Igbo voice over services

Because the script does not contain enough information to read aloud. Igbo is tonal — tone distinguishes one word from another — and ordinary written Igbo does not mark the tones. A native reader supplies what the page leaves out, from knowing the language. An automated system has to infer it, and it infers wrongly often enough that an Igbo listener spots it in the first sentence.

Igbo izugbe, the standard, was assembled from several dialects to serve as a common written and taught form, and it is the right choice for formal, institutional and educational material. Some speakers find it a touch stiff, so for advertising, drama or anything meant to feel warm and local, a regional variety often lands better. Tell us the audience and the tone and we will recommend rather than defaulting.

No. Nigeria's three major languages divide broadly by region — Igbo in the south-east, Hausa in the north, Yoruba in the south-west — with English as the official language across the country. A national campaign generally needs all three, and often English as well. We record each with its own native talent and can schedule them together, which costs less than separate commissions.

The tone problem runs in the opposite direction. Yoruba writes its tones with accent marks, and the difficulty is that fonts and systems strip them, so correct copy arrives damaged. Igbo generally does not write them at all, so the script was never unambiguous to begin with. Both end up needing a native reader who knows the word before they see it, but for different reasons.

Small — one voice on the books at the moment, and we are actively recruiting. We would rather tell you now than at shortlist stage. In practice we treat every Igbo brief as a casting job: you give us the register and the audience, we go to our wider Nigerian network, and we come back with bespoke auditions.

Not on the roster at the moment — our current Igbo voice is male. If your project needs a female read, say so when you brief us and we will go to our wider network and come back honestly about what we can arrange and in what timeframe.

Yes, and for Igbo that is the arrangement — our talent records through our global network rather than in our London studios. You can direct live over Source-Connect, Zoom or Teams, so you hear takes as they happen and can adjust on the spot.

Advertising and consumer campaigns, public-health and civic information, financial-inclusion and agricultural content, eLearning and training, broadcast and radio, drama and Nollywood work, and community messaging for Igbo-speaking audiences in Nigeria and the diaspora.

Whatever your project needs — broadcast-standard WAV, MP3 or split stems, at the sample rate, bit depth and loudness (LUFS) you specify. Share your delivery spec and we'll match it.