Africa's LSP Podcast

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 is brought to you by Bolingo, a Regional Multiple Language Services Provider. We have developed African country guides for Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Egypt and Senegal. Visit www.localizationafrica.com to access these guides for free. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at podcast@bolingoconsult.com / info@bolingoconsult.com. Visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine, your go-to source for language industry news.

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 holds a conversation with its Executive Secretary, Dr. Lang Fafa Dampha about the objectives and mission of ACALAN as well as its various programmes. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo, a Regional Multiple Language Services Provider. We have developed African country guides for Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso and Egypt. Visit www.localizationafrica.com to access these guides for free. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at podcast@bolingoconsult.com / info@bolingoconsult.com. Visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine, your go-to source for language industry news.

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 Global. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo, a Regional Multiple Language Services Provider. We have developed African country guides for Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso and Egypt. Visit www.localizationafrica.com to access these guides for free. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at podcast@bolingoconsult.com / info@bolingoconsult.com or reach out to the host, Ady Namaran Coulibaly via LinkedIn. Visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine, your go-to source for language industry news.

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, 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 subscription of Multilingual magazine. Multilingual is your go-to source for language industry news since 1987. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult Ltd. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at info@bolingoconsult.com or reach out to the host, Ady Namaran Coulibaly via LinkedIn.

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 subscription of Multilingual magazine. Multilingual is your go-to source for language industry news since 1987. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult Ltd. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at info@bolingoconsult.com or reach out to the host, Ady Namaran Coulibaly via LinkedIn.

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.localizationafrica.com to access these guides for free. Visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine. Multilingual is your go-to source for language industry news since 1987. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult Ltd. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at info@bolingoconsult.com or reach out to the host, Ady Namaran Coulibaly via LinkedIn.

"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 demand for localization into African languages, the shortcomings and gaps, and most importantly, the myriads of opportunities that await language professionals ready to specialise in localization into African languages. While you're here, please visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine. Multilingual is your go-to source for language industry news since 1987. Also, you can check the July/August edition of Multilingual to read about Bolingo's African Country Guides and visit www.localizationafrica.com to access our free Localization Guides for African Countries. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult Ltd. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at info@bolingoconsult.com

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 her to contribute meaningfully to their language acquisition. She talks about her experience in the field and the various language facilitation techniques that can be used by caregivers, parents, educators and all those involved in the upbringing of children. As usual, we invite our listeners to visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine. Multilingual is your go-to source for language industry news since 1987. Also, you can check the July/August edition of Multilingual to read about Bolingo's African Country Guides and visit www.localizationafrica.com to access our free Localization Guides for African Countries. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at info@bolingoconsult.com

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, the dynamics of localizing a game for Arabic-speaking users and many deeper insights. We invite our listeners to visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine. Multilingual is your go-to source for language industry news since 1987. Also, you can check the July/August edition of Multilingual to read about Bolingo's African Country Guides and visit www.localizationafrica.com to access our free Localization Guides for African Countries. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult, and hosted by Ady Namaran Coulibaly. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at info@bolingoconsult.com

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 opportunities for this niche, especially within the African context. We invite our listeners to visit multilingual.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine. Multilingual is your go-to source for language industry news since 1987. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult, and hosted by Ady Namaran Coulibaly. Should you have suggestions about topics we should cover or want to be a guest on the podcast, please send us an email at info@bolingoconsult.com

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.com/AfricaLSP for a 1-year free digital subscription of Multilingual magazine. Multilingual is your go-to source for language industry news since 1987. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult, and hosted by Ady Namaran Coulibaly.

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 translation of the Bible into his native language. He also sheds light on the benefits of technology in local language translation projects among other issues that impact on the local language landscape in his country. Africa's LSP Podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult and presented by Ady Namaran Coulibaly. For comments and suggestions about the podcast, kindly email us at info@bolingoconsult.com or visit our website at www.bolingoconsult.com

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 African local languages, challenges within the industry, scalability of African LSPs and other deep insights about the industry in general. This podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult and presented by Ady Namaran Coulibaly.

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 human translation discourse; his understanding of the translation industry in Benin and the prospects of translation into Benin's local languages. Send feedback about this episode and suggestions for future topics to info@bolingoconsult.com Visit our website at www.bolingoconsult.com

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 understanding of the language service provision industry in Africa; the nature of their practice schedule; what they intend to do after their studies and their expectations for the industry. Reine Afaka is in her second year for a Master of Arts degree in Conference Interpreting at the Pan African University Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Programmes (PAUTRAIN) at the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI) in Buea, Cameroon. Francis Eke-Meteho is in his second year at the Pan African Masters Consortium on Interpretation and Translation (PAMCIT), hosted by the University of Ghana, Legon. Kindly send comments and feedback about this episode, and suggestions for topics you want us to cover in future episodes to info@bolingoconsult.com. Visit our website at www.bolingoconsult.com

Africa's LSP Podcast is a monthly podcast for the Language Services Industry in Africa and users of language services such as businesses, organisations and individuals. We cover trends in translation, interpretation, localization and the language industry in general, and speak with industry professionals such as interpreters, translators, knowledge management specialists etc. The podcast is presented by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult and hosted by Ady Namaran Coulibaly. To give feedback or to be featured on the podcast, send us an email at info@bolingoconsult.com Visit our website at www.bolingoconsult.com Podcast sound track by Kwadjo Spiri