Africa's LSP Podcast

IsiZulu is a Southern Africa language with about 12 million speakers. In this episode of Africa’s LSP Podcast, our guest is Qhawekazi Phelakho , IsiZulu Language Practitioner and native of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Africa’s LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo , a Regional Multiple Language Services Provider, and hosted by Ady Namaran Coulibaly . Bolingo has developed African country guides...

In this month’s episode, our guest is Arnaud Bizongwako , a professional Interpreter and Translator for French-English-Kirundi. He holds a Master of Arts in Conference Interpreting from the Pan-African University Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences. Bizongwako speaks about Kirundi and what to watch out for when localizing tech platforms into the language, which is the only nat...

Nutifafa Feyi is an astute Èʋegbe (Ewe) language professional and a member of the Ewe Commission, which is constituted by the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) under the tutelage of the African Union. Èʋegbe is a Niger–Congo language spoken primarily in south-eastern Ghana and in Togo. In this episode of the podcast, Nutifafa pours out her passion for the language and shares her views on the p...

In this month’s episode, our guest is Ebenezer Kobinah Offen, a Fante teacher and translator. Ebenezer holds a Bachelor's degree in Fante Education from the University of Education, Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. He shares his passion for Fante, a language spoken by 6 million people in Ghana, and explains the fascinating history of the Fante people and their language. Africa’s LSP Podcast...

The inaugural edition of the African Languages Week was held from 24 to 30 January 2022, and Bolingo is proud to have been actively involved in promoting African languages throughout the celebration. In this episode of the podcast, we delve into the work of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), the African Union institution that initiated the African Languages Week. Ady Namaran Coulibaly hold...

We’re excited to launch Season 2 of Africa’s LSP Podcast! As promised, this year we’re focusing solely on African languages. In this first episode, we discuss Kiswahili, an official language of the African Union and the lingua franca in most of East Africa and parts of Central and Southern Africa. Our guest is Paul Warambo , Kiswahili translator and editor, and Kiswahili Language Lead at Clear Glo...

We’re super excited to have produced 11 podcast episodes so far in 2021! As we wrap up 2021 with a twelfth episode, Ady Namaran Coulibaly and Emmanuel Clifford Gyetuah have a conversation about the insights and lessons for the year. These insights are from the work we do at Bolingo , and from the guests hosted on Africa’s LSP Podcast. Bolingo has developed African country guides for Cameroon, Ghan...

In this eleventh episode, our guest is Thomas Chahweta, a freelance Shona translator based in Zimbabwe. Thomas spoke about the dynamics of localization into the Shona language. Bolingo has developed African country guides for Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso and Egypt. Visit www.localizationafrica.com to access these guides for free. Visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital s...

In this episode, our guest is Kristine Peltz , a West African languages consultant and a translator and interpreter for Krio, a national language in Sierra Leone. We discuss Krio and its origins, and delve into localization for African and West African languages and all that these entail. Bolingo has developed African country guides for Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso and Egypt. Visit www.loc...

"I see myself as a kind of accidental linguist," my guest for this episode, Mazhun Idris declared with a hearty laugh as he shared insights from his broad expertise as a Hausa localization expert and language & digital rights activist. Mazhun is a Language Lead for Google Hausa Localization Projects and hails from Kano State in northern Nigeria. We discuss the factors that fuel the growing dem...

What are the various techniques used in facilitating language acquisition? In this new episode of the podcast, Ady Namaran Coulibaly engages in an enlightening conversation with Ami D. Christelle Zami , a Togolese with deep roots in Ghana. Christelle is a language facilitator, interpreter and translator. Her love for children led her into the world of language facilitation, a field which enables h...

Our guest for this episode of Africa’s LSP Podcast is Eman Abdo , a game localization specialist and English – Arabic translator based in Egypt. Eman shares her passion for the gaming industry, her beginnings as a game localization professional, the skills required to excel in this field and the processes involved in localizing a game. We also discuss the growth of Arabic in the gaming industry, t...

In this sixth episode of the podcast, our guest is Lou Aya Douabou , a lawyer-linguist and graduate of the University of Poitiers in France. Aya has been intersecting law and languages in her versatile career path, from working with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to utilizing her knowledge and skills within the language services industry. She explains the existing gaps and opp...

The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply transformed several professions and also created opportunities for remote work. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the impact of the pandemic on language professionals in Africa, particularly on interpreters and translators. Our guest is Achille Yaya , an interpreter and translator based in Benin, West Africa. We invite our listeners to visit multilingual.c...

Africa is home to over 2,000 languages spoken in various parts of the continent. In this fourth episode of Africa’s LSP Podcast, we have as guest Richard K. Nzogi , a seasoned Ugandan translator. He speaks passionately about the need for language professionals to invest in and demonstrate commitment to the growth of languages on the continent of Africa, and describes his experience with the transl...

In this third episode of the podcast, we discuss the state of the African LSP industry with Johan Botha who is the Director of Folio Online , a language service provider based in Cape Town, South Africa. Folio Online has been consistently ranked among the top 5 LSPs in Africa since 2010 by Common Sense Advisory. He shares his views on the continent’s LSP landscape, global demand for translation in...

We are excited to bring you the second episode of Africa’s LSP Podcast in which we have a conversation with Godwin Houetchenou Missihoun from Benin. He is among the first batch of students enrolled for a B. A. in Translation at the state University of Abomey-Calavi. He speaks about his current programme, and shares his views on keys to excel as a translation student; on the ongoing machine versus...

This is the 1st episode of Africa’s LSP Podcast, presented by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult and hosted by Ady Namaran Coulibaly. In this podcast, we speak with Reine Afaka and Francis Eke-Meteho who are enrolled in interpreter and translator training institutions in Africa. We discuss their academic background; the pros and cons of their current training; their perception about and unde...

Africa's LSP Podcast is a monthly podcast for the African language services industry, covering trends in translation, interpretation, localization, and language services in Africa. We speak with industry professionals such as translators, interpreters, language researchers, and scholars, as well as African language enthusiasts. Africa's LSP Podcast is presented by Bolingo Consult . Visit o...