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+# Sunbird AI
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+**Building AI for Africa, from Africa.**
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+## Overview
+Sunbird AI is a non-profit research organization in Kampala, Uganda. We build and deploy practical applied machine learning systems for African contexts across speech/language; geospatial & environmental sensing; and public-sector decision support, with public agencies, SMEs, and community partners.
+## Mission
+Build reliable, locally relevant ML systems for African use cases that serve public institutions, researchers, and developers for clear societal benefit.
+
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+## Approach
+- Work with universities, public agencies, SMEs, and community groups.
+- Prioritize datasets, benchmarks, and tooling for under-resourced languages and domains.
+- Ship code, models, and documentation that are reproducible and maintainable.
+- When possible, release under permissive licenses with clear data provenance.
+
+## Focus Areas
+- **Language & Speech:** ASR, TTS, translation, and language models for African languages; paired with datasets and evaluation suites.
+- **Geospatial & Environment:** Remote sensing pipelines, urban growth and electrification mapping, biodiversity acoustics, and environmental monitoring.
+- **Decision Support:** Tools that help public institutions analyze feedback, plan services, and monitor programs.
+- **Data Infrastructure:** Curated corpora, annotation guidelines, and evaluation sets to support the above areas.
+
+## Openness & Responsible Use
+We publish artifacts that can be audited and reproduced. Each release includes intended use, limitations, and, where applicable, data collection notes and licensing. Users are responsible for complying with local laws, data protection rules, and ethical review processes.
+
+## Known Limitations
+Models and datasets may underperform outside their documented languages, regions, or domains. Biases may exist due to data coverage. Always validate for your setting before deployment in high-stakes contexts.
+
+## Get Involved
+- Website: https://www.sunbird.ai
+- GitHub: https://github.com/SunbirdAI
+- Email: info@sunbird.ai
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+## Citation
+If you use our models or datasets, please cite the relevant repository or preprint.