The language industry in Africa is rapidly evolving. As CEO of Kabod Localization Services (KLS), I witness the immense potential—yet also the intense disruption—brought by AI, machine translation, and digital technologies. By 2025, AI-powered translation tools are projected...
Last weekend marked an exciting milestone for Kabod Localization Services (KLS), as we showcased our pioneering work in the language industry during the DTI Jobs and Opportunities Fair 2025, held on July 18th and 19th at the University...
.Kabod Group partners with Mobile Web Ghana to organise the 2nd edition of Online Work Africa Summit ’25 to Champion Remote Opportunities. Accra, Ghana — July 21, 2025 Kabod Group International, a leading African EdTech and language service...
On June 29–30, Lelapa AI hosted the groundbreaking Vulavula API Hackathon, a high-impact event where developers from across Africa built cutting-edge multilingual AI solutions using the Vulavula API. This hackathon showcased how African technologists are solving local challenges...
The Bureau of Translation and Interpretation (BTI) , in collaboration with Kabod Group and Gazania Amara Montessori School, hosted a thought-provoking webinar titled “The Role of Translation in Environmental Advocacy.” The event brought together experts from diverse fields...
The Ghana Association of Translators and Interpreters (GATI) and Sopodiva Training Centre hosted a successful webinar on June 1, 2024, titled “Empower Your Freelance Career: Strategies for Branding, Marketing, and Communication.” The event aimed to equip freelance language...
There are many things that linguists can offer in the AI era. the type of input given to machines, suggesting what type could be appropriate for a given task, and showing machine learning metrics. Though there are other...
The Ami Series, authored by Ami D. Christelle Zami and published by Bolingo Consult , has received endorsement from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) as supplementary material for Basic 1-3 levels in Ghanaian schools. The...
When I first joined the Catalyst Fund programme under the Shift the Power initiative as part of the Research and Learning Coordination Team, I thought I understood what ‘shifting power’ meant. Like many others, I believed it was...
Why Africa’s solutions must be led by those who breathe its complexities Imagine a $500,000 “sustainable agriculture” consultancy in Kenya, led by experts from Geneva who’ve never farmed in arid soil. Their report—filled with technical jargon and imported...
The language industry in Africa is full of untapped opportunities. Kabod has ventured on a journey of identifying, documenting and highlighting inspiring stories and innovative projects from entrepreneurs, researchers and freelancers in the translation, interpretation and natural language...
Have your parents ever rewarded you with some toffees or money just because you did your homework well? How did you feel? Let me guess! You were very happy and made up your mind to always do your...
The language industry in Africa is full of untapped opportunities. Kabod has ventured on a journey of identifying, documenting and highlighting inspiring stories and innovative projects from entrepreneurs, researchers and freelancers in the translation, interpretation and natural language...
The language industry in Africa is full of untapped opportunities. Kabod has ventured on a journey of identifying, documenting and highlighting inspiring stories and innovative projects from entrepreneurs, researchers and freelancers in the translation, interpretation and natural language...
Today, Artificial intelligence (AI) translation technologies have been the solution for many globetrotters to travel to any country even if they do not understand the language spoken there. Businesses are reaching diverse nationals with their services or products...
Africa is a multilingual continent with diverse and numerous languages. According to the 2018 edition of the Ethnologue Global Dataset, we have 2143 living languages as well as over 8000 dialects in Africa, which is therefore the most...
The language industry in Africa is full of untapped opportunities. Kabod has ventured on a journey of identifying, documenting and highlighting inspiring stories and innovative projects from entrepreneurs, researchers and freelancers in the translation, interpretation and natural language...
The language industry in Africa is full of untapped opportunities. Kabod has ventured on a journey of identifying, documenting and highlighting inspiring stories and innovative projects from entrepreneurs, researchers and freelancers in the translation, interpretation and natural language...
The language industry in Africa is full of untapped opportunities. Kabod has ventured on a journey of identifying, documenting and highlighting inspiring stories and innovative projects from entrepreneurs, researchers and freelancers in the translation, interpretation and natural language...
Machine Translation (MT) is a computational linguistics and language engineering technique that uses software to translate text/speech from one language to another. This occurs by feeding a text to a computer algorithm that translates it automatically into another...
BACKGROUND Multilingualism Week Celebration began as the International Translation Day in Ghana in 2017 at the Ghana Institute of Languages. A students’ initiative that sought to bring together language enthusiasts—students, lecturers and professionals to discuss topics related to...
People volunteer everywhere, every single day, in all domains. It is estimated that over 1 billion people volunteer worldwide. People volunteer for several reasons, but there is one overarching element for everyone — service. The beauty of volunteering...
On entend souvent cette phrase : « Il/elle a du talent. » Elle est généralement prononcée avec admiration, comme si le talent était une sorte de passe VIP pour réussir dans la vie. Comme si Dieu, en déposant...
A new UN report on artificial intelligence includes a world map that every African language professional, policymaker and technologist should look at closely. It comes from the EquATE Language AI Readiness Index, and it measures something simple: how...
Why Africa’s Interpreters Need Accreditation, Not Just Training Last week, after a multilingual conference at Movenpick Hotel in Ghana, I spoke with one of the interpreters. She had spent days studying the agenda, building glossaries and coordinating with...
Interview conducted by Christian Elongue, CEO of Afrolinguals, KLS and Co-founder of Association of Language Companies in Africa (ALCA) Thank you for making time to answer these key questions for our upcoming issue on Language Technologies in Africa....
While AI models have become proficient in global languages, the over 2,000 languages spoken in Africa have remained on the sidelines, trapped in a cycle of being labeled “low-resource” due to a lack of digital data. This isn’t...
The language services industry in Africa is a dynamic and rapidly growing sector that has increasingly received global attention. This growth, fueled by collaboration and partnerships, is sustained through associations and online communities of language professionals. The role...
