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Amédé Florian KOTANMI

Weather and agricultural alerts in local languages

Idea ranked first at the IndabaX Benin 2026 hackathon: translating weather and agricultural bulletins into Fon, Bariba or Dendi and broadcasting them as audio.

  • Concept
  • Hackathon
  • AI
  • Voice
Role
Member of the first-place team.
Year
2026

Problem

In Benin's at-risk areas (the Ouémé valley, the Niger basin), many farmers and fishers do not speak French or cannot read, yet alerts are issued in French and in writing. The information arrives too late, or not at all.

Solution

The platform receives a weather or agricultural bulletin, translates it into the language of the area, turns it into an audio message using speech synthesis and broadcasts it to the communities concerned, with no reading required and no app to install.

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Available for new assignments. Currently in Ghana, working remotely.