The protocol

The protocol for African language AI.

A tokenizer, a consented data network, payments and an app, built as one stack. Members record, choose who can use each recording and are paid. Models read their languages in fewer tokens.

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Built so each layer feeds the next: the tokenizer cuts the premium, the network gathers consented recordings, payments reward every accepted minute, and the app puts the choice in the member's hand.

The tokenizer

32,000 African word pieces on Gemma 3's tokenizer: fewer tokens than 12 other tokenizers on all 12 Tier 1 languages.

Nzinga Tokenizer page preview

The consented network

Members record their own languages and choose, recording by recording, who can use each one.

Nzinga Network page preview

Fair pay

Paid per accepted minute of your own voice, plus a share of licensing revenue. Rates are set per market at launch.

Pay rules
Member
Partner
Item
Member
Partner
Recording
Accepted minute
paid
licensed
Licence share
share
pays it
Only me
not paid
no access
Invites and payouts
Starting invites
3
—
Per accepted hour
+1 invite
—
Unused, at most
10
—
Rate
set at launch
on request
Payout
mobile money
—

Try the app

Record, choose who can use it, get paid. Sign in with any number and code 482917.

Features

How the tokenizer, network, pay and app fit

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Light and dark modes

Nzinga Electric in both themes: black and white grounds, magenta for display, Volt for action and money.

01
Swahili
1.35x
8.4% fewer
02
Hausa
1.43x
6.6% fewer
03
Yoruba
1.98x
7.8% fewer
04
Tier 1 average
1.55x
21% lower

Token results

Premiums against English on FLORES+ devtest, read from the results files. Nothing on this site is estimated.

Phone number
any number
Invite code
8 characters
Send the code

Invite-only join flow

Phone number, a six-digit code and an invite code from a member. Codes expire after 10 minutes.

Wallet · this week · demo
Accepted minutes · invites · licence share · payouts

Pay that reads like a ledger

An append-only ledger in whole minor units, so totals never drift. Payouts are confirmed by SMS.

Recording r1-demo · Yoruba
3:12
Recorded
Chosen
Sent
Reviewed
Paid

Three product pages

Tokenizer, Network and App, each with live figures, interface cards, feature rows and an FAQ.

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HQ Protocol
Maintains the protocol
Partners · research, data and languages

Company and partners

About, Partners and a role page with the principles, the sovereignty scorecard and open roles.

Welcome to Nzinga

Start with your own language, on the phone you have

Read the tokenizer results, then try the app. Every recording you make carries your own choice, start to end.

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On your terms

Choose who can use each recording, change it any time, and withdraw it whenever you want. You keep what you were paid.