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Benin Multimodal AI Hackathon Summary

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Hackathon Overview

Our AI hackathon brought together a diverse group of participants, who collaborated to develop a variety of impressive projects based on:

2058

Participants

180

Teams

75

AI Applications

Winners and Finalists

  • We are in the process of selecting the finalist teams.
  • Your voice matters! Vote on your favorite projects in the section below.
  • Join us for the winner announcement stream, which will be streamed live on Twitch.

Speakers, Mentors, and Organizers

Basem Awad profile picture
onsite organizer

Basem Awad

Program Manager

Andrea Marazzi profile picture
onsite organizer

Andrea Marazzi

Chief Commercial Officer

    Gary NN profile picture
    online organizer

    Gary NN

      Dina Shall profile picture
      online organizer

      Dina Shall

      Global Community Manager

        Daniel Duccik profile picture
        online organizer

        Daniel Duccik

        Marketing&Visual

        Shebagi Mitra profile picture
        online mentor

        Shebagi Mitra

        Student

          Walaa Nasr Elghitany profile picture
          online mentor

          Walaa Nasr Elghitany

          Lablab Head Judge

          Muhammad Inaamullah profile picture
          online mentor

          Muhammad Inaamullah

          ML Engineer

          Akinolu LOKO profile picture
          onsite organizer

          Akinolu LOKO

            Arnauld Adjovi profile picture
            hybrid mentor

            Arnauld Adjovi

              Emmanuel Iriarte profile picture
              onsite mentor

              Emmanuel Iriarte

              RnD AI Lead

              Fabian Stehle profile picture
              onsite mentor

              Fabian Stehle

              Dev at NN

              Fabroni Bill YOCLOUNON profile picture
              onsite mentor

              Fabroni Bill YOCLOUNON

                Bonaventure F P Dossou profile picture
                online mentor

                Bonaventure F P Dossou

                  Arcadius TCHOKPODO profile picture
                  onsite mentor

                  Arcadius TCHOKPODO

                    Donatien Cocou Agbotoïbè  profile picture
                    onsite judge

                    Donatien Cocou Agbotoïbè

                      Jessica Maureen GABA profile picture
                      onsite judge

                      Jessica Maureen GABA

                        Abdou AMBARKA profile picture
                        onsite organizer

                        Abdou AMBARKA

                          Aristide Adjinacou profile picture
                          onsite organizer

                          Aristide Adjinacou

                            Fréjus Laleye profile picture
                            online mentor

                            Fréjus Laleye

                              Theodoros Ampas profile picture
                              online mentor

                              Theodoros Ampas

                              Technical Mentor

                              Donald Nwokoro profile picture
                              online mentor

                              Donald Nwokoro

                              Backend Developer

                              Mahuna AKPLOGAN profile picture
                              onsite organizer

                              Mahuna AKPLOGAN

                                Gilles Hacheme profile picture
                                onsite mentor

                                Gilles Hacheme

                                Research Scientist

                                Kevin Degila profile picture
                                onsite mentor

                                Kevin Degila

                                  Ariel SACRAMENTO profile picture
                                  onsite organizer

                                  Ariel SACRAMENTO

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                                    Submitted Concepts, Prototypes and Pitches

                                    Submissions from the teams participating in the Benin Multimodal AI Hackathon event and making it to the end 👊

                                    Help to spread the word and share these amazing projects!

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                                    Textuary

                                    Textuary is an AI image generator. Input text descriptions of crops, farming practices, or equipment in your native language, and let advanced AI generate insightful visuals. Designed to bridge language barriers, share knowledge, and increase productivity

                                    Team textuary

                                    Custom GPTsStable Diffusion

                                    Generate-subtitle

                                    This project generates a local language subtitle file from a video.

