Microsoft introduces applications in three Nigerian languages
By Jonah Iboma Before the end of 2008, Microsoft Corporation will include Nigeria‘s dominant languages -Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo in the Microsoft Office application suite. MS Office is a group of applications consisting of Word, a word processing application; Powerpoint, used for presentations; Excel, a spreadsheet application, and Access, an application used for databases. By the inclusion, of the indigenous languages, users of the applications will be able to see them displayed in their preferred languages and commands can be given and receive received in any of the local languages. Citizenship Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Mrs. Jummai Ajijola, told our correspondent in an interview in Lagos that work had reached advanced stages on the project, which she said was designed to bring technology closer to people on the Africa continent. She added that the project was part of a bigger scheme by Microsoft to include African languages in its applications so that more people could use technology...