Nana Sarpong and Isaac Ameyaw who started in Nkyea Learning Systems in 2009 to develop desktop and mobile applications for learning African languages have released Nkyea Basic Swahili on the Apple App Store.

Nkyea Basic Swahili, which sells for $2.99, contains more than 650 essential words and phrases in 18 lessons of basic grammar, vocabulary  and pronunciation packed with over 1600 sound files of high audio instruction by a Swahili language professional from Kenya!

The user can then choose a lesson, listen to the native speaker, read and record, play back and compare with the native speaker. The app also presents you with a quiz after each topic, which means users can reinforce what they learn and earn motivation badges for scoring high marks.

“This is a very user friendly language learning application, “Sarpong explains. “It’s really easy to learn Swahili with Basic Swahili.”

Nkyea Basic Swahili is targeting four primary markets: Tourists traveling to East Africa, students learning Swahili at a beginner level in school, anybody who has an East African relative or friend and lastly, language enthusiasts.

Nkyea remains a bootstrapped endeavor, wholly financed through the startup’s PC, Mac and iPhone application sales.


For more information on this App contact Nana Sarpong, at (233) 244153566 or send an email to nana.sarp@gmail.com