                                    YesWeCan

                                    OpenAIWhisper
                                    Vercel
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                                    Gishta Promotions

                                    Capture and promote local festivals using AI. Upload text or audio to generate detailed posters

                                    Dreamverse Frogs

                                    OpenGPTsGemini AIDALL·E Image Generation APIOpenAI
                                    Vercel
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                                    Pixelam

                                    Introducing our groundbreaking eco-tourism solution powered by AI and linguistic diversity. We enhance heritage sites with AI-generated visuals in local languages, captivating visitors and promoting sustainable tourism.

                                    Pixel

                                    Custom GPTs

                                    Africa story

                                    Africa Story is a tool designed to generate visual narratives tailored for children. Its aim is to foster an appreciation for African culture among the youngest members of our society, who will in turn become ambassadors of our heritage and traditions.

                                    RedTeam

                                    Custom GPTsSDXL TurboGemini AILangChainStable Diffusion
                                    Streamlit
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                                    TouristVista Text-to-Image Travel Experienc

                                    Transform text descriptions of tourist destinations into captivating images with TouristVista. Explore the world visually through AI-generated representations of your dream destinations.

                                    Jorda

                                    Gemini AI
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Patrick the Yoruba Teacher

                                    Conversational bot aimed at teaching the Yoruba language

                                    otterbro

                                    Gemini AI
                                    Streamlit
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                                    ÀṢÀ - Heritage Through Art

                                    ÀṢÀ aims to preserve and promote local languages(Yoruba) through image generation & interactivity. An app bridging cultures, preserving heritage, and fostering communication.

                                    Asa

                                    OpenAIGPT-4 VisionCohereWhisperDALL-E-2GPT-4
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Scrypt Sync

                                    Introducing **Scrypt Sync** – a tool that translates video content in real-time. Upload a video in any language, and Scrypt Sync generates and displays accurate subtitles in another language, offering seamless and immersive viewing.

                                    Script Sync

                                    Whisper

                                    Harmony

                                    This project is a Python script that downloads a YouTube video (or uses a local video file), transcribes it, translates the transcript into a target language, and generates a video with dual subtitles (original and translated).

                                    ImmersiveCulturalExplorer

                                    GPT-3.5ChatGPTWhisperCohereGemini AI
                                    Streamlit
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                                    VOCALYTICS- Intelligence Speech Transformation

                                    VOCALYTICS is the cutting-edge technologies with solutions of Intelligence Audio and Speech Transformation, Speech synthesis, voice conversion, audio processing, transcription and voice biometrics.

                                    Sanjoy Kumar

                                    CohereOpenAILlama 3QdrantWhisperLangChainTwelve LabsSeamlessM4TElevenLabs
                                    medal

                                    Sustainability and Cultural Heritage with AI

                                    Seamlessly translate and subtitle videos from international languages to local Benin languages like Yoruba, Fon, and Dendi. Also features AI-driven image generation and video dubbing for full localization.

                                    Tech Titans

                                    Gemini AIOpenAIGPT-4 VisionChatGPTCustom GPTs

                                    ALƆ GƆ

                                    ALƆ GƆ est une plateforme d’IA qui permet aux personnes peu instruites, d’être autonome devant les services de nos institutions. Elle se base sur un ensemble d’API qui favorise la transcription et la détection des langues locales FON, YORUBA & DENDI.

                                    Alo Go

                                    Llama 3ChatGPT
                                    Vercel
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                                    Semana

                                    Our app utilizes Sema API for seamless video and audio subtitles in 200+ languages. Sema API is based on our custom translator model cable of translation across 200 languages

                                    sema

                                    Whisper
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Lolacap

                                    Lolacap is an AI-powered local language video captioner that breaks language barriers and enriches video content by adding subtitles in local languages (fon/yoruba) to them.

                                    Genesis

                                    Whisper

                                    GBETCHE

                                    - Sous-titres en Fon de vidéos qui sont à la base en français ou en anglais - Génération d'image à partir de texte écrit en fon - Traduction d'audios Fr - Fon / Fon - Fr / En - Fon / Fon -En

                                    GBETCHE

                                    OpenAIWhisperStable Dreamfusion

                                    Tunmi

                                    Préservez et promouvez les contes locaux à travers une application générant des illustrations et des vidéos à partir de textes, favorisant ainsi le patrimoine culturel et le tourisme.

