Funding to support Aya Data’s vision of leading AI excellence in Africa through scaling their AyaGrow and AyaSpeech products, enhance its talent pipeline, and continue its high-revenue journey towards profitability in 2025
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Accra, Ghana — Aya Data, the B2B AI solutions provider that offers solutions across the entire AI lifecycle from data collection and annotation to deployment and optimisation, is pleased to announce a successful and oversubscribed seed round raise of $900,000 – $650,000 equity and $250,000 debt. The round was led by prominent early-stage investor 54 Collective and joined by significant angel investors within the African tech ecosystem.
An African business serving global markets, Aya Data’s vision is to be the leader of AI excellence in Africa by cultivating world-class talent and delivering unparalleled value to international markets through client-focused scalable AI solutions.
The funds will be used to:
● Continue scaling the venture’s AyaGrow and AyaSpeech products, developed specifically for African markets
● Enhance its talent pipeline and technical team
● Build on Aya Data’s high-revenue journey towards profitability in 2025
AyaGrow is a crop and field monitoring solution that empowers commercial and smallholder farmers through AI-driven precision agriculture, increasing productivity and profitability, and contributing to food security and sustainability across the continent.
AyaSpeech is an end-to-end speech-to-speech solution that allows businesses, consumers, and governments to interact in spoken, local African languages, unlocking access to and for underserved and previously excluded demographics who do not speak or write European languages.
“We are thrilled that 54 Collective and our angel investors have put their confidence in our vision for the future of African tech. Our commitment goes beyond just putting Africa on the global AI map; we’re dedicated to building local expertise that can leverage AI to tackle the continent’s most pressing challenges. By harnessing the power of AI, we aim
to drive sustainable growth across Africa, creating innovative solutions that address unique local needs while fostering a new generation of African tech leaders,” says Ama Larbi-Siaw, Aya Data Co-founder and COO.
According to Ahunna Ogunedo, Investment Manager at 54 Collective, Aya Data is a frontrunner in AI innovation across Africa, with the team having shown remarkable growth and momentum since inception.
“At 54 Collective, we are highly impressed by Aya Data’s strong traction, particularly their ability to secure early market validation from prominent corporate clients. Their agility and responsiveness to evolving market demands have positioned them well for continued success in the dynamic AI landscape. The leadership team’s proven track record in driving innovation, fostering sustainable growth, and enhancing performance aligns seamlessly with Aya Data’s mission. We are excited to support their future growth as a leader in AI across Africa,” Ogunedo says.
Aya Data’s model is to hire high-potential persons into low and medium-skill roles such as data collection, annotation, and processing, and transition them into high-skill technical roles like data engineering and data science through a proprietary development methodology.
The venture’s approach builds a robust local talent pipeline. It also ensures that, beyond impact through job-creation, Aya Data’s bespoke AI solutions are developed with a deep understanding of both African contexts and global standards.
As a result, Aya Data is not only uniquely positioned to deliver culturally nuanced yet globally competitive AI products and services but it sits at the cusp of an exciting trajectory for AI companies in Africa.
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About Aya Data: Founded by Ama Larbi-Siaw and Freddie Monk in 2020, Aya Data is at the forefront of data science and AI solutions. We specialise in helping organisations across industries − including medical, retail, utilities, agriculture, and geospatial − unlock the full potential of their data. Our comprehensive services span the entire Data Science and AI value chain, from data collection and annotation to model development, deployment and optimisation. With expertise in computer vision, natural language processing, and statistical modelling, we deliver innovative solutions ranging from chatbots to AI-powered farm management systems.
At Aya Data, we pride ourselves on exceptional customer service, affordability, data security, and high-quality business outcomes. Our unwavering commitment to quality, backed by ISO, GDPR, and SOC2 compliant standards, ensures we consistently exceed client expectations in the rapidly evolving world of AI and data science.