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Should everyone in South Africa speak an African Language?
07/07/2014Recently, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters Party in South Africa stated that all white South Africans should learn an African language to create more unity in the country. Website AllAfrica asked five South African youths about their opinion on the matter. In the middle of June, Julius Malema made his first appearance in…
More InfoThe Russian Language and the African Continent
30/06/2014When people in Africa get the chance to learn a foreign language, most students on the continent opt for a language such as English, French or even Chinese to increase their prospects on the job market. The Russian language, however, is often ignored as the Russian ties with Africa are not that strong. The development…
More InfoNew Online Encyclopaedia to Preserve African Culture
23/06/2014In many African countries, youths are abandoning their native villages and moving to the city. In this process, many African traditions are slowly being forgotten, which means entire cultures are in danger of becoming extinct. Thankfully, a new online project has been created to put this development to a halt. Smack in the forests of…
More InfoRwandan App Seeks to Teach African Languages through Crowd-Sourced Translation
03/06/2014Wow! Exciting news out of Rwanda! Jifunza, a local startup., is going to be launching a language learning app which will use crowd-sourced translations to help teach people African languages. The game-based mobile app which is called Menya will work by providing users with templates to create lessons for users wanting to learn an African…
More InfoLocalization on the cards for Spotify in Africa?
03/06/2014News today from Human IPO that Spotify and Vodacom are discussing a potential partnership which would see the music streaming service launch in Africa. The original report from Bloomberg states that Vodacom will offer wireless customers subscriptions which will include some free data to access Spotify. Vodacom has 31.5 million customers in South Africa alone…
More InfoChinese Language Lesson Pilot in Lagos
27/05/2014Recently, the government in Lagos revealed the start of a new pilot that will be held in five different schools in the country. According to Codewit World News the subject involved in this pilot will be… Chinese language lesson! This week, the Lagos state Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayina Oladunjoye, stated that in 2013, a…
More InfoThe South Sudan Language Issue
14/05/2014Even though they are not the mother tongue of many people in South Sudan, the country’s media often uses the English or Arabic languages meaning many miss out on a lot of important information. In an article on Radio Mazuj, Daniel van Oudenaren states that the crisis in South Sudan has influenced the media sector…
More InfoStarting Anew: the Amizagh People of Libya
08/05/2014After their culture has been oppressed by the Gadaffi government for decades, the Amizagh people are finally able to show their true colours. Al Jazeera recently discussed the Amizagh and their culture which we thought was a nice follow on to our blog “Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity in Libya“. The Amizagh are a minority group…
More InfoMultilingual ERP Systems Needed for African Business Success
06/05/2014Enterprises that are planning to expand their activities to the African continent should take a closer look at their enterprise resource planning: ensuring that their ERP system approaches consumers in their own language can positively influence their success. According to Taryn Cromie, many companies that wish to expand their business turn their eyes to Africa….
More Info5 HumanIPO Articles Illustrasting the Digitization of African languages
29/04/2014African languages have long been under-represented online and in the digital space. This however is changing and we here at African Language Solutions predict the next big internet boom will come from the continent, pushing local languages into the digital space. The “home to African tech” website, HumanIPO, is the place to keep an eye…
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