Dig-Africa

DigAfrica (for "Digital Africa") is a list for discussing "latest digital news in Africa." It was set up by Chifu wa Malindi in early 2001 and is quite active. I contributed from early 2004 through mid-2009. The full list archives are online, but unfortunately they are not open. A list of my postings to this list follows, but they too are not accessible unless you subscribe and are logged-in (I suggested that this policy be changed, but apparently list members did not agree):

2004

• Language localizations (Re: Google Launches .na Website), Feb 29, 2004 7:26 pm
• FYI: Audacity free/opensource audio editor, Mar 4, 2004 10:09 pm
• FYI: "Localization in African Languages", Mar 6, 2004 9:17 pm
• Microsoft & African languages, Mar 18, 2004 3:34 pm
• Kiswahili spellcheck dictionary, Mar 28, 2004 9:32 pm
• Fwd: S. African languages promoted through technology, Apr 1, 2004 8:25 am
• Trilingual "Cape Gateway", Apr 10, 2004 5:02 pm
• Fwd: "Microsoft plans Kiswahili software for East Africa", Apr 25, 2004 4:50 pm
• Fwd: PPGIS Preliminary Program ..., Jun 2, 2004 5:24 am
• Re: Lagos Partners Microsoft to Build Digital Villages, Jun 2, 2004 5:24 am
• Fwd: Question re. Emerging Network of Software Developers in Africa, Jun 2, 2004 5:55 am
• Translate.org.za, Jun 4, 2004 5:54 am
• "ICT for Development in Africa" (3 volumes), Jun 6, 2004 12:16 pm
• "Twinux", Jun 27, 2004 1:05 pm
• "Isolezwe" Zulu language newspaper online, Jul 6, 2004 9:25 pm
• Fwd: Breaking down language barriers (fwd), Jul 13, 2004 3:01 am
• Fwd: 26th Unicode Conference - Sept 7-10, 2004 - San Jose, CA, Jul 16, 2004 11:29 am
• Fwd: Conf on Preserving African Languages, Nov 4-7 '04, Jul 22, 2004 4:55 am
• Fwd: Linux Igbo Translation Project, Jul 22, 2004 4:55 am
• Fwd: Language Barrier in Info Society (fwd), Jul 30, 2004 9:40 am
• Fwd: Africa List now active at Unicode.ORG, Aug 20, 2004 3:26 am
• Fwd: OpenOffice.org released in 3 South African languages, Aug 28, 2004 9:45 am
• FWD: Africa Becoming Dump for High-Tech Products, Says Osuji, Aug 28, 2004 5:25 pm
• NITDA keyboard, Aug 28, 2004 5:25 pm
• SomiTek (Re: Fwd: OpenOffice.org released in 3 South African languages), Aug 31, 2004 9:15 am
• Localization lite: Audio e-mail programs for Africa?, Sep 1, 2004 10:09 am
• Re: Localization lite: Audio e-mail programs for Africa?, Sep 2, 2004 9:48 am
• Re: Localization lite: Audio e-mail programs for Africa?, Sep 3, 2004 6:39 pm
• FYI: PICTA Bulletin, Sep 14, 2004 8:17 pm
• Fwd: Yeomans Award for Local Content (fwd), Sep 15, 2004 4:51 pm
• Fwd: Uganda gets Mozilla Web browser in Luganda, Sep 16, 2004 5:07 am
• Re: [A12n-forum] Fwd: Uganda gets Mozilla Web browser in Luganda, Sep 17, 2004 9:51 am
• Google-Kenya in Swahili, Oct 1, 2004 12:45 am
• Re: [A12n-forum] Re: Google-Kenya in Swahili, Oct 10, 2004 5:13 am
• Re: [A12n-forum] Skype for Pocket PC Phones, Oct 10, 2004 5:14 am
• Internet-based Learning of African Languages: The Case of Camerounian Languages, Oct 12, 2004 5:07 am
• Re: Kiswahili: Pluralistic approach to language learning only answer, Oct 18, 2004 9:35 am
• Seeking advice on Unicode events for Africa, Oct 23, 2004 3:36 am
• "Ghana to become ICT hub, says Kan-Dapaah", Oct 28, 2004 5:12 am
• "Language summit connects governments & industry", Oct 28, 2004 5:12 am
• Fwd: New website: APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor, Oct 29, 2004 1:42 pm
• Fwd: NAFTJ to Help Weave Technology With Traditions, Oct 29, 2004 1:44 pm
• Fwd: Accessibility workshop - Dec 5 - Cape Town - Internet Society, Nov 5, 2004 5:44 pm
• ICANN Meetings, Cape Town, South Africa, 1-5/12/2004, Nov 5, 2004 5:44 pm
• NYTimes article on African languages & ICT, Nov 12, 2004 11:03 pm
• Fwd: CIPACO - Workshop on international ICT policies, Nov 15, 2004 9:19 pm
• Between the lines (Re: NYTimes article on African languages & ICT), Nov 16, 2004 9:35 am
• After the "sprint": LocalisationDev.org invites your input, Nov 25, 2004 5:11 pm
• "Microsoft goes Wolof", Dec 5, 2004 10:13 am
• ALIN-EA: Indigenous knowledge in African languages, Dec 5, 2004 10:13 am
• Kilinux releases Jambo OpenOffice, Dec 6, 2004 6:50 am
• Kamusi Project (Internet Swahili Dictionary) has new look & features, Dec 11, 2004 11:07 am
• UbuntuLinux localization portal, Dec 16, 2004 9:23 pm
• Fwd: Announcing Pootle: an online translation tool, Dec 17, 2004 1:49 pm
• ICANN workshop on IDNs, 1 Dec. 2004, Dec 19, 2004 5:07 pm
• MS in Nigeria (localizing in Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba), Dec 19, 2004 5:07 pm
• Fwd: Swahili software (free) for children, Dec 24, 2004 8:07 am
• Re: Paradigm's African languages word processor/translator, Dec 29, 2004 1:37 pm

