Translation Africa Blog - October 2015
Ethiopia Airlines Now Speaks the Chinese Language
25/10/2015As well as language being a potential barrier to business for those looking to come into Africa, it can also hinder African businesses capturing foreign business. Recognising this, Ethiopia Airlines is investing in Chinese speaking staff to entice Yen spending tourists in the country. According to news outlets such as Yahoo!, Chinese crew members will be…
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Microsoft bet on Swahili language to break African market
23/10/2015Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet in Africa, launching Swahili text translation within Microsoft Translator, the first African language to be offered by the company. Translation into Swahili (or Kiswahili) will be available throughout the Microsoft Translator ecosystem of supported products allowing users to access it when needing translation help. This includes Bing, Microsoft Office, (Word, Word…
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Language barrier holding back Francophone startups in Africa
17/10/2015Is the language barrier in Africa holding back innovations and startups coming out of Francophone countries? This is the question investigated by Paul Adepoju on Ventureburn. According to his article, startups coming out of countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana gain continent-wide attention. However, very little is said about developments coming out of…
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Facebook Localize into Kinyarawanda
17/10/2015Facebook continue their drive into Africa, now with news that Rwandans will from next week be able to use the social media platform in their own language, Kinyarawanda. The new Kinyarwanda version of Facebook will be launched at the Transform Africa Summit which will take place in the capital city Kigali. “The new Kinyarwanda version will be applicable…
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Local languages must be central to education in Ghana
09/10/2015More calls in Ghana from stakeholders within the education system to make local languages central to education . The voices across the continent for education in indigenous languages is getting louder and louder. Speakers were expressing opinions at a stakeholders’ meeting in Tamale, the first stop in a road show of meetings across Ghana to get…
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