In February and March 2026, Google made two distinct African language AI moves — the WAXAL open speech dataset for 21 languages and AI Overviews for 13 African languages in Search. Together they define what tech companies think African AI localisation looks like. The gap between 13 and 2,000 is the story.
Google’s African AI Push: 13 Languages Get AI Search, 21 Get Open Speech Data — But 2,000+ Are Still Waiting
