Building Underserved Agency
in Digital Markets
Four Interconnected Programs
Each program addresses specific technical and social challenges in building equitable digital systems for agricultural markets.
Voice-First Interfaces
NLP / ASRBuilding automatic speech recognition for low-resource African languages (Amharic, Kiswahili, Afan Oromo), optimized for edge deployment in agricultural contexts.
Agricultural Data
DATA / CORPUSCreating open datasets and annotated corpora that bridge the data gap for African language technologies and agricultural knowledge systems.
Digital Systems
ZK / CHAINPrototyping socio-technical infrastructure combining tokenization, zero-knowledge proofs, and smart contracts for transparent agricultural trade.
Field Practice
PARTICIPATORYCo-designing solutions with smallholder farmers through participatory research, usability testing, and impact evaluation in rural East Africa.
How We Work
Rigorous research meets real-world deployment through three interlocking principles.
Open Research
Every publication, dataset, and code artifact is freely available, advancing collective knowledge as digital public goods.
PublicationsWorking Prototypes
We ship real systems into the field, testing with actual users and iterating from ground truth rather than assumptions.
PrototypesCollaborative Practice
Multi-stakeholder research combining technical innovation with farmer insight, policy engagement, and institutional partnerships.
PartnersDive Into the Work
All outputs are open-access. Browse our growing knowledge base.
Publications
RESEARCHResearch papers, curated library, literature reviews, and research artifacts.
Browse PublicationsDatasets
DATAAnnotated datasets for African language technologies and agricultural research.
Browse DatasetsPrototypes
BUILDWorking prototypes and pilot deployments bridging research and practice.
Browse PrototypesPartners
NETWORKStrategic partners advancing AI and digital agriculture across the continent.
Browse PartnersE.A Research × Addis AI
Advancing voice-first AI, low-resource language technologies, and digital agricultural systems across Sub-Saharan Africa through shared research infrastructure and open-science principles.
Let's Build Equitable
Digital Systems Together
We partner with researchers, farmer organizations, NGOs, and technology teams working on voice AI, blockchain infrastructure, and agricultural development. If our work resonates, let's talk.