In this third episode of the podcast, we discuss the state of the African LSP industry with Johan Botha who is the Director of Folio Online, a language service provider based in Cape Town, South Africa. Folio Online has been consistently ranked among the top 5 LSPs in Africa since 2010 by Common Sense Advisory. He shares his views on the continent’s LSP landscape, global demand for translation in African local languages, challenges within the industry, scalability of African LSPs and other deep insights about the industry in general. 

This podcast is brought to you by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult and presented by Ady Namaran Coulibaly.

We are excited to bring you the second episode of Africa’s LSP Podcast in which we have a conversation with Godwin Houetchenou Missihoun from Benin. He is among the first batch of students enrolled for a B. A. in Translation at the state University of Abomey-Calavi. He speaks about his current programme, and shares his views on keys to excel as a translation student; on the ongoing machine versus human translation discourse; his understanding of the translation industry in Benin and the prospects of translation into Benin’s local languages.

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This is the 1st episode of Africa’s LSP Podcast, presented by Bolingo Communications and Media Consult and hosted by Ady Namaran Coulibaly. In this podcast, we speak with Reine Afaka and Francis Eke-Meteho who are enrolled in interpreter and translator training institutions in Africa. We discuss their academic background; the pros and cons of their current training; their perception about and understanding of the language service provision industry in Africa; the nature of their practice schedule; what they intend to do after their studies and their expectations for the industry. 

Reine Afaka is in her second year for a Master of Arts degree in Conference Interpreting at the Pan African University Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Programmes (PAUTRAIN) at the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI) in Buea, Cameroon. Francis Eke-Meteho is in his second year at the Pan African Masters Consortium on Interpretation and Translation (PAMCIT), hosted by the University of Ghana, Legon.  

Kindly send comments and feedback about this episode, and suggestions for topics you want us to cover in future episodes to [email protected]. Visit our website at www.bolingoconsult.com

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Soundtrack: Gabriel Heinrich-Rising From Ashes (Remixed for Bolingo Consult by Nat King Taylor)