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By Ernest Nutsugah, GNAAccra, April 1, GNA – Lead for Africa, a pan-African education and technology company, has launched two new applications to facilitate teaching and learning in schools.The ...

What were the new living conditions like? What type of work was allocated to the deportees? Do you think the authorities had given much thought to who should do what work? What could have motivated ...

As we celebrate International Mother Language Day on 21 February, we are reminded that South Africa’s linguistic diversity is one of our greatest cultural assets. Yet for decades, African languages ...

Editor’s note: This personal essay was written following a Twitter campaign organized by Global Voices sub-Saharan Africa and Rising Voices where each week, a different language activist shared their ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In comparison, African ...