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Tanzania's Moment to Shine: Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge

Tanzania, this is your opportunity to bring Africa's information online by creating Wikipedia articles in Kiswahili.

You are the wellspring of Kiswahili in East Africa. Show your paossion for the language by translating English Wikipedia articles into Kiswahili or by writing your own articles from scratch, building a richer online experience for 100 million African users who speak Kiswahili.

Prizes includes laptops, mobile phones, prepaid internet access modems, Google T-shirts, and more. Participants will also receive certificate of participation.

But you better hurry - it looks like Kenya is already dominating the contest.

Learn more here: Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge, sponsored by Google

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