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I'm Josué Godeme. A Student at Dartmouth who loves to solve hard problems, explore the world, and capture moments through a lens.

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I grew up in Benin, a tiny country in West Africa. I ranked first in my national high school diploma (baccalauréat) with the 2nd highest score in the history of the exam in my country. This allowed me to attend Dartmouth College, where I now study computer science and minor in Mandarin Chinese. I speak four languages—English, French, Chinese, and Adja. At Dartmouth, I am a King Scholar and a Stamps Scholar.

I believe that technology, when used well and adapted to local contexts, can be powerful in solving problems and improving lives. That's what I want to do—build products that help people solve problems and improve their lives.

I built Echo, a speech-focused language learning app where you get an AI tutor to help you practice the language through voice. I've built a bunch of other projects during my time at Dartmouth. Currently, I'm obsessed with AI in education and languages. I want to make AI understand the languages of the rest of the world—languages that my parents and millions of others across Asia and Africa speak. But I'm also deeply interested in running AI models on the edge (devices like the Raspberry Pi) and mobile (like the iPhone). Why? Because it's amazing that you can package such a vast amount of knowledge in those small LLMs, and I think this is crucial for education, especially in under-resourced areas.

Josué.

Honors & Awards

Stamps Scholarship

June 2024 – Present

Stamps Foundation

I was selected as 1 of 7 recipients from my class, out of over 400,000 national applicants. This scholarship supports my leadership and research projects, specifically funding my work on the Adja-language corpus and AI-enabled instruction.

King Scholarship

Sept 2022 – Present

King Philanthropies & Dartmouth College

I was selected as 1 of 7 recipients from a class of 1,200+ students. This prestigious full-ride scholarship includes leadership development and supports students committed to alleviating poverty.

Davis Peace Project

Jun 2024 – Aug 2024

Project for Peace & Dickey Center

I won a competitive $10,000 grant awarded to only 2 Dartmouth students. I used this funding to organize language documentation workshops in Benin, creating the first-ever translation dataset for the Adja language.

Bosworth Award

Sept 2025 – Present

Dickey Center for International Understanding

I was one of 4 students recognized for excellence in international affairs and leadership. I received this for building cross-regional collaboration to expand educational access and language preservation in Africa.

National High School Diploma Top Scorer

June 2021

Ministry of Education, Republic of Benin

I ranked #1 as the top graduate among 80,000+ candidates nationwide. I achieved the 2nd highest average score in the entire history of the Republic of Benin.