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May
23
2024
By The African Mirror
Microsoft ties up with UAE-based AI firm to invest $1 bln in Kenya data centre

Microsoft ties up with UAE-based AI firm to invest $1 bln in Kenya data centre

BUSINESS
MICROSOFT (MSFT.O) is partnering with UAE-based AI firm G42 to invest $1 billion in a data centre in Kenya as part of its efforts to expand cloud-computing services in East Africa, the companies said. The data centre, which will be built by G42 and its partners, will be powered by geothermal energy and provide access to Microsoft's Azure through a new cloud region for East Africa. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Abu Dhabi-based G42, in which Microsoft invested $1.5 billion last month, has begun training an open-source large-language AI model in Swahili and English. CONTEXT Amazon.com (AMZN.O), Microsoft and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) are investing billions in new…
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Feb
28
2024
By BIRD STORY AGENCY
bird TenX: Hailing 10 of Africa’s most spoken languages

bird TenX: Hailing 10 of Africa’s most spoken languages

NEWS
DATA analysis platform Statista estimated in 2021 that there were more than 2000 active African languages. Technological advancements like AI translation tools are helping to harness the power of language beyond celebrating cultural heritage. However, an understanding of the unique features of key languages is important to an understanding of Africa's diverse cultures. 1. Swahili is primarily spoken in East and Central Africa and has links to hundreds of dialects since it’s predominant in the Bantu family of African languages. Spoken by as many as 150 million people, it’s an official language in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of…
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Jan
23
2023
By The African Mirror
9 new African languages added to Google translate offline support

9 new African languages added to Google translate offline support

NEWS
BIRD STORY AGENCY GOOGLE recently announced the expansion of its offline translation by adding 33 new languages, including nine African languages, to the Google Translate app on iOS and Android. This now brings the total number of African languages supported by Google to 12. Arabic, Swahili and Afrikaans have been supported by the Google Translate offline translation tool since 2018 when Google launched the functionality. Nigerian languages Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba and southern African languages, Sesotho, Xhosa, Zulu and Shona, are part of the newly added languages. Additionally, Kinyarwanda, spoken in Rwanda and other parts of East Africa and Chichewa,…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
With schools shut by pandemic, solar radios keep Kenyan children learning

With schools shut by pandemic, solar radios keep Kenyan children learning

EDUCATION
BENSON RIOBA DEEP in Tana River County, in southeastern Kenya, a group of pupils formed a circle around their teacher, jotting down notes as they listened to a Swahili diction lesson coming from the solar-powered radio sitting in their teacher's lap. The radio the children from Dida Ade primary school gathered around was one of hundreds distributed for free to the most vulnerable households in the semi-arid region east of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The radios allow children without internet access or electricity at home to continue studying while schools are closed to slow the spread of COVID-19, in a project…
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