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The Localise Software sub-project is looking at localising existing FOSS projects into different African languages.

The different language teams will be assisted with a small team of technical experts, who will help them with the different localisation processes for each of the software they will be localising.

Software to be localised


  • Firefox (browser)
  • Fennec (mobile browser)
  • Pootle (online localisation tool)
  • Virtaal (online localisation tool)
  • GlossMaster (terminology tool)

Tech Team


  1. Khaled Hosny (Arabeyes)
  2. Jojoo Imbeah (Kasahorow)
  3. Walter Leibbrandt (Translate.org.za)
  4. Friedel Wolff (Translate.org.za)

Language Teams


  1. Norther Sotho
  2. Swahili