By Gabriel Ewepu

ABUJA – CDIAL, a pioneer in indigenous language technology since its founding in 2022, today announced its official rebranding to Indigenius AI.

This transition marks a strategic pivot from a research-heavy solutions provider to a commercial artificial intelligence infrastructure powerhouse, offering the continent’s most precise Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) models.

Having perfected high-fidelity models for Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin, and Swahili, Indigenius AI is now scaling its engine to support 15+ additional African languages.

The rebrand unifies the company’s acclaimed products under a single, sleek company and product identity: Indigenius. Built for the scale of Enterprise AI and the soul of the Creator Economy, the Indigenius platform allows users to launch, manage, and scale real-time voice agents that understand the nuance, rhythm, and tone of local dialects.

Since 2022, CDIAL has been at the forefront of digitizing African languages and localizing digital platforms.

The company’s work has been defined by a commitment to bridging the digital divide, having spent the last four years building world-class datasets and models for Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin, and Swahili.

This journey is defined by a consistent track record of high-impact milestones that have transitioned the company from a visionary startup to a category leader. At its core, the technological foundation was built on the development of the Indigenius Keyboard and proprietary Large Language Models (LLMs), engineered specifically to prioritize local nuance and cultural context over the generic approach of global translation tools.

These innovations have not gone unnoticed; the company has been recognized by prestigious global and local institutions for its excellence in AI. Through accolades such as Nvidia Inception, the NITDA Innovation Award and participation in the Google for Startups Accelerator, Cascador, Black Ambition Prize and the Art of Technology 2025 for AI and Robotics. Indigenius continues to cement its status as the gold standard for African voice technology.

Today, that momentum continues at an unprecedented scale. Having already built enterprise models for five core languages, the engine is currently expanding to support 15+ additional African languages.

This move accelerates the company toward its ultimate goal: achieving total linguistic coverage across the continent’s major economic hubs and ensuring that no African speaker is left behind in the digital age.

According to the cofounder and CEO, Olayinka Iyinolakan, “We began in 2022 with a simple mission: to make sure technology speaks our (African) languages.

“Four years later, our models have been called ‘Indigenius’ by the community, so we are making it official. We are moving beyond translation to build the actual infrastructure of ‘Afrikan Intelligence’.

“We’ve built the technology; now we’re inviting the continent’s boldest businesses and creators to provide the soul.”

“This rebrand is a commercial sign to the African Digital Economy. Shona Olalere-Oluwatola said.

“After years of perfecting ASR and TTS for our first five core languages, we are now ready for mass-market scale. Our focus is on supporting Africans to not just learn about AI, but to use it to solve real-world customer experience and creative problems.

“We are building the ‘Mailchimp for Voice’, a platform where bringing stories and agents to life is as simple and personalized as sending bulk emails.”