Tag: Africa
Africa Day 2022: Developing a more equitable tech landscape for African...
Most of the nations of Africa have been politically independent of colonial powers for the better part of half a century now. Still, discussions at the intersections of language and technology often overlook the continent.
What are the most important African languages in emerging markets?
Roughly 30% of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa. The continent has an estimated 2,000 languages from over 3,000 tribes and 55 countries. But what are the African languages widely spoken in the top-10 investment prospects?
Two new languages in Microsoft Translator: Somali and Zulu
Today, Microsoft is adding two new languages to Translator’s ever-growing list of languages—Somali and Zulu! Somali and Zulu text translation is available now in...
Hiventy Group Expands in Africa, opening office in Morocco
Further to HIVENTY AFRICA setting up studios in Kenya (2019) and Nigeria (2020), HIVENTY GROUP continues its expansion throughout the continent by opening HIVENTY for North Africa based in...
ADRENALINE Studios expand into Africa, announces the acquisition of South African...
London, March 27, 2022 - ADRENALINE Studios have expanded their operations, acquiring a studio complex in Cape Town, South Africa, bringing their already impressive offering of...
Developing MT Benchmarks for Under-Resourced Languages
Machine translation (MT) systems have little difficulty translating between languages like Spanish and English or English and Chinese — but for languages with limited...
Catch the Pidgin at the BBC: Digital Flight of Fancy?
So what is pidgin, exactly? The BBC describe it as "a mix of English and local languages enabling people who do not share a common language to communicate".
Fitness Bands for Christmahanakwanzika*? Ponder the L10n
Fitness bands and devices are massively popular (I am a major offender), but that may come under pressure from other wearable tech soon (translation: smart...
Who is the Language Industry's Chocolate Apple? Comics, Technology, and Culture
I've previously written about the uptake of the comic form in technical communications and some of the translation and cultural challenges.
As part of Oracle's...
Ethnography in User Experience, the African Angle
I get to advise on global user experience (UX) stuff for Oracle applications, so I am always on the lookout for research opportunities in...
Africa Corps
We don't hear enough about African localization and technology. I've said this before, I know. So, here are a collection of links to...