In an ironic twist, one of the country’s top Kiswahili teachers, 78-year-old Ruth Gimbo Mukama, never studied the language formally. She tells The Africa Report how fate pushed her to embrace the ...

Uganda is set to start importing teachers of Swahili language from neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania, as the country moves to deepen integration with its East African neighbours. Uganda is set to start ...

Uganda’s Cabinet has approved the implementation of an East African Community (EAC) directive to adopt Swahili as the official language, the Daily Monitor reported. The directive was issued on June 10 ...

The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs wants the Uganda National Kiswahili Council to be hosted under the Ministry of Education and Sports as the suitable institution to promote Kiswahili ...

The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its language being the official tongue of Kenya, Tanzania and even inland countries ...

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Editor’s note: This personal essay was written following a Twitter campaign organized by Global Voices sub-Saharan Africa and Rising Voices where each week, a different language activist shared their ...

Devices and tools activated through speaking will soon be the primary way people interact with technology, yet none of the main voice assistants, including Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Google ...