Friday, December 16, 2005

Microsoft unveils Kiswahili

Microsoft unveiled <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051214/tc_afp/kenyamicrosoftsoftware">the first Kiswahili language versions</A> of its most popular product lines as it moved to expand its market in east and central Africa. The venture into Kiswahili was a first for the US-based company under its new Local Language Programme which plans to develop translations of Microsoft software into 40 regional tongues by the end of 2006. The maiden venture in the initiative targets Kiswahili speakers in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and will soon be introduced in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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