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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


Still in the process of selecting teams, currently we have:
  1. Northern Sotho
  2. Swahili