                                    paparapapa

                                    Gemini AIVercelStable DiffusionStable Video
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Biology Buddy

                                    Introducing our innovative Biology Tutor App, enhanced with cutting-edge AI technology powered by Cohere aya model. This app can be used by sinhala/ Tamil students to learn Biology in their language.

                                    Tech titens

                                    CohereOpenAIWeaviateStable Diffusion

                                    LEXICA

                                    Notre application vise à rendre l'apprentissage des langues plus intuitif et accessible. Grâce à cette approche, les utilisateurs pourront mieux assimiler et comprendre le texte, favorisant ainsi une expérience d'apprentissage plus immersive et efficace.

                                    Horus

                                    Assistants APIStable Diffusion
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Soro Benin

                                    SDXL does not work very well for Benin language. We have developed a solution to improve it for Yoruba App answers any question in Yoruba about Agriculture, tourism, government, weather, anything (also in other languages)

                                    TranslationAugmentedGeneration

                                    SDXL TurboGPT-3.5

                                    AgriTube BENIN

                                    AI for video & voice translation, farmer training.

                                    OlympusAI

                                    Llama 3

                                    MONDJEMIN

                                    Extraires des informations sur des savoirs faire locaux à partir d audio en langus locales et illustrer chaque étape de ces processus grace a des images

                                    Anansi

                                    Stable DiffusionMistral AI
                                    Streamlit
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                                    AFE AI

                                    AFE AI, a generative AI serving tourism and local languages promotion in Benin.

                                    Unfold

                                    ChatGPTDALL·E Image Generation API
                                    Vercel
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                                    Image Generation in Benin Culture -BaymaxAI

                                    Digital image generation inspired by Benin's art and culture, featuring traditional patterns, vibrant colors, and meaningful symbols.

                                    Baymax AI

                                    Stable Diffusion

                                    AIMinds-subtitle-app

                                    AiMinds is a revolutionary application designed to facilitate communication between the local and Western languages of Benin by breaking down linguistic barriers through language detection and audio/textual translation.

                                    IAMinds

                                    OpenGPTsOpenAIGPT-4 Vision

                                    Video AI

                                    An AI that transcribes any video from any source, generates a subtitle in multiple languages (Yoruba, Fula, Fon, English and French) creates summary of the video in those languages also, and has a chatbot integration.

                                    Soft AI

                                    Llama 3

                                    Yoruba Image Synthesis - Multi-Modal Fusion

                                    Explore the fusion of Yoruba language prompts and image generation, empowering native expression in a groundbreaking multi-modal experience.

                                    HackAttack

                                    Stable Diffusion

                                    Noulimon

                                    Notre application est une calculatrice capable de réaliser des opérations en langues locales.

                                    TAKA TEAM

                                    WhisperOpenAI

                                    Zang Beto

                                    Zhang Beto is the first-ever native application supporting speech-to-text and text-to-speech functionalities exclusively in Fan, Zhang Beto is set to transform how locals and tourists interact and explore the rich cultural heritage of Benin.

                                    Team Tonic

                                    Assistants APICustom GPTsGemini AIOpenAILlamaIndexGPT-4 Vision

                                    PLANTID

                                    PlantID Bénin est une application mobile innovante qui utilise la vision par ordinateur et l'IA pour identifier les plantes médicinales indigènes du Bénin. PlantID autonomise les communautés, préserve le patrimoine botanique et stimule la recherche.

                                    AfriTech Innovs

                                    WhisperMistral AIStable Dreamfusion

                                    Transcribe Pro-Audio Transcription with AI

                                    Transcribe Pro: AI-powered audio transcription tool for fast, accurate & cost-effective transcriptions. Supports 74 languages, scalable & user-friendly. Revolutionizing transcription for businesses, organizations & individuals

                                    Neural Nomads

                                    Whisper

                                    Adejoke - Keeper of Tales

                                    Adéjọkẹ́, Keeper of Tales is a software platform dedicated to preserving and rejuvenating Yoruba folklore through interactive storytelling, aiming to safeguard cultural heritage by fusing traditional Yoruba tales into personalized, modern narratives.

