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Diji: Learn in your language on your phone

McNulty Consulting — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 04:23:00 +0000

Of the 1.3 billion people on the African continent, how many do you think speak English, French, German or another European language as their first language? While these languages are the common choice for business, education, advertising and the internet in Africa, it may surprise you to learn that only 0.5% of Africans speak English …

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Public Libraries in Africa in the Digital Age

McNulty Consulting — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:02:00 +0000

Public libraries in Africa are navigating an increasingly digital world...

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iAfrika 2020 – digital access and growth

McNulty Consulting — Mon, 18 May 2020 10:30:00 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic has had far-reaching consequences for all aspects of life. A number of countries have implemented partial or full lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus and people are staying at home, and going online. Many activities that we once did in person – shopping, business meetings, going to school, birthday parties …

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iAfrika Pilot Project Report

McNulty Consulting — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:23:10 +0000

iAfrika is a digital libraries service that provides access to cultural and historical information in African languages. This type of information is often unavailable in books or on the Internet but is important to people’s cultures, histories and identities. Based on McNulty Consulting’s theory of change, iAfrika has the potential to: Develop people’s digital skills, …

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A Literary Guide to KwaZulu-Natal

McNulty Consulting — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:50:48 +0000

A Literary Guide to KwaZulu-Natal, Niall’s first book, co-authored with Professor Lindy Stiebel, has just been published by UKZN Press. Read a few pages HERE and read more on the authors HERE. KwaZulu-Natal is culturally rich, offering a wide range of writers – writing mainly in English and Zulu – who are linked through their lives …

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The Five Hundred Year Archive

McNulty Consulting — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:21:56 +0000

The Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) project is the focus of Grant’s post-doctoral research fellowship at the Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative. The FHYA aims to develop and promote understandings of the archival possibilities of materials located both within and outside of institutions and to facilitate their engagement. Project Focus The project team has …

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Theory of Change: Local Knowledge in Local Languages

McNulty Consulting — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:30:15 +0000

McNulty Consulting has developed an exciting new theory of change that focuses on local content in local languages. It is aligned to the South African government’s National Development Plan, the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the United Nations’ developments goals, defined in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The theory of change advances the idea …

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Digital Memory Toolkit Wins at IFLA 2015!

McNulty Consulting — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:26:01 +0000

With funding from the Goethe Institut, we were able to develop a practical resource for those wishing to set up digital memory projects. The Digital Memory Toolkit (available for free HERE) aims to address a lack of digital literacy in community memory projects by giving project teams the insight and tools necessary to develop these …

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Omeka: Serious Web Publishing in South Africa

McNulty Consulting — Mon, 25 May 2015 09:14:16 +0000

Together with his colleague at the Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative (APC) at UCT, Dr Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Grant secured a grant from the NRF to bring Sharon Leon to South Africa. Sharon is the Director of Public Projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at the George Mason University. The RRCHNM …

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Online Content Emanating from Africa

McNulty Consulting — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:18:52 +0000

Or the lack thereof… I recently attended the first pan-African Wiki Indaba in Johannesburg. Wiki Indaba was a three-day conference that brought together African Wikimedians and other open knowledge volunteers. Recognising that access to mobile devices in Africa is on the rise and will intensify in the next few years, thereby increasing Africa’s online presence, the …

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