Adesua: Development and Feasibility Study of an AI WhatsApp Bot for Science Learning in West Africa

ArXi:2605.15376v1 Announce Type: new Sub-Saharan Africa faces persistently high student-teacher ratios and shortages of qualified teachers, limiting students' access to personalized learning and formative assessment. To address this challenge, we present Adesua, a WhatsApp-based AI Teaching Assistant for science education that extends the Kwame for Science platform. Adesua leverages WhatsApp's widespread adoption in Africa to provide accessible, curriculum-aligned learning for Junior High School (JHS) and Senior High School (SHS) students across West Africa.