Awarri or TrustAm Data? A fair comparison for Nigerian AI data.
Both companies are Lagos-based and work on Nigerian-language AI data, but they do different things. Here is what each one publicly focuses on, so you can pick the right partner, or use both.
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What Awarri publicly focuses on.
Awarri · Lagos, Nigeria
Builds voice AI and language-data platforms for Yorùbá, Hausa, Igbo and Pidgin, including Langeasy (crowdsourced language data) and RootLens (visual data), and offers labelling, annotation and RLHF services. The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy announced N-ATLAS, an open multilingual language model, in September 2025 and named Awarri as the company powering it.
Source: Awarri website
The same questions, both answers.
- Main focus
- Awarri: Voice AI and language-data platforms for Nigerian languages; labelling, annotation and RLHF (per its site). TrustAm Data: Collecting new video and speech data to order.
- Video
- Awarri: RootLens visual data platform (per its site). TrustAm Data: Head-mounted video of skilled trades with IMU, hand pose and action labels.
- Languages
- Awarri: Yorùbá, Hausa, Igbo and Pidgin (per its site). TrustAm Data: Nigerian Pidgin, Yorùbá, Igbo, Hausa, Nigerian English.
- Contributors
- Awarri: See Awarri’s site for its methods. TrustAm Data: BVN or NIN + live selfie before any paid task; paid per approved minute.
- How to start
- Awarri: Contact Awarri through its site. TrustAm Data: Free 10-hour sample to your spec, then a paid pilot.
Choose Awarri if…
- You want a Nigerian-language AI platform or model work, not just raw data
- You need labelling, annotation or RLHF services on data you already have
- You are building on the N-ATLAS open model announced by the Federal Government
Choose TrustAm Data if…
- You need first-person (egocentric) video of skilled trades for robotics or video models
- You need speech collected to your own spec, with an ID-checked speaker behind every voice
- You want a free sample recorded to your spec before you commit
Where these facts come from.
Buyers usually ask.
Is TrustAm Data a competitor to Awarri?
Partly. Both work on Nigerian-language data. Awarri publicly focuses on language AI platforms and data services; we focus on collecting new egocentric video and speech to order. Many buyers could use both.
Did TrustAm Data work on N-ATLAS?
No. The Federal Ministry’s announcement names Awarri as powering N-ATLAS. TrustAm Data has no part in it.
How do I compare quotes?
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Email [email protected] with the data type, hours, languages or trades, labels and format. Pricing is quoted per approved hour after scoping.