our heritage, empower our creators and ensure that the next generation can speak, create and innovate in Igbo without digital barriers.

📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026
⏰ 6 PM WAT
📍 Virtual Roundtable
🎟️ Register for FREE: https://t.co/79GNJG2ynt

Our language is our identity. Its future must also be digital.

Ka asụsụ Igbo dịrị ndụ n'ụwa dijitalụ! ❤️

#PutIgboInTech #IgboInTech #IgboAmaka

[ỤLỌ: The Igbo Vault @Uloigbovault]

🌍 IGBO IN THE DIGITAL AGE: OUR LANGUAGE MUST HAVE A PLACE IN THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY. 💻

From the wisdom of our elders to the creativity of a new generation, Igbo has always had a voice. Now, it must have a place in the digital world.

On November 21, TokataHQ, in partnership with @UmuIgboUnite, brings together an impressive gathering of Igbo cultural icons, creators, researchers and technology leaders for Igbo in the Digital Age — a conversation on making our language visible, audible and accessible across the technologies shaping our world.

Featuring an exceptional lineup:

🎬 Pete Edochie — Nollywood legend and cultural icon whose remarkable storytelling career has carried Igbo heritage across generations.

🎶 @ugoccie — Singer, songwriter and contemporary Igbo music sensation using music to amplify the beauty and relevance of our language.

🧠 Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo — TIME100 AI honouree, Forbes 30 Under 30 and AI governance researcher championing African representation in artificial intelligence.

🔥 Chris Emezue — AI researcher, Lanfrica co-founder and creator of NaijaVoices, advancing African language technology.

📚 @amarachiattamah — Igbo language instructor at Harvard and Yale, author, award-winning chant performer and cultural advocate.

🌍 @nwanyi_ocha (Janine Udogwu) — Media personality, author of Ala Nnam and passionate ambassador of Igbo culture to global audiences.

❤️ Udochi Okeke — Co-founder of Mmụta Dị Ụtọ and Ikenga Nation, building communities around Igbo language and cultural preservation.

🎙️ Chuka A. Erike — International journalist, founder of Naija Disruptors and moderator of the conversation, bringing Nigerian stories to global audiences while championing Igbo subtitles and representation.

The question is simple but urgent: Can our language be understood by the technology we use every day?

From AI and voice recognition to automatic captions, transcription and digital content creation, Igbo deserves to be part of the conversation and the innovation.

ỤLỌ believes cultural preservation must go hand in hand with cultural advancement. We must preserve our heritage, empower our creators and ensure that the next generation can speak, create and innovate in Igbo without digital barriers.

📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026
⏰ 6 PM WAT
📍 Virtual Roundtable
🎟️ Register for FREE: https://t.co/79GNJG2ynt

Our language is our identity. Its future must also be digital.

Ka asụsụ Igbo dịrị ndụ n'ụwa dijitalụ! ❤️

#PutIgboInTech #IgboInTech #IgboAmaka

[Shola Oladipupo @sholabuilds]

@TokataHQ @lanfrica @UmuIgboUnite @myabiadaily @Voiceofigbos Chris and NaijaVoices are doing important work 👏🏾 speech recognition that properly handles Igbo would open up so much

[Óbīọ̀hà @obioha]

We need more Nkọwa okwu type resource; we need more Nkọwa okwu type quality online!!!

You don't have to understand Igbo language to build it. You only have to want Igbo language to survive!

I have been in this long enough to notice changes since Nkọwa okwu came on board.

Ọ́rụ́ ágwụbè!

[Mmụta Dị Ụtọ @ikenganation]

Are you looking for folktales to teach your children? Our books are written in both Igbo and English language so anyone can follow along.

https://t.co/16q4LGQBWd

[TokataHQ @TokataHQ]

Thank you so much AdaIgbo. Please register for the event here https://t.co/ndtJSEfMTy