• The African Day marked the 57th annual anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity
• Kenyans can get visual tour of National Museums of Kenya for free
Kenyans have been encouraged to upload more Swahili content online so that Google Translate is able to interpret more words to Swahili.
Speaking during a Google Meet to commemorate African Day, Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Sub Saharan Africa, Dorothy Ooko, said if there is a lack of content, there is a problem.
"The content we currently have is not enough, if we have more content uploaded in Swahili online, then Google will get better at translating to Swahili," she said.
When the Star tested the Google Translate tool, it was able to translate common Swahili words such as salamu into greetings , waziri into minister and askari to soldier.
Ooko added the same applies to when one might be surfing the internet looking for African hairstyles or haircuts but ends up flooded with pictures of white people.
"It will take you some time to find any African images or hairstyles because the content is not enough, upload more noncopyrighted photos because google looks for them," she said.
She added that this African day, "there is so much to celebrate about Africa."
Google has developed an app for arts and culture that shows people who are interested, different cultural backgrounds and histories.
Ooko described it as education through technology.
Another service that will help people learn more about Kenya's history is the visual tour of the National Museums of Kenya and an art projector that allows users to project the art they want on the wall.
"... people who could afford are the only ones who get to visit the National Museums of Kenya, however, the visual tour is free so all you would need is a smartphone and data connection," she said.
The African continent yesterday marked the 57th annual anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity.
According to All African, the OAU was established on May 25, 1963, with the aim of promoting political, economic and social integration among the family of African countries.
It also served to eradicate colonialism, apartheid and neo-colonialism from the continent.
The organisation was transformed into the African Union in 2002 to achieve greater unity, cohesion and solidarity between African countries and nations.