Building an AI Tutor for 40 Million Ethiopian Students Who Learn in Amharic

When I tell people that 40 million Ethiopian students don't have access to quality tutoring, they're shocked. When I explain that most of them learn in Amharic—not English—the tech community suddenly goes quiet. This is the reality I've been wrestling with as a developer in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia has one of the largest student populations in Africa, but educational resources are scarce, expensive, and almost exclusively in English. Meanwhile, most students think and learn in their native languag...