ALCA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2026
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Conference Schedule
DAY 1: THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 2026
8:30 AM – 10:00 PM GMT • AH Hotel & Conference, Boundary Road, American House, East Legon, Accra – Ghana
| Time (GMT) | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 8:55 AM | Registration & Badge Collection |
| 9:00 – 10:15 AM |
Opening Ceremony Cultural Performance Keynote Address Sponsor Remarks |
| 10:15 – 10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 11:30 AM |
Session 1 Panel: The ALCA Research Report 2026 Christian Elongue, Oumi K. Ferguson, Ady Namaran Coulibaly, Johan Botha |
| 11:35 – 12:40 PM |
Session 2 Artificial Intelligence and Kiswahili: Positioning Africa’s Language Economy for Regional Economic Empowerment Phibbian Muthama |
| 12:40 – 1:40 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:45 – 2:30 PM |
Session 3 Genuine Intelligence! The Answer to the Future in the Language Industry Jennileigh Jooste, RWS |
| 2:35 – 3:20 PM |
Session 4 Beyond English-Centric AI: Scaling Inclusion Through Low-Resource Language Innovation Kirti Vashee, Translated |
| 3:25 – 4:10 PM |
Session 5 NLP and LLMs for African Languages: How Integration of African Languages in Large Language Models Expands Market Size and Opportunities Matthias Kavuttih, Kingfisher Linguist |
| 7:30 – 10:00 PM |
Networking Dinner Jamrock Restaurant and Grill, University of Ghana, Legon |
Conference Schedule
DAY 2: FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 2026
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM GMT • AH Hotel & Conference, Boundary Road, American House, East Legon, Accra – Ghana
| Time (GMT) | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 8:55 AM | Arrival and Networking |
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM |
Session 6 Panel: Empowering the Language Workforce through Automation Kenneth Perez Nielsen, Jen Jooste, Joaquin Longhi |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 AM |
Session 7 Panel/Demo: AI Terminology for African Languages African Languages Lab & Partners |
| 11:35 – 12:40 PM |
Session 8 Is AI Localisation Ready For Africa? Johan Botha, Folio Online |
| 12:40 – 1:40 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:45 – 2:30 PM |
Session 9 From Translator to AI Trainer: Turning African Linguists into the Workforce of the Automated Future Maliki Woudouwa, Barikawords |
| 2:35 – 3:20 PM |
Session 10 Scaling Menstrual Health in Africa Through AI-Powered Localization Jade Augusto Gola, Clue App |
| 3:25 – 4:10 PM |
Session 11 Standardisation and Corpus Development as Foundation for African Languages Automation: The Case of Itón and Gumba Roseline Fleur MBALLA, RoseM AfriTransl |
| 4:15 – 5:00 PM |
Session 12 Building Future-Ready Language Professionals Through Collective Leadership David-Living K.D. Asiam, Ghana Association of Translators and Interpreters (GATI) |
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