                                    Adejokee Keeper of Tales

                                    Custom GPTs
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                                    Streamlit
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                                    Ben Interactive Video

                                    Ben Interactive Video allows you interact with videos in your preferred language, with Subtitles, Dubs and ask questions about the Video. It also saves time so you don’t have to watch the entire video.

                                    AI Powerhouse

                                    VectaraOpenAIWhisper
                                    medal
                                    Vercel
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                                    Dôkun

                                    Une plateforme mobile qui se veut être la vitrine du Bénin en termes de culture et de tourisme.

                                    Imole

                                    OpenAIElevenLabsWhisper
                                    Vercel
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                                    GBECHEMIN

                                    Traduction et doublage du français/anglais en langue local

                                    Zenith

                                    Custom GPTsWhisperGPT-3.5OpenGPTsOpenAI

                                    AfriCanTalk

                                    Our application is used to translate the sign languages in Yoruba (text/audio) but also text in

                                    NOVA

                                    YOLOv8

                                    Cultural Chord

                                    Cultural Chord makes global music accessible by providing AI-generated subtitles and explanations of cultural references, helping listeners understand both the lyrics and the cultural context.

                                    GenAIDevz

                                    Gemini AIOpenAIStable DiffusionLangChain

                                    AfroT with Q and A video query

                                    A web-based solution for farmers to drag and drop any video tutorial and get it translated into Fon or Yoruba languages so that they can share and get knowledge on the internet and support Farmers better. it also has Q&A for video with an LLM

                                    AfroFM

                                    MetaGPT

                                    Itumo

                                    Itumo est une application qui permet aux citoyens béninois d'accéder à du contenu audiovisuel dans leurs langues locales. Grâce aux sous-titres en fon et au doublage en yoruba. Itumo préserve et célèbre la diversité linguistique et culturelle du Bénin

                                    BBUBLE

                                    LangChainOpenAI
                                    medal

                                    alɔ Do mɛ tɔ Assistant Vocal Multifonctionnel

                                    alɔ Do mɛ tɔ est une application mobile révolutionnaire intégrant la reconnaissance vocale pour contrôler le téléphone, traduire du texte écrit ou sur image français/anglais vers l'audio en langue locale et effectuer des recherches internet en audio.

                                    AIDA

                                    Assistants APIGemini AIWhisper

                                    GBEMITON

                                    Our platform offers a solution to preserve local languages ​​such as Yoruba and Fon. Subtitling technology in the Yoruba language makes it possible to develop the agricultural sector with a conversational chatbot speaking Fon,

                                    IMA

                                    GPT-3.5OpenAI

                                    ArtI Bénin

                                    ArtiBénin : Inspiration visuelle et outils de communication pour les artisans, favorisant les échanges avec les touristes.

                                    OpenAfrikDev

                                    Assistants APIOpenAIGPT-3.5

                                    Multilingual app for video voice image translation

                                    Our mobile app provides translations from local languages to french. Easily translate voice, subtitles, and videos into multiple languages in few clics.

                                    NIX AI

                                    CohereGemini AICohere Embed
                                    Streamlit
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                                    ALOKAN

                                    ALOKAN est un assistant numérique dédié aux personnes analphabètes qui parlent fon.

                                    AIGeeks

                                    ChatGPT

                                    So Funmi

                                    Une plateforme web interactive dédiée à la préservation et à la promotion des contes et panégyriques en langues Fon et Yoruba, intégrant des transcriptions automatiques et des illustrations générées.

