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kasahorow is pleased to announce its 2011 Fellow!

We thank all applicants for their interest in the Fellowship and the press and various other media for spreading the word about the Fellowship, and extend our congratulations to this year's Fellow.

2011 Fellow: Quebá Indjai

Project: Biafada Oral Tradition
Institution: Escola Normal Superior Tchico Té, Guinea-Bissau

kasahorow provided guidance to volunteer translators at a Google-in-your-language translation marathon held at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology

Jojoo explained to the translators present how to write modern Akan. Modern Akan allows for all the various Akan languages to be written with one common spelling!

Here's the presentation he gave. Enjoy!

Fellowship Description

The kasahorow Fellowship, now open for the first time to students across Africa, provides a US$500 award for the study, promotion and development of indigenous African languages.

The Fellowship can be applied to any project which uses written (African language) text. Examples include: writing a children’s book, developing localised software, starting an African language newspaper.

Eligibility

Any student in a tertiary institution in Africa. Applicants may be citizens of any country.

Timeframe

ANLoc, The African Network for Localization which kasahorow is a part, with their mission to empower Africans to participate in the digital world by removing the last inch limitations imposed on language usage by the limitation of technology are calling for applications from software localization teams.

Ever wanted to type in most of the Ghanaian local languages?. With kasahorow virtual keyboards, you can do that. You can embed them on your own website to allow people to type in the Ghanaian local languages. Imagine updating your Facebook status message in Akan? or using kasahorow API to allow visitors of your website to search for local words or do simple translations. Don't you love love kasahorow tools :-)