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Krisp, the leader in real-time voice AI technology, today announced the launch of Accent Conversion for Africa, enabling clearer and more natural conversations across the country’s customer experience ...

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In sub-Saharan Africa, there is a multitude of foreign schools in which the children of diplomats, international civil servants, and even the children of some wealthy locals are mostly found. But the ...