                                    NeuroTech

                                    Gemini AILangChainStable Diffusion

                                    Orile

                                    Orile, application pour découvrir le Bénin! Découvrez des monuments, et l'histoire grâce à l'IA, obtenez des parcours personnalisés, apprenez et traduisez des audios pour communiquer avec les autochtones. Explorez le Bénin comme jamais!

                                    GMM DevAI

                                    GPT-4 Vision

                                    Edeeji

                                    Our project offers: -A calendar of market animation dates and -A directory of major cultural events

                                    NerdX

                                    Assistants APILangChain
                                    Vercel
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                                    Iyoro Discover the old and present Benin

                                    Iyoro, une initiative pour un tourisme immersif au Bénin. L' Intelligence artificielle et la réalité augmentée pour briser les barrières linguistiques, en explorant l'histoire et le patrimoine culturel béninois pour un tourisme durable et inclusif.

                                    LinguaTech

                                    VercelAssistants API
                                    medal

                                    SMART VIDEO TRANSCRIBER

                                    Une application web utilisant l'IA permettant le doublage et le sous-titrage de vidéos dans diverses langues, y compris le Fon et le Yoruba.

                                    SCGM

                                    OpenAIMongoDB

                                    Segun AI

                                    Segun est un guide touristique virtuel basée sur l’IA. Grâce à cette technologie, nous offrons une assistance en temps réel, des recommandations personnalisées et un apprentissage linguistique aux touristes

                                    RJF

                                    OpenAI

                                    Multi-Lingual Exam Simulator

                                    Building a multilingual exam simulator with tools that automatically extract content from YouTube for the simulator's RAG system.

                                    Crush

                                    Custom GPTsgpt4all
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Visage du Benin Nùɖúɖú

                                    Nùɖúɖú is a chatbot built for anyone interested in exploring and enjoying the rich culinary heritage of Benin. It offers speech to image as well as text to image generation about the local food of Benin (Atassi, Amiwo)

                                    DrAgons

                                    Gemini AIStable DiffusionAssistants APISDXL Turbo
                                    Vercel
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                                    Gbece

                                    Nous avons choisi de mettre en place un modèle de traduction du francais vers le fon et de développer une application web sur laquelle le modèle a été déployée.

                                    carick

                                    Assistants API
                                    Vercel
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                                    itumo - Yoruba Subtitle App

                                    itumo subtitles videos in Yoruba, enhancing cultural accessibility and representation.

                                    Soloist

                                    Gemini AIChatGPT

                                    CamLive

                                    Cam Live makes it easy to navigate between videos from different sources, while integrating AI to detect and translate languages simultaneously and stream them online. It's software for masses, interviews, long speeches, online meetings and much more...

                                    issoft

                                    Whisper

                                    Multilingual video Dubbing

                                    Our project provides multilingual video dubbing with emotional nuances, synchronized subtitles, lip-sync technology, and video supers. It also generates concise text and video summaries, ensuring accessible and engaging content for a global audience.

                                    CodeMaestroes

                                    WhisperElevenLabsEasyOCRReinforcement Learning
                                    medal
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Benin360

                                    Explore Benin tourist sites with a multilingual virtual tour guide, and introductory tour videos, adapted to your foreign language.

                                    neural nexus

                                    OpenAIWhisperGPT-4 VisionPineconeLangChain
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Touristy

                                    Touristy uses AI to break down language barriers, offering video translation, audio-to-image generation, and text-to-image conversion. With seamless guidance, it enhances travel experiences worldwide.

                                    InfoMatrix

                                    Stable DiffusionAssistants APISDXL TurboGenerative Agents

                                    Spirit AGI

                                    A cross-platform application for creating AI agents and AGI, by coding using nodes.

                                    Anthroid AI

                                    CohereTogether AIStable DiffusionGemini AI
                                    Vercel
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                                    MINIDƆXO

                                    MINIDƆXO est un traducteur de langue conçu pour faciliter la communication entre deux personnes parlant soit fon, soit yoruba, soit français ou anglais

                                    ANONNOUGBE

                                    ChatGPT
                                    Streamlit
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                                    BeninHeritageHub

                                    An AI-powered platform that celebrates Benin's cultural heritage by generating stunning images from text descriptions, translating subtitles into local languages, and sharing captivating stories to preserve and promote our rich traditions.

