Atnafu Lambebo Tonja

Google DeepMind Academic Fellow · University College London

44publications
7models & datasets
1repository

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Afri-MCQA: Multimodal Cultural Question Answering for African Languages

Negasi Haile Abadi, Idris Abdulmumin, David Ifeoluwa Adelani, Alham Aji, Jesujoba Alabi, Muhidin A. Mohamed, Srija Anand, Israel Abebe Azime, Nnaemeka Casmir Obiefuna, Debela Desalegn Yadeta, Imanigirimbabazi Emmanuel, Naome Etori, Gabofetswe Malema, Abigail Oppong, Kanda Patrick Tshinu, Eric Peter Wairagala, Thamar Solorio, Atnafu Tonja, Emilio Villa Cueva

arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026

AfrIFact: Cultural Information Retrieval, Evidence Extraction and Fact Checking for African Languages

Israel Abebe Azime, Jesujoba Oluwadara Alabi, Crystina Zhang, Iffat Maab, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Tadesse Destaw Belay, Folasade Peace Alabi, Salomey Osei, Saminu Mohammad Aliyu, Nkechinyere Faith Aguobi, Bontu Fufa Balcha, Blessing Sibanda, Davis David, Mouhamadane Mboup, Daud Abolade, Neo Putini, Philipp Slusallek, David Ifeoluwa Adelani, Dietrich Klakow

arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026

Ethio-ASR: Joint Multilingual Speech Recognition and Language Identification for Ethiopian Languages

Badr M. Abdullah, Israel Abebe Azime, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Jesujoba O. Alabi, Abel Mulat Alemu, Eyob G. Hagos, Bontu Fufa Balcha, Mulubrhan A. Nerea, Debela Desalegn Yadeta, Dagnachew Mekonnen Marilign, Amanuel Temesgen Fentahun, Tadesse Kebede, Israel D. Gebru, Michael Melese Woldeyohannis, Walelign Tewabe Sewunetie, Bernd Möbius, Dietrich Klakow

arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026

CaMMT: Benchmarking Culturally Aware Multimodal Machine Translation

Emilio Villa-Cueva, Sholpan Bolatzhanova, Diana Turmakhan, Kareem Elzeky, Henok Biadglign Ademtew, Alham Fikri Aji, Vladimir Araujo, Israel Abebe Azime, Jinheon Baek, Frederico Belcavello, Fermin Cristobal, Jan Christian Blaise Cruz, Mary Dabre, Raj Dabre, Toqeer Ehsan, Naome A. Etori, Fauzan Farooqui, Jiahui Geng, Guido Ivetta, Thanmay Jayakumar, Soyeong Jeong, Zheng Wei Lim, Aishik Mandal, Sofía Martinelli, Mihail Mihaylov, Daniil Orel, Aniket Pramanick, Sukannya Purkayastha, Israfel Salazar, Haiyue Song, Tiago Timponi Torrent, Debela Desalegn Yadeta, Injy Hamed, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Thamar Solorio

arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

CVQA: Culturally-diverse Multilingual Visual Question Answering Benchmark

David Romero, Chenyang Lyu, Haryo Akbarianto Wibowo, Teresa Lynn, Injy Hamed, Aditya Nanda Kishore, Aishik Mandal, Alina Dragonetti, Artem Abzaliev, Atnafu Tonja, Bontu Fufa Balcha, Chenxi Whitehouse, Christian Salamea, Dan John Velasco, David Ifeoluwa Adelani, David Le Meur, Emilio Villa-Cueva, Fajri Koto, Fauzan Farooqui, Frederico Belcavello, Ganzorig Batnasan, Gisela Vallejo, Grainne Caulfield, Guido Ivetta, Haiyue Song, Henok Biadglign Ademtew, Hernán Maina, Holy Lovenia, Israel Abebe Azime, Jan Christian Blaise Cruz, Jay Gala, Jiahui Geng, Jesus-German Ortiz-Barajas, Jinheon Baek, Jocelyn Dunstan, Laura Alonso Alemany, Kumaranage Ravindu Yasas Nagasinghe, Luciana Benotti, Luis Fernando D'Haro, Marcelo Viridiano, Marcos Estecha-Garitagoitia, María Camila Buitrago Cabrera, Mario Rodríguez-Cantelar, Mélanie Jouitteau, Mihail Mihaylov, Naome A. Etori, Mohamed Fazli Mohamed Imam, Muhammad Farid Adilazuarda, Munkhjargal Gochoo, Munkh-Erdene Otgonbold, Olivier Niyomugisha, Paula Mónica Silva, Pranjal A. Chitale, Raj Dabre, Rendi Chevi, Ruochen Zhang, Ryandito Diandaru, Samuel Cahyawijaya, Santiago Góngora, Soyeong Jeong, Sukannya Purkayastha, Tatsuki Kuribayashi, Teresa Clifford, Thanmay Jayakumar, Tiago Timponi Torrent, Toqeer Ehsan, Vladimir Araujo, Yova Kementchedjhieva, Zara Burzo, Zheng Lim, Zheng Yong, Oana Ignat, Joan Nwatu, Rada Mihalcea, Thamar Solorio, Alham Fikri Aji

