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SYNTHAVIA CORE
The community
engine.
Where curious minds become practitioners: workshops, cohorts, mentorship and open-source projects across Abia.
Join Core →✦
ABIA, NIGERIA · EST. 2025
Building Africa's AI future
from Abia.
We train the talent, run the research, and ship AI that works for African realities.
Nnoo. Welcome. Make we build am together.
ABAbase signal
Umuahia
Enugu
Lagos
Accra
Local roots. Networked intelligence.
⌁ Each figure carries its source. Anything still in audit renders as an em dash until an owner signs it off in the admin.
One mandate
Build talent.
Do the research.
Ship useful tools.
An innovation ecosystem designed for the conditions our communities actually live in: patchy data, low-end devices, and languages the big labs skip.
The community
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SYNTHAVIA LAB
Research that
meets the field.
Open datasets, small models and applied tools for agriculture, education, language and enterprise.
Explore the Lab →⌁
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SYNTHAVIA PROGRAMS
Paths into
African AI.
Fellowship, Internship and Accelerator tracks that turn intent into a shipped artefact.
View programs →↗
02 — FROM THE LAB
Research with
receipts.
Every project states what it can claim today — and what it cannot yet claim.
91.2%TOP-1 ACCURACY● OFFLINE-FIRST
AGRICULTURE · DEPLOYED
Cassava Disease Vision
An offline phone model that tells a smallholder farmer whether a cassava leaf shows mosaic disease, brown streak, or nothing at all.
- 1.4s
- on a ₦25,000 Android device
- 40
- farms across three Abia LGAs
⌁ Harvest-loss data is not yet available. We will publish it after the November 2026 season comparison.
03 — PROGRAMS
Three doors into
African AI.
One application. Three tracks. We read every submission and reply to all of them — including the no's.
Fellowship
For emerging researchers and engineers ready for deep, structured work.
12 WEEKS · HYBRIDInternship
For early-career builders who want to leave with a real, shipped artefact.
8 WEEKS · REMOTE + ABAAccelerator
For AI-first founders solving a specific African problem.
10 WEEKS · COHORT04 — IN THE ROOM
Where the
ecosystem meets.
The flagship AI of Things summit, monthly Core meetups, study jams and demo days.
Explore all events →UPCOMING
No confirmed
upcoming events.
AI of Things 2027 and the next Core cohort are in planning. We publish a date only when the venue is booked.
05 — PARTNERSHIPS
Back the ecosystem
while it is being built.
Fund a cohort. Host a lab. Sponsor AI of Things. Open a hiring pipeline. We build the fit together.
Start a conversation →◇00
CURRENT PARTNERS
Room for the right ones.
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YOUR TURN
There is a place
for your signal.
Whether you are learning, researching, building, hiring or funding — start from where you are.
07 — IN THEIR WORDS
What members
actually say.
SAY HELLO
In whichever
language you prefer.
English, Pidgin and Igbo are all welcome. A reply goes to the inbox that owns your question.