2005

• Open the DigAfrica archives?, Jan 11, 2005 4:10 am
• Re: Open the DigAfrica archives?, Jan 11, 2005 5:56 pm
• CFP: UNESCO-IFAP funding for projects, Jan 11, 2005 5:57 pm
• Re: Uganda to Shine At ICT Meet, Jan 18, 2005 11:22 am
• FYI: Tectonic.co.za, Feb 5, 2005 5:47 pm
• Fwd: Kenyan school turns to handhelds (BBC), Feb 28, 2005 10:30 pm
• "Africa in Cyberspace" (UNESCO Freedom of expression follow-up), Mar 14, 2005 3:10 pm
• Re: "Africa in Cyberspace" (UNESCO Freedom of expression follow-up), Mar 14, 2005 3:39 pm
• "Microsoft to Expand Operations in Uganda", Mar 28, 2005 3:45 pm
• Fwd: The Tech Museum Awards Global Call For Nominations (fwd), Apr 1, 2005 10:37 am
• Software localization efforts in Africa?, Apr 17, 2005 2:01 am
• "Multilingualism ... in Cyberspace," Bamako, 6-7 May, Apr 19, 2005 5:50 am
• Jekebaara - Malian web site in Bambara launched, Apr 26, 2005 8:33 am
• GenARDIS Small Grants Fund, Apr 29, 2005 4:38 am
• Re: "Multilingualism ... in Cyberspace," Bamako, 6-7 May, May 13, 2005 3:17 am
• "Namibia Urged to 'Listen Up' to IT", May 14, 2005 5:59 am
• Fwd: Paid Volunteering with Geekcorps, May 18, 2005 3:47 pm
• Re: GT Moves to Revolutionarise Rural Communication, May 26, 2005 9:47 am
• Fwd: World Wide Web Consortium Lowers Membership Fee for Organizations in Developing Countries, May 26, 2005 10:00 am
• Fwd: Job opportunities - OneWorld Africa, May 31, 2005 3:51 pm
• Casablanca Statement on ICT Localisation in Africa, Jun 21, 2005 5:07 pm
• UNDP-APDIP's IOSN publishes FOSS Localization Primer, Jul 1, 2005 11:34 am
• Africa Source II, Sept. 2005, Uganda, Jul 19, 2005 11:36 am
• LLSTI (TTS in Ibibio, Swahili, Zulu), Jul 19, 2005 11:53 am
• Re: Africa Source II, Jan. 2006, Uganda, Jul 19, 2005 3:56 pm
• Fwd: LRC Best Global Website Award - Deadline Extension, Aug 10, 2005 10:20 am
• Fwd: Government creates tech dictionary (South Africa), Oct 3, 2005 8:51 pm
• MS to Present Windows Essentials in Nigerian Languages, Oct 11, 2005 7:40 am
• Fwd: Africa Source II - extended deadline October 24th, Oct 16, 2005 3:09 pm
• Fwd: Africa: Free/Libre and Open Source Software on the move...., Oct 20, 2005 5:33 am
• CIPESA questions re IDNs, Nov 3, 2005 7:44 pm
• GRASS in Africa?, Nov 9, 2005 7:51 am
• "Internet: A New Space for African Languages", Nov 19, 2005 1:19 pm
• Re: About 230 rural communities to get ICT centres in Ghana, Nov 27, 2005 8:38 pm
• Fwd: Kiswahili software set for launch, Dec 14, 2005 3:54 am
• Re: A year in the life of open source in South Africa, Dec 16, 2005 4:14 pm

