African languages

African languages voice-over

Africa speaks many hundreds of languages. This page helps you find the right one, and we confirm native voice availability for your language before we quote.

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Samples

We send African languages samples chosen for your script.

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Human
Real human voices
Every voice is a professional actor in a booth. No synthetic voices.
Native
Their first language
Cast from speakers who grew up with the language your audience speaks.
Directed
A director on every line
We listen for meaning, pace and pronunciation in the session, not after it.

African languages voices

No public African languages demos yet. We record samples on your own lines instead.

Samples on your own lines

Send a few lines of your script and we come back with African languages voices reading them.

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What African languages voice-over is hired for

West Africa
Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Wolof and others, with English and French in business.
East Africa
Swahili, Amharic, Somali, Oromo, Luganda and others.
Southern Africa
Zulu, Xhosa, Shona, Sesotho and Setswana.

Typical projects

Telecoms and mobile money providers
NGOs and health agencies
Banks and consumer brands
Media producers

African languages in a voice-over brief

Africa has well over a thousand languages, and no single voice can stand in for them. National languages such as Swahili and Amharic reach millions, while regional languages such as Hausa, Yoruba, Wolof and Zulu serve large communities. The brief should name the country, the language, the medium and the register. We confirm which native voices are available before quoting any African-language project.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a African languages session.

Name the country, not just the language
The same language is spoken differently across borders. The brief should name the audience.
Many audiences are multilingual
Campaigns often use several languages together.
Small voice pools
Availability is confirmed before quoting.

What casting decides in African languages

National language or local language
Reach and trust differ.
Radio or digital
Format shapes the read.

How we work

Casting
We shortlist voices for your language, audience and tone, and explain the difference between them. You choose, and approve a written quote.
Direction
A director runs the session against your brief: meaning, pace and every agreed pronunciation. You can listen in remotely.
Delivery
Every file is checked against the script word by word and technically, then delivered in your format and naming.

What decides the price

No price list: every quote is written for your project and states usage and the delivery date.

Length: Word count or running time of the finished audio.
Use and territory: Internal, online or broadcast; where it runs and for how long.
Voice: Some languages and voice profiles are scarcer than others.
Picture and files: Recording to timecode, splitting and naming add work.