Kiswahili popularity steadily on rise – Daily News

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Kiswahili language popularity steadily on rise.

Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA: THE University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has officially launched the Kiswahili studies academic programme thus becoming the latest member in the growing list of universities and higher learning institutions to include the language in their curriculum.

The programme is conducted in collaboration with the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and was officially launched on October 5, 2023.

Kiswahili is now officially among the ten widely spoken languages in the world, with more than 250 million speakers…