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

Evans Atompoya, George Boateng, Patrick Agyeman-Budu, Philemon Badu, Samuel Ansah, Samuel John, Victor Wumbor-Apin Kumbol

An AI-powered WhatsApp bot provides accessible science learning support and assessments for West African secondary students.

arxiv:2605.15376 v1 · 2026-05-14 · cs.CL · cs.CY

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Adesua leverages WhatsApp's widespread adoption in Africa to provide accessible, curriculum-aligned learning support for Junior High School and Senior High School students across West Africa, with a 6-month feasibility deployment showing a helpfulness score of 93.75% for AI-generated answers.

C2weakest assumption

That the small number of user ratings (n=16 out of 56 active users) and lack of independent accuracy checks on the AI responses are sufficient to support claims of high perceived usefulness and potential for scalable personalized learning support.

C3one line summary

Development and 6-month feasibility study of a WhatsApp AI teaching assistant for West African science education, reporting 93.75% helpfulness from 16 ratings among 56 users.

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[1] https://foondamate.com/ (2026), https://foondamate.com/, ac- cessed: 2026-02-03 2026

[2] Rori is an AI-powered virtual math tutor developed by Rising Academies for improving mathematics learning outcomes 2026

[3] In: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education 2024

[4] Asia-Pacific Science Education9(1), 44–74 (2023) 2023

[5] Education and Information Technologies29(14), 18621–18642 (2024) 2024

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arxiv: 2605.15376 · arxiv_version: 2605.15376v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.15376 · pith_short_12: GCMG72XVFYQU · pith_short_16: GCMG72XVFYQULGKI · pith_short_8: GCMG72XV

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