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African-Whisper vs Kallaama

A verified, side-by-side comparison. Both records are status-checked by Wycord, so you are comparing what each actually offers today, not a stale listing.

Category
AI Resources
AI Resources
Type
Speech (ASR/TTS)
Speech (ASR/TTS)
Country
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇸🇳 Senegal
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free
Free
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
10 Oct 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
asr, open-source, african-languages, whisper, fine-tuning
speech, asr, senegal, wolof, pulaar
Summary
An open-source framework (PyPI: africanwhisper) for fine-tuning OpenAI's Whisper on multilingual African-language audio datasets such as Common Voice and FLEURS, with optimized inference, diarization and deployment. Created by Kevin Kibe.
A 125-hour transcribed speech dataset in Wolof, Pulaar and Sereer (the three most widely spoken languages of Senegal) focused on agriculture, built for ASR development. Led by Jokalante with Orange Innovation and Ecole Polytechnique de Thies, funded by Lacuna Fund.

African-Whisper vs Kallaama at a glance

African-Whisper and Kallaama are both listed under Speech (ASR/TTS) in Wycord's AI Resources index.

African-Whisper is based in Kenya and Kallaama in Senegal.

Both currently show the status "Docs live".

On access, both are marked "No approval needed".

Over the last 30 days Wycord's probes measured 100% uptime for African-Whisper (36 checks) and 100% for Kallaama (36 checks).

Average response time on live probes was 1029 ms for African-Whisper and 1020 ms for Kallaama.

Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.

How they differ

  • Country: African-Whisper, Kenya; Kallaama, Senegal.
  • Average latency: African-Whisper, 1029 ms; Kallaama, 1020 ms.

Topics

Both are tagged: asr.

Only African-Whisper: open-source, african-languages, whisper, fine-tuning.

Only Kallaama: speech, senegal, wolof, pulaar.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, African-Whisper or Kallaama?
They are level at 100% over the last 30 days.
Do African-Whisper or Kallaama need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for African-Whisper and Kallaama working?
Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are African-Whisper and Kallaama based?
African-Whisper is based in Kenya; Kallaama is based in Senegal.

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