                                    BeninHeritageHub

                                    DALL·E Image Generation APIGPT-4 VisionElevenLabs
                                    Streamlit
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                                    Ilewa

                                    Ilewa AI transcribes audio in Yoruba or Fon using the finetuned MMS model, translates the text to French/English via GPT-4 and NLLB-200, and generates images with stable diffusion models, providing a rich and accurate cultural experience for tourists.

                                    IlewaAI

                                    Stable DiffusionOpenAI

                                    Afri AI

                                    Notre application pour le hackathon est une plateforme multimodale innovante et inclusive conçue pour briser les barrières linguistiques et culturelles en Afrique de l'Ouest et dans le monde.

                                    Afri Team

                                    Mistral AILlama 3Stable Diffusion
                                    Vercel
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                                    Gléssi-Tché

                                    GLESSI-TCHE est une solution d'assistant vocal intelligent conçu pour répondre aux besoins spécifiques des agriculteurs béninois. GLESSI-TCHE s'adapte aux réalités locales et nos langues béninoises, en se focalisant sur les défis agricoles du pays.

                                    Ishe

                                    Assistants APICohere Classify
                                    Vercel
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                                    FongBot - BENIN FONGBE COMPANION

                                    FongBot will help you preparing your next travel to Benin, showing you how to say things, translating from English, and generating images from Fon expressions.

                                    KIBERNUM USA

                                    GPT-4 VisionDALL·E Image Generation APIWhisperVercel

                                    Adjrou

                                    Adjrou is a multilingual platform that revitalizes and shares global fables to promote cultural diversity, agricultural education, and inclusivity through oral and visual storytelling powered by AI !

                                    Sylvere Bamenou

                                    OpenAI

                                    FutureFarms Collective

                                    Convert audio to text for sustainable farming insights.

                                    FutureFarms Collective

                                    GPT-3.5

                                    Dɔkunɔ bot multimodal pour le toursime

                                    Une plateforme intégrant un bot multimodal basé sur des agents d'intelligence artificielle pour fournir des informations utiles et actualisés sur les sites touristiques du Bénin et comprenant aussi bien à l'écrit qu'à l'oral.

                                    DaVinci

                                    LangChainGenerative AgentsGPT-3.5
                                    Vercel
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                                    BeninGbe2Image

                                    Generating culturally relevant images from local languages such as Fon and Yoruba, to improve cultural accessibility and preservation of Benin's languages.

                                    DreamTeam

                                    Vercel

                                    Feedbag Agrihub

                                    Feedbag Agrihub is a blockchain-powered marketplace that utilizes IOT, A.I and ML to connect and reward farmers, aggregators and consumers.

                                    Feedbag Agrihub

                                    MongoDB

                                    Thrall

                                    Viable Trends* per day on day occurrence across a few sectors.

                                    Cr8

                                    Reinforcement LearningRedis

                                    Video Translator

                                    I build an Django app that can generate and add automaticaly subtitles to video and generate image from Yoruba and Fon

                                    Video Translator

                                    GPT-4 Vision
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                                    ANGO AI

                                    The Text-to-Image Generation project utilizing Hugging Face showcases the fusion of advanced natural language processing and computer vision technologies.

                                    ANGO TECH

                                    LangChainOpenGPTs

                                    Rapprocher les cultures grâce aux sous-titres

                                    Permettre l'accès aux films internationaux et aux vidéos éducatives dans les langues locales pour des publics divers au Bénin grâce à des solutions de sous-titrage innovantes.

                                    Capitain IA

                                    Assistants API

                                    PolyGlotBénin

                                    PolyGlotBenin is an application that allows videos to be dubbed into local languages, thus providing wider access to multilingual content.

                                    Helios

                                    ElevenLabs