2006

• Re: Are indigenous languages dead? - 2006: Year of African Languages, Jan 2, 2006 10:45 am
• Afrotecnik blog, Jan 2, 2006 11:21 am
• LRC Best Global Website Award 2006, Jan 18, 2006 2:36 pm
• Angolan govt to raise $96 million for Information Society Plan, Feb 1, 2006 6:48 am
• Fwd: Multilingualism in Cyberspace, Feb 5, 2006 9:46 am
• Fwd: Re: IDLELO 2 Conference: Invitation, Feb 14, 2006 8:00 am
• International Mother Language Day (21/2) & languages on the internet, Feb 17, 2006 5:53 pm
• "Changing the world, one word at a time" (FOSS & localization), Mar 13, 2006 6:22 pm
• Re: Locale for African Languages, extended deadline 19th March, Mar 16, 2006 11:44 am
• Kasahorow Communication Group (Ghana), Apr 1, 2006 12:18 am
• Nokia cellphones in Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo..., Apr 12, 2006 5:19 pm
• MS Translating Windows into Zulu, Setswana & Afrikaans, Apr 28, 2006 2:16 am
• "Africa Trails In Internet Usage", Jun 3, 2006 2:44 am
• Seminar on African localization, Washington, DC, 22-6-06, Jun 15, 2006 1:35 pm
• "MS focuses on African competitiveness", Jul 11, 2006 8:57 pm
• "Technology the solution, says Gates", Jul 11, 2006 9:11 pm
• Conf. of Internat'l Assoc. for Translation & Intercultural Studies (Cape Town), Jul 11, 2006 9:18 pm
• Localizing cellphones & SMS in African languages, Jul 11, 2006 9:32 pm
• Re: Does Ghana need a Museum of Science & Tech?, Jul 28, 2006 9:51 pm
• "AfrophoneWikis" - developing African language Wikipedias, Aug 10, 2006 2:53 am
• Software Freedom Day (9/16) in South Africa, Sep 15, 2006 5:29 pm
• Re: ICTs: transforming agricultural extension?, Oct 8, 2006 10:40 pm
• Re: ICTs: transforming agricultural extension?, Oct 29, 2006 10:45 pm
• Re: Landlocked country may soon become top ICT hub in Africa, Oct 31, 2006 8:35 pm
• Re: Why electronic media is an important tool for Africa’s democratisation, Nov 4, 2006 11:32 pm
• FW: Youth and Internet Governance Consultation, Nov 20, 2006 1:57 pm
• South African language innovators win top African ICT award, Nov 28, 2006 2:17 pm
• 2007 - Year of Unicode in Africa?, Dec 24, 2006 1:36 am

2007

• iPhone & the "both-and" dimension of ICT, Jan 20, 2007 4:39 pm
• Re: Grants offered to help shape Internet, Jan 20, 2007 5:49 pm
• Re: Africa: Current Updates on Information Technology, Feb 1, 2007 9:03 pm
• Re: iPhone & the "both-and" dimension of ICT, Feb 4, 2007 1:20 am
• FW: Resource-Scarce Languages - ELECTRONIC RESOURCES & PEOPLE NEEDED, Feb 10, 2007 3:03 pm
• "ICT Can Transform the Lives of African Women" (Ghana), Apr 19, 2007 4:40 pm
• African languages, translation & localization, Apr 22, 2007 6:14 pm
• Re: Nokia, Siemens show commitment to Africa, Jul 2, 2007 6:51 pm
• FW: Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Unicode, Jul 2, 2007 6:56 pm
• FW: Funding Opportunities for Localisation Research, Jul 13, 2007 2:27 pm
• Africa, Offline: Waiting for the Web" (Rwanda), Jul 23, 2007 2:27 pm
• Integrating ICT4D & L10n in Africa (Q&A), Sep 18, 2007 5:31 pm
• TalkaSoft-Soro - Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba learning software, Oct 17, 2007 6:39 am
• "UNECA Champions Local Language On Net", Dec 15, 2007 8:58 am

2008

• Re: US grad student seeking info [ICT4D & L10n], Jan 10, 2008 12:54 am
• "Wireless Networking in the Developing World" (2nd ed.), Mar 13, 2008 3:08 pm
• "Why Microsoft Swahili Version Failed" (Kenya), Mar 13, 2008 6:18 pm
• CNN: Keyboard and Software for South African Languages, Mar 19, 2008 11:27 pm
• ICANN IDN Wiki now in Amharic..., Mar 20, 2008 1:32 am
• "How computer can boost learning of Yoruba language and culture" (Nigeria), Jun 22 9:20 PM
• CFP- Language Technologies for African Languages, Oct 9, 2008
• FW: African language locales: Call for Volunteers, Oct 28, 2008
• "Youssou N'dour Ambassador ICT for Africa", Dec 25, 2008

2009

• History of software in/for African languages, Jan 18, 2009
• Fw: African Locales, UNESCO, Google, and You!, Feb 15, 2009
• A12n-policy: list on localization (L10n) policy in Africa, Mar 2, 2009
• FW: Release of 13 African locales to CLDR, Apr 15, 2009
• "Africa Gathering" (London, 4/25) & L10n?, Apr 25, 2009
• Google in African languages, May 26, 2009
• RE: [A12n-Collab] Google in African languages, May 27, 2009
• "Amharic Office Word Application Software Almost Complete" (Ethiopia), May 27, 2009
• Sugar in African languages, Jun 1 8:27 AM
• Locales project update, Jun 6 4:24 AM
• Facebook Swahili version launched, Jun 16 3:39 AM

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