All is now set as the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), the African Union’s specialized institution mandated to develop and promote African languages will on 2nd - 3rd of October 2019 hold an interactive workshop in Bamako, Mali.
The theme for the 2 Day workshop is “Comprehensive and Interactive Platform and Bridging the 6’ Gap Between the Computer and the African”.
The workshop is aimed at drawing a road map for developing a comprehensive and interactive platform for the ACALAN organs, working structures and partners in view of raising its visibility; identify and assess works on African Languages and their presence in the cyberspace, and equipping African languages and adding values to their presence in the cyberspace, and applying Human Language Technology to them among others.
Meanwhile, expected participants at the workshop are resource persons and experts in African languages and ICT and stakeholders; a member of the Assembly of Academicians of ACALAN, experts in the domain; a representative of the Department of Social Affairs of the African Union Commission; Members of the ACALAN Secretariat and Representatives of the host country.
However, the methodology for the workshop includes, the workshop would be carried out in forms of plenary, presentations, questions/comments, while participants (experts in their various domains) will make presentations to provide information on their expertise.
