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Masakhane News Dataset (Krio)

Krio(kri)TextClassificationWest Africa
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Dataset Info

Language
Krio (kri)
Modality
Text
Domain
News
Size
—
Institution
"Masakhane NLP"
Last Updated
9 Jul 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierCC-BY-4.0

Open — attribution required; commercial use allowed.

RedistributionYes

PII RISK

Low risk

Full Record

26 of 46 fields stated

Every column the registry tracks. Values marked derivedwere filled by a rule or read from the source's text rather than stated in its metadata; the rule or the quoted sentence is shown under the value.

Registry columns (22/27)

iso code
kri
Dataset name
Masakhane News Dataset (Krio)
Modality
Text
Type
dataset
Link
https://github.com/masakhane-io/masakhane-news
NLP Task
Classification
Domain
News
Data Format
Not stated
Size Metric
Articles
Size Value
Not stated
License
CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
Open
Source Repository
GitHub
Year Published
2023
Creator/Author(s)
"Masakhane NLP"
Funder/Partner
"Masakhane"
Dialect Coverage
Standard
Gender Balance
Not stated
Speaker Count
Not stated
Annotation Type
Human
Status
Active
Has Datasheet
Yes
PII Risk
Low
Consent Verified
Not stated
Verified By
Ronke
Date Indexed
2026-07-09
Notes / Flags
Verified multilingual African news dataset with Krio.

Quality (DQI) (3/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
Not stated
SPDX License ID
CC-BY-4.0
Redistribution Allowed?
Yes
Content Hash
Not stated
Submitted By
Not stated
Fetch Date
2026-07-09
Last Updated Date
Not stated
Annotation Guidelines Available?
Not stated
IAA Score
Not stated
Cleaning Notes
Not stated
Benchmark Exists?
Not stated
Benchmark Citation
Not stated

Representativeness (DRI) (1/7)

Gender Distribution
Not stated
Region Coverage
Not stated
Region Distribution
Not stated
Age Range Coverage
Not stated
Register
Not stated
Marginalized Group Note
Not stated
Demographic Fields Reported Count
0

Readiness Score Breakdown

5/5
Data Coverage100%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks100%
Documentation84%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://github.com/masakhane-io/masakhane-news
Fetch Timestamp
9 Jul 2026
Content Hash
—

Audit Log

Record indexed from GitHub

9 Jul 2026

Source status: Active

9 Jul 2026

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