2024

Cross-lingual Open-Retrieval Question Answering for African Languages

Odunayo Ogundepo, Tajuddeen Gwadabe, Clara Rivera, Jonathan Clark, Sebastian Ruder, David Ifeoluwa Adelani, Bonaventure F. P. Dossou, Abdou Aziz Diop, Claytone Sikasote, Gilles Hacheme, Happy Buzaaba, Ignatius Ezeani, Rooweither Mabuya, Salomey Osei, Chris Chinenye Emezue, Albert Njoroge Kahira, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad, Akintunde Oladipo, Abraham Owodunni, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Iyanuoluwa Shode, Akari Asai, Anuoluwapo Aremu, Ayodele Awokoya, Bernard Opoku, Chiamaka Chukwuneke, Christine Mwase, Clemencia Siro, Stephen Arthur, Tunde Ajayi, Verrah Otiende, Andre Niyongabo Rubungo, Boyd Sinkala, Daniel Ajisafe, Emeka Onwuegbuzia, Falalu Ibrahim Lawan, Ibrahim Ahmad, Jesujoba O. Alabi, Chinedu Emmanuel Mbonu, Mofetoluwa Adeyemi, Mofya Phiri, Orevaoghene Ahia, Ruqayya Nasir Iro, Sonia Adhiambo

2023

Machine Learning for Healthcare: A Bibliometric Study of Contributions from Africa

Houcemeddine Turki, Houda Sekkal, Anastassios Pouris, Francis-Alfred Michaelangelo Ifeanyichukwu, Catherine Namayega, Hanae Lrhoul, Mohamed Ali Hadj Taieb, Sadiq Adewale Adedayo, Chris Fourie, Christopher Brian Currin, Mercy Asiedu, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Abraham Toluwase Owodunni, Abdulhameed Dere, Chris Chinenye Emezue, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad, Muhammad Musa Isa, Mus'ab Banat, Mohamed Ben Aouicha

Preprints.org · 2023

MasakhaNEWS: News Topic Classification for African languages

David Ifeoluwa Adelani, Marek Masiak, Israel Abebe Azime, Jesujoba O. Alabi, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Christine Mwase, Odunayo Ogundepo, Bonaventure F. P. Dossou, Akintunde Oladipo, Doreen Nixdorf, Chris Chinenye Emezue, Sana Sabah Al-Azzawi, Blessing Sibanda, Davis David, Lolwethu Ndolela, Jonathan Mukiibi, Tunde Ajayi, Tatiana Moteu, Brian Odhiambo, Abraham Owodunni, Nnaemeka Obiefuna, Muhidin Mohamed, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad, Teshome Mulugeta Ababu, Saheed Abdullahi Salahudeen, Mesay Gemeda Yigezu, Tajuddeen Gwadabe, Idris Abdulmumin, Mahlet Taye, Oluwabusayo Olufunke Awoyomi, Iyanuoluwa Shode, Tolulope Adelani, Habiba Abdulganiyu, Abdul-Hakeem Omotayo, Adetola Adeeko, Abeeb Afolabi, Anuoluwapo Aremu, Olanrewaju Samuel, Clemencia Siro, Wangari Kimotho, Onyekachi Raphael Ogbu, Chinedu Emmanuel Mbonu, Chiamaka Chukwuneke, Samuel Fanijo, Jessica Ojo, Oyinkansola Awosan, Tadesse Kebede, Toadoum Sari Sakayo, Pamela Nyatsine, Freedmore Sidume, Oreen Yousuf, Mardiyyah Oduwole, Kanda Patrick Tshinu, Ussen Kimanuka, Thina Diko, Siyanda Nxakama, Sinodos Nigusse, Abdulmejid Tuni Johar, Shafie Abdi Mohamed, Fuad Mire Hassan, Moges Ahmed Mehamed, Evrard Ngabire, Jules Jules, Ivan Ssenkungu, Pontus Stenetorp

arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

The African Stopwords project: curating stopwords for African languages

Chris Chinenye Emezue, Hellina Hailu Nigatu, Cynthia Thinwa, Helper Zhou, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad, Lerato Louis, Idris Abdulmumin, Samuel Oyerinde, Benjamin Olusola Ajibade, Olanrewaju Samuel, Oviawe Joshua, Emeka Onwuegbuzia, Handel Emezue, Ifeoluwatayo A. Ige, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Chiamaka Chukwuneke, Bonaventure F. P. Dossou, Naome A. Etori, Mbonu Chinedu Emmanuel, Oreen Yousuf, Kaosarat Aina, Davis David

arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

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