Approved Vendor — DataOcean AI

Enterprise-grade Hausa language data, built in Kano.

Professionally recorded, transcribed, translated, and fully consented Hausa speech datasets — ready for immediate ASR, TTS, and NLP pipeline integration.

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0M+ Hausa Speakers Globally

4+ Dialect Varieties

100% Consent Documented

WAV 48kHz · Mono

The Gap We're Closing

70M

Native Hausa speakers — and AI barely understands them.

Hausa is the most widely spoken language in West Africa. Yet today, leading AI systems recognise fewer than 10–20% of Hausa sentences accurately. The data simply does not exist at the quality and scale AI systems require.

Al-Qasim Hausa Nexus exists to change that — one enterprise-grade dataset at a time, from the linguistic heartland of Hausa in Kano, Nigeria.

Google, Meta, Microsoft, and the Gates Foundation are now actively investing in African language AI. The window to establish the definitive Hausa data infrastructure is now.

AI Recognition Rate

Current LLMs recognise only 10–20% of Hausa sentences. English exceeds 95%. The gap is not linguistic — it is a data infrastructure problem.

Investor Momentum

The Gates Foundation has committed $2.2M+ to African language AI. Google's WAXAL covers 21 African languages including Hausa. Enterprise demand is accelerating.

Our Position

One of very few independent Hausa data companies in Nigeria at enterprise grade — with native authenticity, multi-dialect coverage, and full consent infrastructure.

What We Offer

Data services

Every deliverable is enterprise-ready — clean, structured, and optimised for immediate AI pipeline integration.

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Speech Data Collection

High-fidelity Hausa voice recordings across diverse demographics — age, gender, region, and dialect — for ASR and NLP model training.

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Transcription

Word-for-word Hausa transcription with disfluency notation, punctuation marking, and timestamp alignment by a native speaker.

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Hausa–English Translation

Culturally accurate bidirectional translation with idiomatic awareness and regional dialect sensitivity.

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Metadata Documentation

Full metadata schemas — speaker ID, age, gender, dialect, environment, audio specs, and session timestamps — per file.

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Consent Management

Documented participant and parental consent ensuring full commercial transferability and global data protection compliance.

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Dataset Licensing & Supply

License existing datasets or commission custom collections built to your exact volume, domain, and delivery requirements.

Dataset Portfolio

Sample dataset specifications

Full sample packages available on request. All datasets are QA-reviewed and pipeline-ready.

🎙️Hausa Conversational SpeechExpanding

LanguageHausa (Nigerian)

DomainEveryday Conversation

FormatWAV, 48kHz, Mono

TranscriptionWord-for-word

TranslationHausa → English

DialectsKano, Sokoto, Zaria, Bauchi

Consent100% Documented

👶Hausa Child SpeechExpanding

LanguageHausa (Nigerian)

Age Range10–13 years

FormatWAV, 48kHz, Mono

ConsentParental + Child

RarityPremium Asset — Rare Globally

Use CaseASR, TTS, NLP

TranscriptionWord-for-word

📋Custom Domain DatasetAvailable Now

DomainsMedical, Finance, Agriculture

LanguageHausa (Nigerian)

FormatPer client specification

VolumeScalable on demand

TurnaroundAgreed per project

MetadataFull schema included

DialectsKano, Sokoto, Zaria + more

The Person Behind The Data

Meet the Founder

Alkasim Yusuf Musa Founder & CEO · Kano, Nigeria

Alkasim Yusuf Musa

Founder & CEO — Al-Qasim Hausa Nexus

Born and raised in Kano — the linguistic and commercial heartland of the Hausa language — Alkasim founded Al-Qasim Hausa Nexus in 2024 with a single conviction: that 70 million Hausa speakers deserve authentic, enterprise-grade representation in the future of artificial intelligence.

As a native Kano Hausa speaker with fluency across Sokoto, Zaria, and Bauchi dialect varieties, Alkasim brings the linguistic authenticity that no outsourced or automated process can replicate. His academic background in History & International Studies at Northwest University Kano sharpens his approach to documentation, provenance, and data quality standards.

✦Approved Vendor — DataOcean AI — global provider serving Microsoft, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Fortune 500 clients.

✦Mozilla Common Voice Community Facilitator — accepted June 2026, building the open Hausa voice data community.

✦Completed projects — Luel AI (African AI Platform) and active collaboration with Tushe AI.

✦Native multi-dialect coverage — Kano, Sokoto, Zaria, Bauchi with documented speaker networks across Northern Nigeria.

How We Work

Production process

Every project follows the same rigorous five-step pipeline — from briefing to delivery.

Briefing

We understand your domain, demographics, volume, format, and technical specs.

Script Prep

Custom Hausa scripts for your domain — conversational, medical, financial, technical.

Recording

High-fidelity recordings with diverse speakers. Consent signed before every session.

Transcription

Every file transcribed, translated, and tagged with complete metadata by our native team.

QA & Delivery

Full quality review. Delivered in your required format with complete documentation.

Track Record

Completed projects

Delivered and active collaborations. Full references available on request.

Luel AI — African AI Platform

Hausa Conversational Speech Recording & Transcription

Delivered high-fidelity Hausa conversational speech recordings and word-for-word transcriptions for AI training pipeline integration. Led a team of native speakers under a tight enterprise delivery timeline.

Voice RecordingTranscriptionKano DialectConsent Managed2026

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Tushe AI — AI Infrastructure Developer

Hausa AI Chatbot Language Collaboration

Active collaboration supporting Hausa AI chatbot development — contributing dataset validation, Hausa linguistic resource development, and natural dialogue data for NLP model training.

Dataset ValidationNLP DataLanguage ResourceFeb 2026 – Present

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Network & Partnerships

Clients & partners

Actively engaged with leading organisations in the global AI data ecosystem.

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DataOcean AI

Global AI Data Provider — Microsoft, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Fortune 500

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Mozilla Common Voice

Open-Source Voice Data Initiative

✦ Community Facilitator

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Luel AI

African AI Platform

✦ Completed Project

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Tushe AI

AI Infrastructure Developer

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Common Questions

Frequently asked questions

We deliver in WAV, 48kHz, Mono as standard. Other formats can be arranged per client specification.

Yes. Every recording — including child speech — is supported by documented participant and parental consent, ensuring full commercial transferability.

We cover Kano (primary), Sokoto, Zaria, Bauchi, and additional regional varieties. Our contributor network spans multiple dialect zones across Northern Nigeria.

Yes. Monthly capacity: 100–300 hours transcription, 50,000+ words translation, 20–100+ speakers for data collection. Our network is expandable with sufficient lead time.

Speaker ID, age, gender, regional dialect, recording environment, audio format specifications, and session timestamps — fully structured and pipeline-ready.

Yes. Contact us via email or WhatsApp to request a free sample evaluation package. We respond within 24 hours.

Both options are available. We can license existing datasets or build custom datasets for outright purchase depending on your requirements.

Visit our contributor portal at /contribute.html. Register, record a short voice introduction, and consent to our data terms. We review all applications within 48 hours.

Get In Touch

Ready to partner?

Whether you need to license Hausa datasets, commission custom data, or explore a vendor partnership — we respond within 24 hours.

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alqasimyusif.work@gmail.com

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