Editor's note: From April 13-19 2021, Blessing Sibanda will be hosting the @DigiAfricanLang rotating Twitter account, which explores how technology can be used to revitalize African languages. Read ...

LEARN Shona, an initiative aimed at preserving the Zimbabwean language and culture by Tarisiro Fundira, a Zimbabwean living in the diaspora, has collaborated with pop star Takura Shonhai in a new ...

When it comes to e-learning solutions designed for Zimbabwe, there are a number of concepts that are still being explored by developers to fill out the demand in certain niche markets. A good example ...

Although a lot of people might not know this Google has had Shona support for years. Support for the Shona language was added to the translate tool just under three years ago back in February of 2016.

Don’t despair. An all-women team of passionate young linguists is tackling the online African language learning gap, with startup Vambo Academy led by Zimbabwean educational technology entrepreneur ...

Two books by Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga are some of the latest novels to be translated into Shona. The two titles are part of the trilogy by Dangarembga which ...

A UK-based company has developed a Shona language learning app to help Zimbabwean parents who are settled in the diaspora teach their children the basics of the language. MJDK Ltd came up with the ...

The publishing journey of Zimbabwean writer and film-maker Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions wasn’t easy. Yet the novel is today considered by many as one of Africa’s 100 best books of the 20th ...

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" - this famous quote from George Orwell's satirical novel has found such resonance in Zimbabwe that author Petina Gappah has ...