When and where did human speech evolve? Research carried out for this study indicates that the first speech sounds were uttered about 70,000 years ago, and not hundreds of thousands or millions of ...

From the bustling markets of West Africa to the serene landscapes of Southern Africa, the continent boasts an extraordinary variety of linguistic diversity with thousands of languages spoken across ...

UPINGTON, South Africa, May 11 (Reuters) - When she was a girl in South Africa's Northern Cape, Katrina Esau stopped speaking her mother tongue, N|uu, after being mocked by other people and told it ...

MTN Group has pledged its support for Nigeria’s drive to develop datasets of African languages, a move seen as critical ...

MTN Group has committed to supporting Nigeria’s call to develop African language datasets for Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The Prince of Wales has previously said that Africa “has always held a special place in my heart” Simon Perry is a writer and correspondent at PEOPLE. He has more than 25 years’ experience at PEOPLE ...

A growing number of asylum-seekers from countries in Africa have arrived in New York City in recent months, many of whom endured perilous journeys to make it to the United States. Like other ethnic ...

MTN Group has accepted a call by the Nigerian government to support the collection of datasets of African languages needed to ...