{Rwandans will effective next week start enjoying a new local version of Facebook-a social media platform that has connected the World.}<\/p>\n
The New Kinyarwanda version of Facebook will be launched during the Transform Africa Summit due on Monday 19 to Wednesday 21, in the capital Kigali.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole Facebook interface will be changed into Kinyarwanda,\u201d Didier Nkurikiyimfura, Director General of ICT in the ministry of Youth and ICT told News of Rwanda.<\/p>\n
By Monday afternoon, Rwandans could be clicking on Facebooks\u2019 Kinyarwanda icons to access social media services.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new Kinyarwanda version will be applicable immediately after the launch during the summit,\u201d Nkurikiyimfura told News of Rwanda.<\/p>\n
If added, Kinyarwanda will become Facebook\u2019s 10th language added to its Africa and Middle East languages used on the social media platform.<\/p>\n
Founded on 4 February 2004 by An American IT entrepreneur, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook uses 95 languages across Africa and Middle East, Americas, Asia-Pacific; Eastern Europe as well as Western Europe.<\/p>\n
The social media platform enjoys millions of subscribers, with tens of thousands of multinational companies using it as a sources of information and advertisement.<\/p>\n
News of Rwanda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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