If your audience speaks Kiswahili, your film should too. Afrovo Studios provides native Kiswahili voiceover, subtitles and full video translation for NGOs, health programmes, e-learning companies and international producers working in East Africa.

Services

• Kiswahili voiceover by native speakers.
• African English voiceover with authentic Kenyan and East African accents.
• Subtitles in Kiswahili and English, delivered as caption files or burned in.
• Translation and adaptation of scripts, so the message lands culturally as well as linguistically.
• Versioning of existing films: new voiceover, translated graphics and subtitles.
• Interviews in Kiswahili during filming, without an interpreter between your team and the community.

Voiceover or subtitles?

Subtitles keep the original voices and cost less. They work well on social media, where many people watch without sound. Voiceover reaches people who do not read comfortably, works for radio and community screenings, and suits training and health content where the audience needs to follow instructions. Many projects use both: subtitles for social, voiceover for community screenings.

Human voices, checked by native speakers

AI voice tools can now produce a basic Kiswahili reading. They still make mistakes with pronunciation, register and the way Kenyans actually speak, including code-switching between Kiswahili and English. For anything public, we use professional voice talent and a native-speaker review. If you want a fast AI draft for internal review first, we can do that too and will say so clearly.

Quotes

We quote by finished minute or by script, depending on volume, turnaround and usage rights. Send us your script or video and we will reply with a quote.

Related: Kiswahili voiceover or subtitles? and NGO video production.

Frequently asked questions

Which other languages can you provide?

Kiswahili and English are our core languages. We can arrange other East African languages through trusted partners; tell us the language and we will confirm what is possible before quoting.

How fast is delivery?

It depends on length and the number of languages. Tell us your deadline when you send the script.

Planning a film? Tell us what you need and when. We will come back to you with questions or a quote. Start a project or email dennis@afrovostudios.com.