13-06-2022

The Judiciary of the Republic of Tanzania has entrusted the automatic transcription and translation of court sessions in the Country’s main cities to Almawave, a leading Italian company in Artificial Intelligence (AI), natural language analysis and Big Data solutions. The company is listed on the Euronext Growth Milan market (Ticker: AIW) and is part of AlmavivA Group.

The Italian company has been selected to automate transcriptions and translations between Swahili and English for court sessions in the African country. The framework agreement will last four years. The first twelve months of the contract are worth Euro 1,1 million.

The overall programme set up by the African institution is known as Citizen-Centric Judicial Modernization and Justice Service Delivery and is funded by the World Bank, through the International Development Association (IDA) for investments in the justice system to improve the efficiency of the courts and modernise their administration from an e-Justice perspective and forms part of a larger fund worth USD 155 million.

Valeria Sandei, Chief Executive Officer of Almawave: “This is an initiative that gives me immense satisfaction. It highlights the unique character of the company, which is able to contribute to the processes of modernisation and compete at an international level in line with the strategy we have set out. Almawave has demonstrated that it possesses a wealth of skills that are capable of supporting a high-profile organisation – in the Judiciary of Tanzania – which is vital for the development of the Country and committed to making judicial process management increasingly efficient, fast, transparent and sustainable. Our vertical knowledge of the public sector and the quality of our speech AI technology in Swahili and English – especially in this complex application area – were key in setting us apart. The project is designed to make a significant, people-centred impact through the use of AI technology, and is also very much in line with the Digital Agenda 2030, which further guides our work”.