A Few Thousand Translations Go a Long Way! Leveraging Pre-trained Models for African News Translation

1 code implementation • 4 May 2022 • David Ifeoluwa Adelani, Jesujoba Oluwadara Alabi, Angela Fan, Julia Kreutzer, Xiaoyu Shen, Machel Reid, Dana Ruiter, Dietrich Klakow, Peter Nabende, Ernie Chang, Tajuddeen Gwadabe, Freshia Sackey, Bonaventure F. P. Dossou, Chris Chinenye Emezue, Colin Leong, Michael Beukman, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad, Guyo Dub Jarso, Oreen Yousuf, Andre Niyongabo Rubungo, Gilles Hacheme, Eric Peter Wairagala, Muhammad Umair Nasir, Benjamin Ayoade Ajibade, Tunde Oluwaseyi Ajayi, Yvonne Wambui Gitau, Jade Abbott, Mohamed Ahmed, Millicent Ochieng, Anuoluwapo Aremu, Perez Ogayo, Jonathan Mukiibi, Fatoumata Ouoba Kabore, Godson Koffi Kalipe, Derguene Mbaye, Allahsera Auguste Tapo, Victoire Memdjokam Koagne, Edwin Munkoh-Buabeng, Valencia Wagner, Idris Abdulmumin, Ayodele Awokoya, Happy Buzaaba, Blessing Sibanda, Andiswa Bukula, Sam Manthalu

We focus on two questions: 1) How can pre-trained models be used for languages not included in the initial pre-training?

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Misinformation detection in Luganda-English code-mixed social media text

no code implementations • 31 Mar 2021 • Peter Nabende, David Kabiito, Claire Babirye, Hewitt Tusiime, Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende

The increasing occurrence, forms, and negative effects of misinformation on social media platforms has necessitated more misinformation detection tools.

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Ontology Driven Disease Incidence Detection on Twitter

no code implementations • 21 Nov 2016 • Mark Abraham Magumba, Peter Nabende

In this work we address the issue of generic automated disease incidence monitoring on twitter.